Foundation Gives $20-Million in Grants to Three Miami Arts Groups

The Miami area continues its transition to a major arts center, with a foundation announcing $20-million in grants to three arts institutions on Wednesday, reports The New York Times. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, in Miami, also announced a $20-million open-invitation contest for grants that would promote the arts in South Florida.

The foundation will give $10-million to the Miami Art Museum to create a program that brings every public-school fifth grader to the museum. The other two grants, both for $5-million, will go to the Museum of Contemporary Art, in North Miami, and the New World Symphony, a training orchestra based in Miami Beach.

In the past 25 years, the number of nonprofit arts organizations has ballooned from 100 to over 1,200. The Knight Foundation’s chief executive officer, Alberto Ibargüen, notes that the foundation wanted to be “a part of this underlying trend” and that the city’s burgeoning arts philanthropy helped inspire these grants.

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