THE YIP HARBURG FOUNDATION WILL BE ON HIATUS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008 DURING WHICH TIME WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING FUNDING PROPOSALS OR RESPONDING TO INQUIRIES.

MAJOR AIMS

The Yip Harburg Foundation funds projects that (a) work toward world peace, (b) work to end economic and social discrimination and exploitation, racial/ethnic conflicts, and civil injustices; (b) provide educational opportunities to low-income and minority students through scholarship organizations; (c) advance and promote new works of American political art, especially efforts involving cultural and societal issues; (d) preserve and enhance the legacy of E.Y. Harburg through new projects or revivals of his standard works in all media.

We prefer to fund new projects, as follows: (a) action-oriented projects with small operating budgets which, due to the controversial, risky or innovative nature of their work, have little access to traditional funding; (b) mass media and theatre projects which educate and inform about serious issues; (c) projects extending over a specific time period, with a focused, concrete goal and clear social impact.

The Foundation generally grants $500 to $3,000, and occasionally up to $5,000. We request proof of applicant's tax-exempt status or fiscal sponsor. We require that you follow our application guidelines to request funds. We require that "The Yip Harburg Foundation" be credited for its contributions to a project and, when applicable, be supplied with a final product thereof (such as a video/sound recording or copy of printed publication).

We do not fund (a) libraries, buildings or endowments; (b) the areas of health (mental or physical), environment or aging; (c) travel expenses or conferences; (d) individual scholarships or stipends; (e) projects focused outside the U.S.

We initiate projects as well as support those already in development, in the following areas:

I. Social and Economic Justice

Towards this aim, we have funded groups such as:

• La Mujer Obrera
• Piņeros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste
• Dakota Roundtable
• National Mobilization Against Sweatshops
• Asian Immigrant Women Advocates
• Sunflower Community Action
• Coalition of Immokalee Workers

II. Educational Opportunity

We have provided scholarships for:

• City College of New York (Yip's alma mater)
• New York University's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program (which Yip helped found)
• Youth Communication / New Youth Connections
• Catching the Dream (Native American students)
• The Cooper Union (architecture, art, engineering)

III. New Works of Political Art

We have helped fund the following documentaries:

Already released:
• The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy
• Manufacturing Consent
• Earl Robinson: Ballad of an American
• Colorado: Amendment 2 Project
• Ballot Measure 9
• The Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
• Fear and Favor in the Newsroom
• Blacks and Jews
• Not in Our Town
• Tell the Truth and Run
• Porgy and Bess: An American Voice
• Promises
• China in the Red
• The Weather Underground
• A Most Unlikely Hero
• Thunder in Guyana
• School Board Blues
• Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action
• Revolucion: Visions of Cuba Since the Revolution
• Sacco and Vanzetti
• The Perfect Life
• Revolution '67
• Silhouette City
• Afghan Women

Forthcoming:
• Downwinders: The Nuclear Pandora's Box
• Remember His Name
• Rebels in the Lord's House

IV. Living Archives

We invite scholars, students and musical theatre practitioners to use our archives on Yip Harburg, which consist of an extensive collection of scripts, scores, recordings, videotapes, press clippings, etc., many of which are rare and unavailable elsewhere. Originals are housed at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center and at Yale University. Copies of most of these materials are available from the Foundation's office.

Brief proposals (no more than one page for any item) are preferred.

Response time is usually from 6 to 8 weeks.

Please submit the following information:

1. Date
2. Project Title
3. Purpose (general problems and goals, specific aims and objectives for which funds are to be used)
4. Amount requested
5. Time period for use of funds requested
6. Organization to receive funds (name, address, liaison, phone/fax/email)
7. Description of prior work or projects pertinent to this request
8. Project director (background and organizational affiliation)
9. Budget (itemize major and minor categories)
10. Applicant's other funding to date (funds committed, funds applied for)
11. If applicant is an organization, please include letter authorizing IRS non-profit status

The Yip Harburg Foundation
Administrative Office
270 Lafayette Street, Room 812
New York, NY 10012

212-343-9668
212-343-9453 (fax) - junk faxes not accepted

e@yipharburg.com