J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
(Received Award as The Chase Manhattan Bank)
New York, New York
 
Bestowed 1994

J.P. Morgan Chase [formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank] began investing in the arts more than 35 years ago. In 1993 J.P. Morgan Chase's support to the arts totaled $2 million.

J.P. Morgan Chase has benefited the arts, business and the community by:

• Commissioning Twyla Tharp to create a new work for the Martha Graham Dance Company's 1993-94 Centennial Tour, and sponsoring the dance company's tour of Asia, its performances at the Paris Opera House, its tour of California, plus several New York City seasons. J.P. Morgan Chase has also sponsored Twyla Tharp and Dancers' tours of Japan and Caracas; The Paul Taylor Dance Company's tour of Brussels; Lar Lubovitch Dance Company's tour of Santiago; and two U.S. tours of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Additionally, the company spearheaded a special campaign to stabilize the Dance Theatre of Harlem's financial position and to develop new audiences for the Dance Theatre of Harlem nationwide.
• Providing sponsorship and marketing support for many organizations, including the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Asia Society and the Big Apple Circus, all in New York, New York.
• Sponsoring – since 1980 – Chase Salutes the Arts, a free lunchtime music and dance series in the outdoor plaza of its New York headquarters.
• Maintaining The J.P. Morgan Chase art collection which is recognized as one of the foremost corporate art collections in the world and includes more than 20,000 works. J.P. Morgan Chase often lends works from the collection as it did for the opening of the Yokohama City Art Museum, Japan, and for “Photoplay,” a touring exhibition of 100 photographs from the J.P. Morgan Chase collection.
• Sponsoring major touring exhibitions including “Man Ray/Bazaar Years: A Fashion Retrospective” organized by the International Center of Photography, New York, New York; “Helen Levitt,” organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California; and “Fifty Years of Collecting: An Anniversary Selection” in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York.
• Supporting nearly 300 arts organizations annually, including 175 in New York through its Small Grants Program for the Arts and Neighborhood Grants Program.
• Encouraging J.P. Morgan Chase executives to serve on the boards of directors of arts organizations throughout the U.S.