Announcing 2022 Arts & Culture Grants
In November 2022, the Board of Directors approved 80 grants totaling $1,135,000 in support of Arts & Culture organizations in the greater Kansas City area.
Highlights from a list of grants to mid-to-large arts organizations for $885,000 include a continued emphasis on innovative audience development, arts integration and contributions to an arts ecology as reflected in the following:
- Kansas City Ballet received a grant of $30,000 for annual support and support of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz production.
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art received a grant of $15,000 for educational programming.
- UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance received a grant of $20,000 to support Musical Bridges.
The Foundation also continued funding of the Small Arts Grant Program, which recognizes arts organizations with revenues of $300,000 or less and non-arts organizations with arts programming. With grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, 42 organizations received funds totaling $250,000. These include $10,000 grants to the Art as Mentorship, Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City, and the Traditional Music Society. Other deserving organizations with grass roots arts programming included, GuildIt, Interurban Art House, Spinning Tree Theatre and Youth Ambassadors,
