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The financial contributions of friends of the Museum and our corporate sponsors help the Chrysler sustain free admission, mount extraordinary exhibitions, target specialized needs, and continue to be a community catalyst in bringing people and art together. Your generosity is very much appreciated.

November

  • The Institute of Museum and Library Services has granted the Chrysler $150,000 through its Museums for America program. The federal funds are a vote of confidence for our new Glass Studio as a strategic space for education, audience engagement, and artistic expression. The Chrysler is especially gratified by this award since IMLS funded only 160 projects of the 481 applications they received—and just months earlier the organization granted us a similarly significant grant for art conservation.
  • An anonymous charitable foundation has generously approved a grant of $65,000 to support the initiation of our Visiting Artist Series in 2012. The program will allow the Museum to bring world-recognized artists to Norfolk to work and teach in the new Glass Studio and to exhibit their art in the Museum.
  • The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Chrysler a grant of $45,000 for research into the Museum’s rich glass holdings and production of a new catalogue of highlights in our standout Glass Collection.

September—October

  • The Virginia Commission for the Arts, in conjunction with The National Endowment for the Arts, has awarded the Chrysler $78,000 toward general operating support. The VCA is among the Chrysler’s longest-standing annual grantors.
  • The Edwin S. Webster Foundation has granted the Chrysler $15,000 in support toward general operations. This marks the Museum’s 21st year of support from the foundation.
  • The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded the Chrysler a $132,000 Conservation Project Support Grant for the renovation and upgrade of our third-floor art storage. The IMLS is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums, and the Chrysler’s proposal was one of only 31 projects selected for funding this year.
  • Signature Financial Management is generously underwriting the Museum’s Major Donor Dinner on September 13, as well as our fall exhibition, Our Community Collects: From Durer to Warhol and Beyond.
  • The Richard Gwathmey and Caroline T. Gwathmey Memorial Trust has given the Museum a generous grant of $20,000 to assist with funding to complete the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio.
  • Lipton Tea made it possible for nearly 200 middle-school art students and teachers from Suffolk Public Schools to tour the Museum and see a Virginia Stage Company performance in June. Field trips had been a victim of budget cuts, but Lipton’s sponsorship reinstated this important educational enhancement program. “The only complaint we received was that the students wanted to see more!” said Sandee Darden, art teacher at King’s Fork Middle School.

July—August

  • The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation has generously granted $200,000 in matching funds for construction and equipment for The Chrysler Museum Glass Studio.
  • The Business Consortium for Arts Support and its 26 members have made an annual grant of more than $129,000 for the Museum’s general operating support.
  • The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation has selected the Chrysler to participate in its prestigious On Screen/In Person series.
  • The City of Norfolk, in addition to its annual operating support, has awarded the Museum TOPS grants for 2011 to increase the number of new and repeat out-oftown visitors to the Chrysler and our Glass Studio.
  • WHRO Media and The Jewish Museum and Cultural Center in Portsmouth, Va., have joined the growing list of local supporters for the Chrysler’s exhibition of Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey.

May—June

  • The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation has generously granted $200,000 in matching funds for construction and equipment for The Chrysler Museum Glass Studio.
  • The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Chrysler a grant of $45,000 for research into the Museum’s rich glass holdings and production of a new catalogue of highlights in our Glass Collection.
  • The Business Consortium for Arts Support and its 26 members have made an annual grant of more than $129,000 for the Museum’s general operating support.
  • The City of Norfolk, in addition to its annual operating support, has awarded the Museum TOPS grants for 2011 to increase the number of new and repeat out-of-town visitors to the Chrysler and our Glass Studio.
  • Local presentation of Curious George Saves The Day: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey was made possible by the generous support of an anonymous friend of the Museum, the Simon Family Jewish Community Center and the Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding at Old Dominion University. We'd like to thank WHRO for being our media partner.
  • Local presentation of James Tissot: The Life of Christ was made possible by an anonymous friend of the Museum, Regent University and the Christian Broadcasting Network.

March—April

  • The Profit Charitable Foundation selected the Museum to receive a special one-time gift of $500 to benefit the Museum’s Friends of African-American Art.
  • An anonymous fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation granted the Chrysler $25,000 based on the advice of one of its donors. The Foundation’s Board of Directors said the funding will "help your organization further its mission."
  • The Jay and Virginia McKie Family Foundation chose the Chrysler's Annual Fund as the first recipient of its charitable giving. The Foundation Directors selected us from the many possible worthy recipients "because the Museum was our family choice for Virginia's memorial gifts" after her August 2009 passing.
  • Longtime supporters Ann and T. Parker Host have made another very generous contribution to the Museum. Their latest donation will enable the Chrysler’s Historic Houses to bring history to life for students and visitors alike. Thanks to their gift, the Museum will commission and install electronic information kiosks to enhance each guest's experience of the Historic Houses, and will broaden the Houses' exposure on the Internet via the upcoming redesign of www.chrysler.org.

January—February

  • The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation has made a $30,000 donation to continue “free to all” admission to the Chrysler collection, to fund Chesapeake Public School tours for sixth graders studying civics through American art, and to support excellence in visiting exhibitions through our Business Exhibition Council.
  • The Henry Luce Foundation has given the Museum a one-time grant of $125,000 through its American Art Renewal Fund. The support will allow Curator of Glass Kelly Conway to undertake new research on our glass collection (two-thirds of which is American), including our renowned Tiffany collection. This scholarship will be critical in the reinstallation of our Waitzer Galleries of Glass and publication of a new catalogue devoted to our glass collection. The grant will also enable the Chrysler to move promptly to hire a new Curator of American Art.
  • The Chrysler is thankful to the following Business Exhibition Council partners for their generous support of London Calling: Victorian Paintings from the Royal Holloway Collection.