Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form<\/p>\n
Organization Name: First Stage
\nLegal Name (if Different): First Stage Milwaukee, Inc.
\nAlso Known As: First Stage Performing Arts Center
\nMailing Address: 325 West Walnut Street
\nCity: Milwaukee
\nState: Wisconsin
\nPostal Code: 53212
\nMain Phone: 414-267-2929
\nMain Fax: 414-267-2930
\nOrganization Website: www.firststage.org
\nEmployer ID Number: 39-1634828
\nOrganization Tax Status: 501(c)(3) subclass 509(a)(2)<\/p>\n
Proposal Information<\/p>\n
Today’s Date: 03\/28\/2025
\nRequested Amount: $10,000<\/p>\n
Project Title: 2025-2026 Access for All Program
\nProject Description:<\/p>\n
While theater plays a significant role in shaping youth\u2019s academic achievement, career success, health, and wellbeing, many students throughout Southeastern Wisconsin have limited access to it\u2014due to the lack of arts specialists in schools, budget cuts, and the additional financial, transportation, and logistical challenges that unfortunately prevent them and their families from attending theater performances and enrolling in arts programs. <\/p>\n
Since 2004, First Stage has been removing barriers and ensuring access to our transformative theater experiences for Southeastern Wisconsin\u2019s historically marginalized youth and families through our Community Partnership Program. In 2024, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the program by renaming it and relaunching it as Access for All, continuing our commitment to serving those facing economic disparities. <\/p>\n
Funds would go to helping to remove barriers and ensure access in the following ways: <\/p>\n
Professional Theater Productions:
\n-Access for All families are eligible to purchase $10 tickets for any production
\n-We provide discounted tickets to our nonprofit partners (e.g., Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Club, La Casa de Esperanza, Penfield Montessori, Ronald McDonald House, and more)
\n-We host Pay What You Choose (PWYC) performances at which audience members may attend at any dollar amount. <\/p>\n
Theater Academy:
\n-We provide financial aid awards, healthy snacks and meals, Academy t-shirts, and transportation, as needed, to ensure successful participation in Academy classes. <\/p>\n
Theater in Education:
\n-We provide our Theater in Education programs, such as Field Trip Packages or Arts-Integrated Workshops, at highly subsidized rates to historically underserved schools.<\/p>\n
Through Access for All, First Stage provides theater experiences to about 15,000 young people and families annually for little or no cost to them. As schools and organizations are forced to spend less on the arts, First Stage fills our community\u2019s need for creativity, enrichment, and connection.\n<\/p>\n
Total Project Budget: $1,517,996<\/p>\n
Other Funding
\nSources For The Project (Committed & Potential): The Burke Foundation\u2026 Committed\u2026 $180,000 Bader Philanthropies\u2026 Committed\u2026 $50,000 A.O. Smith Foundation\u2026 Potential\u2026 $5,000 Ameriprise Financial\u2026 Potential\u2026 $5,000 Brewer\u2019s Community Foundation\u2026Potential\u2026 $10,000 Johnson Controls\u2026 Potential\u2026 $25,000 Froedtert Medical College\u2026 Potential\u2026 $3,000 Generac Power Systems, Inc\u2026 Potential\u2026 $5,000<\/p>\n
Project Duration: July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
\nGeographical Area Served: Southeastern Wisconsin\/Greater Milwaukee Area
\nAge Group To Be Served: Youth ages 3-18 and their families<\/p>\n
Contact Information<\/p>\n
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mx.
\nContact First Name: Abi
\nContact Last Name: Michalski
\nContact Title: Grants Manager
\nContact Phone: 414-267-2939
\nContact Email: grants@firststage.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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