For The Record: TACA Gives $1.3 Million in Grants

TACA president Rebecca Young and board chair Nancy Carlson had the pleasure of overseeing a record $1.2 million distributed at last night’s grant awards presentation at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre (the additional $100,000 is marked for innovative and experimental work, and will be distributed in June). Among those credited for the big numbers: Communities Foundation of Texas (with a contribution of $100,000), and gala chairmen Jacquelin and Phillip Taylor and Nicholas Even, who exceeded their fundraising goals by a remarkable 45 percent.

Jump to see whose wishes were granted (pun intended):

$5,000

New Philharmonic Orchestra of Irving

$7,500

Plano Symphony Orchestra

Sammons Center for the Arts

$8,000

Irving Chorale

Lone Star Wind Orchestra

Teatro Dallas

$10,000

AT&T Performing Arts Center

Dallas Bach Society

Dallas Museum of Art

Lone Star Circus Arts Center

Meadows School of the Arts, SMU

Nasher Sculpture Center

Uptown Players

Voices of Change

$12,000

Cara Mia Theatre Company

Chamber Music International

Echo Theatre

Orchestra of New Spain Turtle Creek Chorale

$15,000

African American Repertory Theater

$17,500

Bruce Wood Dance Project

Second Thought Theatre

$20,500

Orpheus Chamber Singers

$25,000

Fine Arts Chamber Players

$27,500

Undermain Theatre

$32,000
Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas

$34,000

Junior Players

$35,000

Dallas Wind Symphony

Shakespeare Dallas

Theatre Three, Inc.

$40,000

Kitchen Dog Theater

Lyric Stage

TITAS

WaterTower Theatre

$42,000

Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra

$60,000

Texas Ballet Theater

$70,000

Dallas Black Dance Theatre

$75,000

Dallas Children’s Theater

$100,000

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Theater Center

$110,000

Dallas Opera

Be sure to look for a full event recap in the next “People Watching” column, out Feb. 8.