Foundation Gifts

SAB’s work to train more than 800 ballet dancers each year would not be possible without foundation support. The School is deeply grateful to our 25+ foundation donors whose gifts and grants help us to:

• Fund activities and operations that compose SAB’s preeminent ballet training experience, from studio instruction led by an incomparable faculty to performance opportunities, holistic health and wellness support, and superb training facilities with an onsite Residence Hall at Lincoln Center;

• Provide scholarships for nearly one-third of SAB’s students who rely on financial aid toward tuition, housing, pointe shoes, and supplies in order to train at the School;

• Develop, implement, and sustain important initiatives that support diversity, equity, and inclusion in ballet such as free Beauty of Ballet lecture-demonstrations and Community Auditions across New York City that draw diverse populations to SAB and a National Visiting Fellows Program that strengthens regional training through professional development to teachers and grants to their studios; and

• Enhance students’ artistic development through programs such as a Female Choreography Project to encourage more female voices in a male-dominated field and a Capstone Program to provide guidance and services for SAB’s auditioning students and help them secure placement at professional ballet companies.