SUPPORT THE COURAGE TO CREATE

Our mission is urgent.
We invest in and share experimental work by Black, brown, and queer artists. In these trying times, that commitment carries risk—and demands courage.

Our community is built on care.
We open ourselves to the new and the undiscovered with grace, cultivating a space where kindness is non-negotiable and vulnerability is embraced—that is where creativity begins.

Our art is miraculous.
It holds all that is divine and mundane, ordinary and extraordinary. All that makes us human.

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Donations also accepted via Venmo @thefleatheater

OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT

Employer Matching Gift

Double your impact at no extra cost.

Thousands of companies match charitable donations made by their employees through matching gift programs. A quick check with HR could turn your gift to The Flea into twice the support.

Become a Flea Champion

For only $10 / month, joining the Flea Champion donation program gives you special access to The Flea. Your consistent generosity earns you:

● Early access to tickets for all Flea programming.

● Invitations to exclusive behind-the-scenes events (like first rehearsals, dress runs, and design presentations!)

● Recognition in our programs and on our website

● Special thanks & acknowledgement at all fundraising events.

DAFs, Stock, & More

We gratefully accept gifts through donor-advised funds and appreciated stock—tax-smart ways to champion bold, experimental art.

Reach out to Development Liaison Esra Dayani for more options.

OUR SUPPORTERS

  • JoAnn Chase (in memoriam), Peter Goldstein, Nona Hendryx, Candace Jackson, Jorge Montalvo, Gabrielle & Michael Palitz, Michael Sternberg

  • Katie Adams, Brian Cummins*, Alison & Dan Donnelly, Joshua Graubart, Carol Kaplan, Jennifer Kidwell, Jessica Labbe, Rick Miramontez, Ternicia Odom*, Amit Rakhit, Celeste & Tony Tramontin, Charlotte Williams*

  • Rachel Colbert, Josy Dussek, Teresa Eyring, Paul, Feldhausen, Ruby Lerner, David Ray, Deanna Smith, Shanta Thake, Barbara Toy, Anne Troup, Sigourney Weaver, Renee White, Cheryl Wiesenfeld

  • Ennis Addison, Schuyler Allen*, Anabella Aspiras, Thomas Bradshaw, George Byars, Amy Cassello, Rachel Chavkin, Jill Cornell, Danielle Dussek*, Lauren Elmore, Vievee Francis, Nadeige Genece-Sekyiamah, Marla Ginsburg, Bruce Goodrich, Jonathan Harrison, David Herskovits, Ashley Jeudy, Phyllis Johnson, Andrea Jovine, John & Karen Kander, Melanie Klausner*, Elizabeth Lampton, Frank Lavadera, Brad Learmonth, Amos Margulies, Robert McCarthy, Mary Giudici & Nello McDaniel, Peter McMorris*, Elena Pavloff, Armando Payton*, Konstantinos Psychogios, Cidra Sebastien, Niegel Smith*, Kevin & Caroline Smith, Leith ter Meulen*, Vicky Vance, Carrie Mae Weems, Jason Zeren

  • Marinda Anderson, Daniel Banks, Jonathan Berger*, Susan Bernfield, Edward Binnie, Bernice Brooks, R Yvonne Campos, Eva Chen, Hye Young Chyun, Christine Ciampini, Amanda Cooper, Lisa Cortes, Patrice Creamer, Bray Creech, Allan Dinkoff, Curtis Dozier, John Eisner, Burton Fleming, Henry Fraimow, Brenda Funny, Gisela Garrett, Iyesatu Gary, Robert Gender, Rashaad Ernesto Green*, Aileen Gribbin, Anne Hamburger, Mary Hardin, Susan Hilferty, Jordan Jackson, Bruce Jaffe, Bonnie Janzen, Caitlin Johnson, Charles Jordan, Jessica Kubzansky, Erica Laird, Tracy Lawson, Jonathan McCrory, Hillary Miller, Joe Mode, Jeff Newman, Charlie Oates, Obed Obwoge, Ampersand Paris*, Suzan-Lori Parks, Aimee Petrin, Charles Randolph-Wright, Maggie Robinson, Jean Schulik*, James Scruggs, Kathleen Shannon, Steve Smith, Barbara Stallworth, Kathleen Supove, M Tachco, Wendy Taeuber, Sturgis Warner, Ellen and Allen Zerkin, Jawole Willa Zollar

    * We’re thrilled to call these sustaining donors our Flea Champions.

The Flea’s work is made possible by the generous support of the Mellon Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, Culpeper Arts Fund, a fund of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Altman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Scherman Foundation, Gurney Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Lucille Lortel Foundation, Open Society Foundation, John Golden Fund, First Eagle Investment, Google, and Walmart.

The Flea Theater is additionally supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, New York State Senate’s Community Resiliency, Economic Sustainability and Technology Program (CREST), from the office of Senator Brian P. Kavanagh, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and discretionary funding from the office of New York City Council Member Christopher Marte, District 1.