The SAG-AFTRA Foundation provides vital assistance and educational programming to the professionals of SAG-AFTRA while serving the MISSION public at large through its signature children’s literacy programs.
We envision a world where all artists can realize their dreams visION and children are empowered to create their own.
SAGAFTRA.FOUNDATION/Donate The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is funded by gifts, grants and sponsorships. All donations are tax-deductible. Photos: Maarten de Boer/SAF, Luke Fontana/SAF. Matt Doyle/SAF, Coty Tarr/SAF Coty Matt Doyle/SAF, Luke Fontana/SAF. Maarten de Boer/SAF, Photos: Performers pictured here and on the cover participated in our Conversations program in Los Angeles, New York and Oxford, England our foundation gives back to artists every day
2016 by the numbers
ASSISTANCE career-building PROGRAMS A vital safety net and leg up for SAG-AFTRA artists and Dig deep into the acting process, learn the business, their families gain inspiration and preserve the history of the craft
100% 900 Of every dollar donated goes directly Casting Access workshops, The Business to SAG-AFTRA artists in need panels, Conversations screenings/Q&As, career retrospectives, voiceover workshops $400,000 and computer classes were offered for free Awarded in over 100 scholarships to SAG-AFTRA artists and their dependents 42,000 sagaftra.foundation/scholarship SAG-AFTRA artists attended free programs in Los Angeles, New York and nationwide $1 million Granted in emergency financial assistance 2.3 million and catastrophic health funds to over 500 families Total video views of recorded panels, Q&As in need and career retrospectives sagaftra.foundation/assistance sagaftra.foundation/video-gallery
Storyline online® centers and facilities A children’s literacy website featuring celebrated actors State-of-the-art centers and facilities offer free tools, reading award-winning children’s books alongside creatively technology and instruction on both coasts animated illustrations, bringing a love of reading into classrooms and homes worldwide Los Angeles 5757 Wilshire Blvd., Mezzanine Los Angeles, CA 90036 13 million Screening Room Video views every month on Storyline Online® Don LaFontaine Voiceover Lab Computer Lab 250 million Classroom Lifetime views on Storyline Online® New York 1900 Broadway, 5th Floor New York, NY 10023 Robin Williams Center for Entertainment and Media Screening Room (located at 8th & 54th St.) Entertainment Industry Foundation Voiceover Lab Computer Lab Classroom storylineonline.net sag-aftra foundation actors’ council The Actors’ Council is made up of esteemed actors and artists who champion the work of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. The Council generates awareness and support for the Foundation’s no-cost programs and resources offered to SAG-AFTRA artists and families, as well as its global children’s literacy programs.
Annette Bening Matt Damon Tony Goldwyn Matthew McConaughey Cate Blanchett Viola Davis Tom Hanks Helen Mirren Jessica Chastain Robert Downey Jr. Dustin Hoffman Edward Norton George Clooney Jane Fonda Allison Janney Mark Ruffalo Bryan Cranston Harrison Ford Eva Longoria Kerry Washington Penélope Cruz Morgan Freeman Julia Louis-Dreyfus
be a patron of our foundation. ACT NOW! You can support the SAG-AFTRA Foundation in many ways. • Create a legacy through a naming opportunity at the Robin Williams Center. • Advance children’s literacy by sponsoring a Storyline Online video. • Support our programs and events through a generous contribution.
Contact: Jon-Michael Hice, Director of Grants and Gifts [email protected], 323-549-6430
Sag-aftra Foundation Board of Directors
Pamela Reed, Gabrielle Carteris Stacey Mooradian Eugene Francis, First Vice President Jason George Marcia Nasatir Emeritus Dave Hutton, Dulé Hill Paul Pape Second Vice President Bill Immerman Ron Perlman Cyd Wilson, JoBeth Williams, Sharon Lawrence, Executive Director President Third Vice President Jon Joyce Nancy Sellers Rebecca Damon, Jim Kerr Jack Speer Fourth Vice President Clyde Kusatsu David White Maureen Donnelly, John McGuire Eileen Willenborg Treasurer Abby Dylan, Secretary
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