On Stage
Your gift makes productions possible — venue costs, technical elements, printing, and the practical infrastructure that turns a play into a performance.
Support the Work
Help bring new work into the room.
Tax-deductible gifts to Hineni Project Inc. support performances, salons, community programs, artistic development, access, and opportunities for people to encounter this work together.
Contributions are made to Hineni Project Inc., an Arizona 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your gift supports the public-facing mission — not the creative and publishing work of the LLC.
Widening the Circle
For communities that want to perform a Hineni work: an honorarium rather than royalties, and the playwright and cast glad to advise. Sustained by tax-deductible gifts to Hineni Project Inc.
What's Next
Your gift supports the creation of new plays, new ritual texts, and new publications — the ongoing work of a playwright who has not stopped writing.
Giving Levels
Every gift matters.
Friend of the Circle
$18–$99
You are in the circle. Your name is in every program. You receive our seasonal newsletter and advance notice of all events and productions.
- — Name in all programs
- — Seasonal newsletter
- — Advance notice of events
- — Invitation to open readings
Circle Sustainer
$100–$499
You sustain the work. Your support covers the practical costs that make productions possible. You are thanked by name at every event.
- — All Friend benefits
- — Named thanks at events
- — Two complimentary tickets per production
- — Invitation to talk-backs
Circle Patron
$500–$999
You are a patron of the circle. Your support funds a full production element — a cast, a venue, a set of scripts. You are recognized as a Patron in all materials.
- — All Sustainer benefits
- — Four complimentary tickets per production
- — Recognition as Circle Patron in all materials
- — Invitation to private salon events
Featured
Hineni Circle
$1,000–$4,999
You are a founding member of the Hineni Circle of supporters. Your gift makes a production possible. You are recognized as a Hineni Circle member in all materials and at all events.
- — All Patron benefits
- — Recognition as Hineni Circle member
- — Private meeting with Laurie S. Sherman
- — Signed copy of each new publication
- — Invitation to all circle events
Major Gift
$5,000–$24,999
Your major gift funds a full season of productions, a festival, or a significant element of a special event. You are recognized as a Major Donor in all materials and at all events.
- — All Hineni Circle benefits
- — Recognition as Major Donor
- — Named in all season materials
- — Private salon event in your honor
- — Consultation on programming
Presenting Sponsor
$25,000+
You present the work. Your gift makes a festival or special event, a full production run, or the first staged run of In Sarah's Tent possible. Your name is on the work itself.
- — All Major Gift benefits
- — Named presenting sponsorship
- — Co-branding on all materials
- — VIP event for your guests
- — Custom recognition
To give at any level, contact us and we will arrange your gift to Hineni Project Inc., an Arizona 501(c)(3) nonprofit. A written acknowledgment is provided for your tax-deductible contribution.
Institutional Support
Grants & Institutional Giving
Hineni Project Inc. welcomes inquiries from foundations, arts organizations, and institutional funders interested in supporting performances, community programs, and the development of new work.
The work sits at the intersection of intergenerational arts, Jewish cultural programming, women's performance, arts education, and community-based theater — with a body of work already in development and a clear artistic leader at its center.
Arts & Culture Foundations
National Endowment for the Arts, state arts councils, regional foundations supporting theater and performance.
Original ritual theater, new play development, intergenerational performance.
Jewish Communal Funders
Jewish federations, foundations supporting Jewish arts and culture, synagogue endowments.
Jewish ritual theater, women's voices in Jewish tradition, community-building through the arts.
Women's Arts & Advocacy
Foundations supporting women's arts, women's leadership, and feminist performance.
Women's voices across four thousand years, monologue collections, and women's ritual and voice.
Education & Youth Programs
School district foundations, youth arts organizations, intergenerational program funders.
High school student participation, intergenerational circle model, YA plays and monologues.
Community & Social Impact
Community foundations, social impact funders, healthy-aging and senior-engagement funders.
Senior engagement, community ritual practice, belonging and connection.
Academic & Research
University research grants, performance and ritual studies, Jewish studies programs.
Scholarly study of ritual theater, women's voices, and community practice.
For Grant Writers & Program Officers
We can provide:
A one-page organizational summary, a project narrative for specific productions or programs, letters of support, budget documentation, and a full curriculum vitae and publication list.
Contact us directly to discuss your foundation's priorities and how Hineni Project Inc. might align with your grantmaking.