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View Winners → National Endowment for the Arts Awards Pasadena Playhouse with Funding from CARES Act
Arts Jul 02, 2020
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The PasadenaPlayhouse has been approved for a $50,000 award as part of the Coronavirus Aid,Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
PasadenaPlayhouse is one of 855 organizations located in every state, the District ofColumbia and Puerto Rico selected for this grant. The National Endowment forthe Arts received more than 3,100 eligible applications requesting $157 millionfor the $45 million available in direct assistance. Overall funding was dividednearly evenly between small, medium, and large arts organizations.
This grantwill be used to support Pasadena Playhouse’s digital programming personnel inresponse to the COVID-19 pandemic.
ProducingArtistic Director Danny Feldman said, “At the start of the current crisis, webegan an aggressive fundraising campaign to sustain the Playhouse through thisuncertain time while continuing to serve our community. This grant bolstersthat effort, helping us reach our goal of employing as many artists and staffas possible while our curtain is down. We thank the National Endowment for theArts for their support.”
The NationalEndowment for the Arts says that arts and culture are a key component of theU.S. economy that contributed $877.8 billion, or 4.5% to the nation’s grossdomestic product in 2017 and employed over 5 million wage‐and‐salary workerswho collectively earned $405 billion. This funding will help support those jobsand those nonprofit organizations during this time of great need so that artsand culture will persevere as a significant contributor to the Americaneconomy.
