RSS 2.0 FeedFebruary 17, 2010, Local Arts News
Kansas City Ballet receives $900,000 grant from Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation has selected the Kansas City Ballet as a recipient of a $900,000 challenge grant toward the completion of the Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity, the company's future home.
President of the Kansas City Ballet Board of Directors Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley and Capital Campaign Steering Committee Co-Chair Dr. John Hunkeler announced that The Kresge Foundation has selected Kansas City Ballet as a recipient of a $900,000 challenge grant toward the completion of the Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity, the company's future home.
The challenge grant requires the Ballet to raise $3 million over the next 18 months, toward the total remaining campaign goal of $5.8 million, to receive Kresge funds.
The historic Power House building on the west edge of the Union Station campus is currently being renovated as the future home of Kansas City Ballet. Named in honor of Todd Bolender, who served as Artistic Director from 1981 to 1995, the Center will provide a permanent home for the Ballet company as well as increase space for its highly regarded training academy, boasting a current enrollment of 600 students at two campuses, downtown and Johnson County.
The $39 million project, including a $7 million endowment to support the building's operating costs once it is open, is within 15% of achieving its fundraising goal.
Anyone interested in learning more about the capital campaign for the Bolender Center or Kansas City Ballet in general, can contact Jennifer Wampler, Development Director (jwampler@kcballet.org) at 816-931-2232 x 1309 or Jeffrey Bentley (jbentley@kcballet.org) at 816-753-8787. A virtual tour of the renovations is available online at the Kansas City Ballet website: www.kcballet.org.
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