The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture announced $57,600 in grant donations to five Santa Clarita arts organizations on Monday.

The L.A. County Department of Arts and Culture announced the bestowment of $4,518,000 million in grant awards, which include $57,600 to five Santa Clarita Valley arts organizations, through L.A. County’s Organizational Grant Program (OGP) on Monday.

The total awards are expected to provide two-year grants for 231 nonprofit arts organizations.

Santa Clarita nonprofit arts organizations receiving the grants include:

• E.S.C.A.P.E Theatre: $19,600
• SCV Youth Orchestra: $15,800
• Santa Clarita Master Chorale: $10,200
• Santa Clarita Artists Association: $6,700
• Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival: $5,300

“The Organizational Grant Program has strengthened the work of LA County’s arts organizations since the 1940s. Today, this program is critical to helping the local arts ecosystem thrive through the inclusion of arts organizations that exemplify culture, traditions, and artistic creativity that celebrate the diversity of this County,” said Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair, Hilda L. Solis. “OGP ensures our residents, especially those in historically under-served areas, have access to arts and culture services, and all the individual benefits and community connections that those services bring.”

Awards range from $1,500 to $107,500, depending on the needs and size of the organization. The awards are flexible—they can be used to support any number of current critical needs from organizational staffing and infrastructure to programming, according to county officials.

“The Organizational Grant Program is a vital and core function of the Department of Arts and Culture. These grants ensure public sector funding support for the arts, which employs artists and the cultural workforce, and increases access to the arts for the diverse communities of L.A. County,” said Kristin Sakoda, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. “The number of organizations that apply and receives funds grows each year, so we know the program is strengthening the infrastructure of the arts ecology in this region, and in turn, improving the quality of life for County residents.”

Applications for the OGP program were reviewed and scored by 75 diverse expert panelists from the Los Angeles region’s robust community of cultural workers, artists, curators, nonprofit arts administrators, arts funders, and arts educators. Award recommendations were reviewed by the Arts Commission and approved by the Board of Supervisors.

Visit the L.A. County Arts website for more information.

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