Thank you for supporting the Institute for Theatre & Social Change and USC Comic+Care.
With your support, we can significantly impact communities globally. Gifts of any size make a measurable impact in our ability to reach underserved populations and create one of the world’s leading and most distinctive university programs.
To make a donation, please visit https://giveto.usc.edu or contact Sara Fousekis at fousekis@usc.edu. Thank you for your consideration!
Click to view giving opportunities for the Institute for Theatre & Social Change.
$3 million: Name the Institute for Theatre & Social Change (ITSC)
$1 million: Fund an international ITSC project and accompanying documentary
$500,000: Fund a comprehensive documentary on Theatre & Social Change
$250,000: Fund a year-long research residency on Theatre & Social Change
$100,000: Fund an international ITSC Conference
$75,000:Fund the ITSC biennial National Conference
$50,000: Bring international social change artist to USC for a semester-long residency
$25,000: Name a year-long theatre project in partnership with a local community organization
$10,000: Fund a ITSC community-based project and public performance
$5,000: Fund a community partnership project for a class on theatre & social justice
$2,500: Fund a community partner for a semester residency in a USC SDA class
$1,000: Fund a weekend intensive community training in Theatre & Social Change
$750: Fund a Theatre & Social Change community-based training workshop
$500: Fund an official medical clown prop closet
$250: Fund a guest speaker at an ITSC panel
$100: Fund one community activist visit to an SDA class
Click to view giving opportunities for USC Comic+Care.
$3 million: Name the Medical Clown Program.
$1.5 million: Name the chair in USC Comic+Care.
$500,000: Fund a research-based residency at LAC + USC Medical Center.
$100,000: Fund the International Medical Clowning Conference at USC.
$75,000: Fund a Summer Institute in Medical Clowning at USC.
$50,000: Fund a year-long course for in-residency medical students, teaching them how to use medical clowning techniques when working with patients.
$25,000: Fund any of the following research studies (the effect of medical clowns during the redressing process in a pediatric intensive care burn unit, medical clowns on patients with dementia, medical clowns for children during the adoption process).
$14,500: Fund two medical clowns to visit LAC + USC Medical Center once a week for one year.
$7,250: Fund one medical clown to visit LAC + USC Medical Center once a week for one year.
$5,000: Fund new programming at a Senior Center, working with dementia patients for one year.
$3,500: Fund programming at The Children's Bureau, working with at-risk youth who are in the foster care system for one year.
$3,625: Fund one medical clown to visit LAC + USC Medical Center once a week for six months.
$1,300: Fund ten hospital visits for one medical clown.
$750: Fund an official medical clown costume collection.
$500: Fund an official medical clown prop closet.
$250: Fund an official collection of clown noses given to each patient.
$130: Fund one hospital visit for one medical clown.