Last week, Westchester County Executive George Latimer, my colleagues at the Board of Legislators (BOL) and ArtsWestchester announced that over 100 Westchester arts organizations are the recipients of matching funds from the Art$WChallenge grant program.
In what has been a record-breaking year, participating arts organizations raised $786,541 in new private funds from 1,320 donors through the program which ended Dec. 31, 2022. These private funds were matched with $501,571 in Westchester County support, providing in total $1.28 million in financial support for the arts, including funds going to organizations in our back yards. These grants allow arts organizations, many of whom are big parts of our community, to do anything from patching a hole in the roof, to upgrading their computers or hiring a new teacher. The program provides support to programs of all sizes, as we can see from the list of the 5 grantees who call District 15 home.
Here is a list of the grantees specific to our district:
- Asbury-Crestwood United Methodist Church
- Concordia Conservatory
- The Revelators
- Untermyer Gardens Conservancy
- Untermyer Performing Arts Council
I am thankful in particular that we can provide this funding at a time when arts organizations are working to build back arts audiences lost during the pandemic. For more information about ArtsWestchester, visit artswestchester.org.
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