Every level of support helps ritual theater reach more people — in theaters, temples, schools, and living rooms. And every supporter becomes part of the circle.
Your gift makes productions possible — venue costs, technical elements, printing, and the practical infrastructure that turns a play into a performance.
Your gift helps communities that cannot afford to bring this work to their people. The seed fund makes ritual theater accessible to everyone.
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.
You are in the circle. Your name is in every program. You receive our seasonal newsletter and advance notice of all events and productions.
You sustain the work. Your support covers the practical costs that make productions possible — printing, venue, technical elements. You are thanked by name at every event.
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.
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.
Your major gift funds a full season of productions, a festival, or a significant element of the Women's Day Festival. You are recognized as a Major Donor in all materials and at all events.
You present the work. Your gift makes the Women's Day Festival, a full production run, or the premiere of HINENI: In Sarah's Tent possible. Your name is on the work itself.
The Hineni Circle Project LLC is actively seeking grant funding for its productions, the Women's Day Festival (Spring 2027), and the development of the Hineni Circle theory. We welcome inquiries from foundations, arts organizations, and institutional funders interested in supporting intergenerational ritual theater.
Our work is uniquely positioned at the intersection of several well-funded areas: intergenerational arts, Jewish cultural programming, women's performance, arts education, and community-based theater. We offer funders a project with a proven artistic leader, a clear theory of change, and a body of work already in production.
Examples: National Endowment for the Arts, state arts councils, regional foundations supporting theater and performance
Our fit: Original ritual theater, new play development, intergenerational performance
Examples: Jewish federations, foundations supporting Jewish arts and culture, synagogue endowments
Our fit: Jewish ritual theater, women's voices in Jewish tradition, community-building through the arts
Examples: Foundations supporting women's arts, women's leadership, and feminist performance
Our fit: Women's Day Festival, monologue books for women 55+, women's ritual and voice
Examples: School district foundations, youth arts organizations, intergenerational program funders
Our fit: HS student participation, intergenerational circle model, YA plays and monologues
Examples: Community foundations, social impact funders, healthy aging initiatives
Our fit: Seed fund for community groups, senior engagement, community ritual practice
Examples: University research grants, communications and psychology foundations
Our fit: Hineni Circle theory development, social psychology of ritual, publications
We can provide: a one-page organizational summary, a project narrative for specific productions or the Women's Day Festival, letters of support, budget documentation, and a full curriculum vitae and publication list.
Contact us directly to discuss your foundation's priorities and how the Hineni Circle Project might align with your grantmaking.