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Broadway Cares’ Spring Red Buckets Raise Record $7.1 Million

The total strengthens grants that keep food, medication, health care, emergency aid within reach for artists and communities.

Overview

  • The six-week campaign, which ran March 13 through April 26, raised $7,135,088 across 54 Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring productions.
  • Shows drew gifts through in-lobby appeals plus onstage auctions, featuring items like Jonathan Groff’s bow tie, a Simu Liu–signed prop, a Jon Bernthal T-shirt.
  • Just in Time led all shows with $932,461 after nightly fundraising that kept audiences engaged.
  • Category leaders included Every Brilliant Thing at $408,180 for plays, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at $137,753 Off-Broadway, The Phantom of the Opera tour at $289,195.
  • Donations will support Broadway Cares’ National Grants Program alongside the Entertainment Community Fund to deliver meals, medication, vital health services nationwide, with spring drives since 1988 totaling $114 million and overall grants exceeding $300 million.