Broward Performing Arts Foundation

The Broward Performing Arts Foundation supports high-quality artistic and cultural programming, including musical performances spanning a wide range of genres, theater, dance, comedy and more, at the Broward center for the Performing Arts and its affiliated venues, the parker, rose and alfred miniaci Performing Arts center and aventura Arts and cultural center. In addition to supporting programming, the Foundation raises capital funds to sustain the venues and recently completed two capital campaigns: the 60- million encore capital campaign to expand, renovate and revitalize the Broward center and the 30-million campaign for the parker to restore parker playhouse. The Foundation also maintains an endowment fund designed to provide a reliable source of income in perpetuity to support mission-driven activities. The Broward Performing Arts Foundation supports a wide variety of educational programming at the Broward center, which constitutes the largest free arts-in-education program in the country and has served more than 3.5 million students to date. Through the student enrichment through the Arts (seas) program, more than 100,000 public school students each year attend educational and cultural performances at the Broward center and its affiliated venues free of charge and participate in corresponding curriculum-based activities that help extend the learning experience beyond the theater seats. The reading readiness through the theater program brings more than 3,000 at-risk pre-k students and their parents each year to see live literature-based performances together at Broward center venues. A leader in Arts accessibility, the center has also been recognized for the impact of its "sensory-inclusive" theatrical performances aimed at increasing access to and engagement with the Arts for individuals with developmental disabilities. In fiscal year 2022, the center also turned its attention to how the Arts can help address issues of racial equity by launching Arts for action: black voices, an ongoing series of performances and events that aim to elevate black artists and bring diverse segments of the community together for social change.