BC/EFA Annual Report 2005 - Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

oadway cares/equity fights aids
the bc/efa
grantmaking history
1987-2005
equity fights aids was founded in october 1987 by the council of actors’ equity
Association. Money raised through the efforts of Equity theatre companies across the country was specifically earmarked for The
Actors’ Fund AIDS Initiative. BROADWAY CARES was founded in February 1988 by members of The Producers’ Group. Money
raised was earmarked to be awarded to AIDS service organizations across the country, including Equity Fights AIDS.
In May 1992, BROADWAY CARES and EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS merged to become BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS
AIDS. The Board of Trustees of this newly established not-for-profit fundraising organization assumed the missions of the
previously separate organizations and continues to fund the social service work of The Actors’ Fund and to award grants twice a year
to AIDS and family service organizations nationwide.
Unlike most other nonprofit grantmaking organizations, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS must raise every single dollar of
our philanthropic budget each year in order to fulfill our grantmaking mission. In turn, BC/EFA works hard to ensure that the
money raised is spent carefully and wisely on programs both at The Actors’ Fund and at hundreds of social service agencies across
the country where these hard-earned dollars can have maximum impact.
BC/EFA’s grantmaking has two areas of emphasis. The first is The Actors’ Fund of America. BC/EFA currently supports
six major programs at The Fund, each of which provides social services, case management and emergency financial assistance to
entertainment industry professionals and performing artists who are in crisis or dealing with a variety of problems, including HIV/
AIDS. The second major grantmaking effort is the National Grants Program, through which BC/EFA makes grants to hundreds
of community-based AIDS and family service organizations across the country. A detailed description of how we distribute funds
and the programs we support is contained in the following pages.
A HISTORY OF GIVING / 1987-2005
actors’ fund national grants total
grants programs grants
equity fights aids 1987-may 1992 $ 2,775,250 $ 2,775,250
broadway cares 1988-may 1992 $ 1,067,000 $ 1,067,000
broadway cares /equity fights aids
may-december 1992 $ 634,000 $ 771,780 $ 1,405,780
1993 $ 1,654,000 $ 1,184,119 $ 2,838,119
1994 $ 1,758,000 $ 676,404 $ 2,434,404
1995 $ 1,791,000 $ 707,916 $ 2,498,916
1996 $ 2,010,000 $ 1,400,549 $ 3,410,549
1997 $ 2,247,500 $ 1,342,200 $ 3,589,700
1998 $ 2,471,000 $ 1,711,819 $ 4,182,819
1999 $ 2,700,000 $ 3,039,841 $ 5,739,841
2000 $ 2,955,336 $ 3,033,566 $ 5,988,902
2001 $ 2,829,500 $ 3,238,765 $ 6,068,265
2002 $ 2,732,000 $ 2,689,676 $ 5,421,676
2003 $ 3,022,500 $ 3,115,969 $ 6,138,469
2004 $ 3,360,500 $ 4,437,338 $ 7,797,838
2005 $ 3,460,000 $ 4,089,000 $ 7,549,000
bc/efa grantmaking total
1987-2005 $ 36,919,250 $ 29,698,000 $ 66,617,250
the bc/efa grantmaking program