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YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN
Contributions from friends like you support every element of what makes the Atlas thrive. Our mission is to bring people together through the arts to expand the reach and strengthen the bonds of our community. We provide shared space in a creative environment that inspires exceptional performances, events, and initiatives that enlighten, entertain, and reflect the best of the arts and our humanity. Your general operating support goes a long way. You can also designate to a specific program by using the menu to the left.
MAKE AN IMPACT YOUR WAY
Our Atlas Presents series connects audiences to diverse and engaging contemporary music from jazz and world sounds. We present film in honor of our heritage including features, documentaries and silent films with live musical accompaniment. Your donation will directly impact art making, helping to offset artist fees and production costs for all Atlas Presents initiatives and presentations.
The Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival is a performing arts festival that presents work that impacts our society, culture, and world by informing, inspiring, educating, and entertaining. INTERSECTIONS is about presenting excellent art that inspires a connected community, engages artists and audiences alike, and creates a vibrant neighborhood, city, and world. We are interested in unique perspectives and art that connect us to the many facets of our humanity. The Atlas Intersections Festival presents artists that look to explore the ideas and issues of our time through their work. Learn more about Intersections.
City at Peace is a youth development program rooted in social justice for teens and young adults ages 14-24, which provides a safe, collaborative and nurturing space outside of school and other environments where they can examine issues and conditions that divide them. City at Peace uses performing arts as a learning tool to develop skills in dance, theatre, voice and stage production, as well as skills in conflict resolution, personal storytelling, empathy, understanding, and leadership. Your donation helps to offset scholarships for our youth, artist fees for teachers, costumes, set pieces, supplies, and programming fees needed to administer our programming. Learn more about the City at Peace program.
The Atlas Masterclass Series connects the H Street NE community with nationally recognized Broadway artists through intimate performances and educational experiences. As a longtime anchor for arts and community, the Atlas Performing Arts Center brings high-caliber musical theatre to Capitol Hill in a way that feels personal, welcoming, and accessible while celebrating the talent and creativity of local artists alongside visiting professionals.
The Atlas Performing Arts Center’s Fall and Spring Family Fun Days are joyful, welcoming events designed for children and caregivers to create, explore, and experience the arts together. These free, all-ages celebrations fill the building with hands-on art activities, live performances, music, and opportunities to move, play, and imagine.
Atlas Arts Lab is a program of the Atlas Performing Arts Center that provides a platform for individual artists to develop new work and to serve the community through engagement initiatives that encourage civic dialogue and community cohesion. The program facilitates artistic growth and development for artists whose work explores the ideas and issues of our time. The Atlas Arts Lab prioritizes artists that act as change agents for the betterment of our society, culture, and world.
Matching Gifts
Many employers will match donations made by their employers to non-profit organizations. Check with your employer to see if you can double your impact when you give to the Atlas Performing Arts Center.
Combined Federal Campaign
Give through your employer and the Combined Federal Campaign. Our CFC number is 89282.
Click here to designate us as your charity of choice.
Spur Local: Critical Nonprofit
Give through Spur Local to support the work of the Atlas Performing Arts Center!
Questions?
By mail: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Contact the Development Office by emailing Hannah Church, Director of Development and Communications development@atlasarts.org
Savvy ways to give to support the Atlas Performing Arts Center!
Save up to 70% in taxes with stock gifts!
Did you know that gifts of stock can give your family a big tax benefit even in a fluctuating market? Many donors are surprised to learn that you can save over 70% in taxes by making a gift of appreciated stock. Gifting stock presents a great opportunity to have a large impact on non-profit organizations such as Atlas Performing Arts Center and “costs” you less because of the tax savings. Non-profits receive the full value of the stock, while the donor avoids paying federal and local capital gains tax and receives the charitable tax deduction. To find out more, please contact Hannah Church, Director of Development and Communications, development@atlasarts.org.
Many donors are taking advantage of the QCD!
If you have a traditional IRA and are age 70½ or older, you can consider a special tax benefit available with your account: giving up to $105,000 of Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) in 2024 to operating charities (excluding donor-advised funds) tax-free.* While withdrawals from traditional IRAs are taxable income, QCDs are not and can satisfy some or all of your annual required minimum distribution (RMD) if you’re age 73 or older. QCDs can also be used whether you take the standard deduction or itemize deductions but note that you cannot claim a tax deduction for a QCD.
While you are thinking about your retirement plans, consider naming your favorite organizations as ultimate beneficiaries as well. Make sure you request any transfers by mid-December this year as so many transfers are being requested and financial organizations require time to process. A QCD has to be cashed (not postmarked) by the organization by December 31 for it to count in 2024.
Get more tax advantages by gifting through a DAF!
A gift from a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) will not only support the Atlas Performing Arts Center, but it will also benefit you! Reduce taxable income. Reduce capital gains taxes. Lower estate tax.
Other ways to help!
We know that many people are struggling right now. For those who are not able to give this year but would like to support Atlas Performing Arts Center in a way that doesn’t cost you now, please consider including Atlas Performing Arts Center with a gift in your will or designating Atlas Performing Arts Center as a beneficiary in your retirement plan, life insurance or donor advised fund. A beneficiary designation is easy, can save your heirs over 60% in taxes, and costs nothing now. To find out more, please contact Hannah Church, Director of Development and Communications, development@atlasarts.org.
Make a gift online
Give by check*: Mail a check made out to “Atlas Performing Arts Center” to
Atlas Performing Arts Center
ATTN: Development
1333 H St NE
Washington, DC 20002
Thank you!
* The annual deduction limit for gifts to public charities, including donor-advised funds, is up to 30% of adjusted gross income (AGI) for donations of non-cash assets held longer than one year and up to 60% of AGI for donations of cash. If your 2024 charitable deduction amount exceeds these AGI limits, you may carry the excess amount forward up to five additional tax years, subject to AGI limits each year.
** For 2024, the standard deduction amount is $14,600 for single filers and $29,200 for married couples filing jointly.
We encourage you to discuss your philanthropic goals and explore potential giving strategies for 2024 with financial, tax, or legal advisors.
Bequest Atlas Performing Arts Center as a part of your will or trust through a Legacy Gift today!
A bequest allocates a percentage or specific dollar amount of your estate to Atlas Performing Arts Center. This type of gift will give clear instructions of your wishes and establish a personal legacy of future support for generations to come.
Your bequest language can be as simple as:
“I devise and bequeath [X% or my estate or my residence] OR [$___ specific dollar amount] to Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St, NE Washington, DC 20002. EIN: 52-2358563″
Atlas Performing Arts Center urges you to discuss your ideas of giving with your legal or financial advisors. We are happy to provide you with sample bequest language to assist you and your attorney.
For more information on how you can leave a lasting legacy to Atlas Performing Arts Center, please contact Hannah Church, Director of Development and Communications development@atlasarts.org
BECOME AN ATLAS CORPORATE SPONSOR
Sponsorships provide targeted opportunities to co-brand with the Atlas, have your support recognized in the community and receive other benefits. Partnerships can be tailored to suit your specific priorities and can go to support performances or arts education. Below are some of the benefits that we offer our partners.
• Positive Visibility
• Employee Discounts and Atlas Rental Space Discounts
• Ticket benefits
• Recognition on the Atlas marquee, on our website, and in program materials
To inquire about funding and sponsorship opportunities, please contact the Development Office by emailing Hannah Church, Director of Development and Communications development@atlasarts.org
The Atlas Performing Arts Center gratefully acknowledges our major funders, businesses, families, and individuals whose support helps us bring critical art to Washington, DC. Thank you to the many generous supporters who made gifts to the Atlas Performing Arts Center September 1, 2024-August 31,2025!
GOVERNMENT
DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Executive Office of the Mayor
Learn24/Office of Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes
The Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD)
The National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
FOUNDATIONS
Anonymous (2)
The Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation
Capitol Hill Community Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Dimick Foundation
Eugene M. Lang Foundation
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
The MGM Resorts Foundation
The Steuart Foundation, Inc
Share Fund
CORPORATIONS & BUSINESSES
City Dogs
Clean Method
Formant Property Group
My Body Shop
Optro Inc.
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
Giving $15,000 or more
Anonymous
Elizabeth Keeley
$10,000 – $14,999
Anonymous
$5,000 – $9,999
Steve Barber and Kathryn Wills
Irene and Robert Blum
Elinor Coleman and David Sparkman
Brian Edge
Eric Jaffe
Bob Kapp
Brandon Myers
Craig Pascal
Linda Singer and Michael Lewis
Monique Watson
$2,500 – $4,999
Jan and Steve Brose
Erva Cockfield
Sally S. Donner and Kenneth A. Briers
Philip Holmes and Anita Ayerbe
Lynn Horning
Jane Lang
Hon. Phyllis D. Thompson
Deirdre and Zachary Vollmer
$1,000 – $2,499
Jeremy Alward
Elizabeth and Jim Engel
Evan Gay and Laura Steinberg
Robert Hall
Wendell and William Hausdorff
Tara Hoot and Mr. Hoot
Arlene and Robert Kogod
Allison McGuire
Lisa and Melissa Riley-Burke
Lenore and Martin Schneiderman
Scott Family Fund
Linda Singer and Michael Lewis
Cathy and Bob Solomon
Jim Weinstock
$500 – $999
Anonymous
Nancy Beckley
Lisa Brown
James Costello
Carolyn Cox and Samuel Perkins
Richard Davis and Julia Thompson
Annika Dodrill
Jeremy Flachs
The Fox Young Family
Michael Healy and Mary Anne Gibbons
Joseph Family Fund
Toby M. Horn
Fritz King
Rebecca and Richard King
Abby Lynch
Marilyn and Charles McMillion
Steven Oatmeyer and Lawrence Poole
Michelle Parker
Linda Ravdin
Janessa Robinson
Will Rollo
Amy Rosenthal
Deborah Schneider
Mary Hall Surface and Kevin Reese
Leslie C. Taylor
Lillie J. Taylor
Ednajane Truax
Frederick Wynn
$250 – $499
Barry Abel and Stephen Morris
Lisa Backer
Jack Banks
Myra and Jerome Barron
Charley Biddle
Heath Campbell
Rose Ann Cleveland
Milt and Paulette Clipper
Andrea Corcoran
Linda Davis
John Driscoll
Deborah Edge and Neal Mann
Patrice Feinstein
Bruno Garcia
Andrew Goodman
Peggy and Jeff Grant
Frederic Harwood
Debbie Kaplan and Jeff Hoffman
Doug Holm
Joyce Jones
Brian Kuhn
Bill Kules and Julia Washburn
Soumita Lahiri
Cat Law
John and Ann Loikow
Rosette Roat-Malone and Michael Malone
Lou Mazawey
Bill and Babi Meekins
Wesley Meekins
Gail Montplaisir
Nicholas Olcott and Timoth Westmoreland
Elizabeth Ralston
John Robinson
Arthur A. Rubin and Elizabeth S. York
Johanna Seltzer and Courtney Ballantine
Shawn Shafner
Michael Shea
Allison A. Stockman
Nicole Streeter
Peter Threadgill
Phuc Tran and Cynthia Belmonte
$100 – $249
Mary Albert
Maha Alkhateeb
Jerome Anderson
Neha Anderson
Jill and Matthew Askamit
Zachary Barger
Denise Rolark Barnes
Cecily Baskir and John Freedman
Ann Belkov
Kathy Bell
Diana Berchiolli
Judith Bernardi
Carol and Donald Borut
Donna Breslin and Thomas Chapman
Claire Carlin
Jennine Carmichael
Ashley Joyner Chavous
Sarah Cochran
Larry Cohen
Louise Cort
James Cromwell
Samuel Davidoff
Caroline and Ian Smith DeWaal
Benée Easley
Vickie Fang
Patricia Farrell
Robert Fish
Bryce W. Furness
Justin Fyala
Ouida Garvin
Shahna Gooneratne and Matt Schroeder
David Alan Grief
William Gwinner
Jack Hairston
Kathryn Heiser
Peter Heisler
Julia Hellmich
Suzanna Hillegass
Carol Hilliard
Holly Hobbs
Brad Holmes and Loretta Polk
Michelle Jacobs
Danielle Johnson
Kerry Jones
Kenneth Katz
Susanna Kemp
Patricia and John Koskinen
Ren Lampert
Denise and Alex Liebowitz
Ken and Ellen Mac Garrigle
Kelly McCool and K. Todd Tompkins
S. and S. Meier
Christina Morganti
Stephanie Nash
Cooper Nelson
Katherine Ross
Kimberly O’Neill
David Patton
Jennifer Cover Payne
Ellen Perry
Frank J. Purcell
Wendee Reznick
Mary Ann Roberts
George Rogers
Fameda Shah
Gerald Glandon and Roberta Shapiro
Susan Singer
Francine Thomas
Laurie and Dave Thomas
Aaron Townsend
Daniel Vine
Jesse Wadeson
Emily Ward
Laura DeKoven Waxman
Chuck Willett
Shelley K. Williams
Katie Wilson
Erin Karla Young
Krinza Zacharias
Miriam Zimmerman
Patricia Zweibel
MEDIA AND IN-KIND SUPPORT
Brent Almond Designs
Compass Pro Bono
David Dowling Photography
Henceforth
HillRag/Capital Community News
METROWEEKLY
Praddy Bannerjee Photography
Washington City Paper
Thank you to the many supporters making gifts up to $100 to the Atlas Performing Arts Center!
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Atlas would like to recognize our photographers who donate their services to further support our mission.
David Dowling
Michelle Egan
Pradipto Banerjee
Thomas Schiaffino
Woody Holland Davis

