Arts Programming Support
Announced for 2008-2009
Announced for 2008-2009
The United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County announces the investment of over a half million dollars in grants support for arts programming in the current fiscal year. Additionally, grants for the Artists in Schools program and Regional Artists Grants will be announced in September and December, respectively. In total, United Arts will expend over $1 million in support of artists, schools and arts programming presented by local arts organizations in 2008-2009.
Qualifying nonprofit organizations, as well as schools and Wake municipalities, were eligible to apply for grants to support arts programming occurring between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. Qualifying grant application requests totaled $972,747, of which $504,958 or nearly 52% were funded. Arts programming to be presented by 44 organizations received support funding.
Arts In Education Grants
| Bridges Program/Wake County Schools |  |
$3,600 | |
| Bugg Creative Arts and Science Magnet School | $5,400 | ||
| Douglas Elementary Creative Arts & Science Magnet | $5,400 | ||
| Mary E. Phillips High School | $4,185 | ||
| Mt. Vernon School | $5,400 | ||
| Visual Art Exchange | $3,600 | ||
| TOTAL | $27,585 |
Arts Service Organizations
| Arts Access | |
$3,000 | |
| Classical Voice of North Carolina, Inc. | $3,000 | ||
| Triangle Radio Reading Service | $1,500 | ||
| TOTAL | $7,500 |
Audience Engagement
| Burning Coal Theatre Company | |
$2,500 | |
| Philharmonic Association, Inc. | $2,000 | ||
| TOTAL | $5,000 |
Community Arts Programming Grants
| Artspace | |
$28,500 | |
| Burning Coal Theatre Company | $15,000 | ||
| Capital Opera Raleigh | $14,500 | ||
| Concert Singers of Cary | $4,961 | ||
| Cary Visual Art | $23,000 | ||
| The Indian Classical Music and Dance Society | $1,460 | ||
| The Justice Theater Project | $7,122 | ||
| North Carolina Master Chorale | $17,000 | ||
| North Carolina Wind Orchestra | $1,096 | ||
| PineCone | $26,500 | ||
| Raleigh Chamber Music Guild | $14,000 | ||
| Raleigh Civic Symphony Association | $5,518 | ||
| Raleigh Ensemble Players | $10,000 | ||
| Raleigh Little Theatre, Inc. | $28,500 | ||
| Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, Inc. | $12,000 | ||
| The Opera Company of North Carolina | $28,500 | ||
| Towne Players of Garner, Inc. | $8,520 | ||
| Triangle Wind Ensemble | $1,000 | ||
| Visual Art Exchange | $15,500 | ||
| Wake Forest Cultural Arts Association | $2,071 | ||
| TOTAL | $264,748 |
Festival Grants
| Artsplosure | |
$29,998 | |
| Diamante, Inc. | $3,554 | ||
| Hum Sub, Inc. | $6,590 | ||
| International Focus, Inc | $3,692 | ||
| North Carolina Gourd Society | $1,000 | ||
| North Carolina Museum of History Associates | $7,108 | ||
| Nuv Yug Cultural Organization | $1,846 | ||
| Town of Cary | $11,000 | ||
| Visual Art Exchange | $5,077 | ||
| TOTAL | $69,865 |
Youth Arts Programming Grants
| Arts Together, Inc. | |
$21,000 | |
| Artspace | $23,500 | ||
| Burning Coal Theatre Company | $5,838 | ||
| Community Music School | $15,500 | ||
| Concert Singers of Cary | $1,175 | ||
| Infinity Ballet Theatre | $4,780 | ||
| North Carolina Theatre | $6,168 | ||
| Philharmonic Association, Inc. | $6,631 | ||
| Raleigh Boychoir, Inc. | $16,000 | ||
| Raleigh Little Theatre, Inc. | $26,000 | ||
| Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, Inc. | $3,668 | ||
| TOTAL | $130,260 | ||
| GRAND TOTAL | $504,958 |