The Fox Theatre has rebranded and relaunched its philanthropic arm – now called Fox Gives – to help preserve theatres across the Southeast.
By more than doubling its financial investment, Fox Gives aims to restore historic theatres and offer new vocational opportunities for young individuals passionate about the arts.
“The evolution of Fox Theatre Institute to Fox Gives marks a significant milestone in our longstanding desire to give back and make an impact,” said Allan Vella, President and CEO of the Fox Theatre. “From our humble beginnings as a struggling nonprofit theater, we’ve channeled our preservation mission into a beacon of hope for other historic venues throughout Georgia and nationally. Now, through Fox Gives, we’ve deepened our impact and introduced new programming to empower the next generation of students to discover a career in entertainment.”
A feature of Fox Gives is the All-Access Pass program, designed to mentor high school students by offering them firsthand insights into careers in entertainment. In contrast, the acclaimed “Fox in a Box” initiative continues to provide elementary students with interactive educational experiences that tie the theatre’s history to broader societal lessons.
Fox Gives is set for significant growth in 2024, directly benefiting from a portion of every ticket sold at the Fox Theatre. This strategic approach ensures the ongoing development of each program under the philanthropic umbrella of the Fox Theatre.
Along with its single-gear grant program, which offers funding for everything from emergency needs to technical assistance and historic structure studies, Fox Gives is launching a multiyear grant program on July 1 that will support a single organization over a two-to-four-year period up to $500,000 per recipient.
Additionally, to support students’ educational aspirations in these communities, the program will award a $5,000 college scholarship to a deserving student from the grantee community after the 2024/2025 academic year.
The first grantee under the program is the Hart County Community Theatre in Hartwell, GA, which will receive $500,000 to aid in the restoration of their century-old venue, building on a previous emergency grant of $23,000 awarded in the 2022/2023 fiscal year.
Fox Gives and its forerunner were born out of the community support back in the 1970s that saved the Fox from demolition. Find out more about the “Save the Fox” campaign here.