In the Arts: Shubert Raises Giving, Atlanta Fund Starts Support Effort
June 2, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
New York’s Shubert Foundation bolstered its giving to arts and cultural institutions by 4 percent in its just-ended fiscal year, reports Bloomberg.
The foundation, which owns 17 Broadway houses via the for-profit Shubert Organization, donated a record $17.6-million in the 12 months ending May 31, up from $16.9-million the previous fiscal year. Grants ranged from $5,000 to the experimental stage outfit Clubbed Thumb to $275,000 each to New York’s Lincoln Center Theater, Chicago’s Goodman Theater, and Southern California’s South Coast Repertory.
In other arts news, the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund has started a two-year effort to help small and midsize arts groups in the region through the downturn, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports. The fund has raised $1.8-million toward its $2.5-million goal, with most of the money so far coming from the Robert Woodruff Foundation.
Also, National Public Radio reports on scaled-back preparations for this year’s Opera Ball, the annual Washington National Opera fund raiser and a highlight of the national capital’s social calendar.
