Flint Youth Theatre Endowment Fund
Foundation for the Flint Cultural Center
- Program Flint Area
- Program Area Enriching Lives Through Arts and Culture
- Grant Amount $500,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2005–December 31, 2005
- Location Flint, MI, United States
- Geographic Focus Flint
About this grant
Flint Youth Theatre (FYT), created in 1957, is a nationally recognized professional theater serving Flint area residents, including 35,000 students annually. In 2003, FYT became a member institution of the Flint Cultural Center Corporation, which also includes Whiting Auditorium, Longway Planetarium and Sloan Museum.Funding will support efforts to build a permanent endowment of more than $4 million to provide sustainable, operational support to FYT. This will enable FYT to continue its drama school, curriculum-based outreach activities, and dramatic productions and performances.