Princess Grace Foundation-USA

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA is a non-profit, publicly supported foundation, headquartered in New York City. Established in 1982 by Princess Rainier III of Monaco, the Foundation was created to honor the legacy of his wife, Princess Grace [Kelly], a Hollywood icon and pioneer of arts support in the United States and Monaco. The Foundation's mission is to elevate extraordinary emerging artists in theater, dance, and film, in the United States, via game-changing grants in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships. Since its inception the Foundation has given awards to nearly 800 recipients. Some notable Princess Grace Award recipients in Film include: Emmy winner Cary Fukunaga who will direct the next James Bond film, directed Netflix's Maniac, HBO's "True Detective", and JaneEyre; Greg Mottola, director of Superbad, "Arrested Development", and Amazon's "The Dangerous Book for Boys;" Stephen Hillenburg, creator of "SpongeBob SquarePants". Theater recipients include: Tony Award winner for Best Direction of a Play, Anna D. Shapiro; Pulitzer and Tony Award winning playwright, Tony Kushner; Golden Globe Award winner, Oscar Isaac; and Tony Award winning actor, Leslie Odom Jr. Dance/Choreography recipients include: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director, Robert Battle; American Ballet Theatre's principal dancers, Gillian Murphy and Isabella Boylston; and New York City Ballet's Tiler Peck; as well as choreographers Camille A. Brown and Michelle Dorrance.