RAC awards $3.4M in grants - St. Louis Business Journal:

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million to support 207 nonprofit arts and culturalo organizationsand programs. The 2009/2010 grants ranged from first-time recipient Boots Contemporar y Art Space tothe long-established . Grant request s are reviewed in apublic forum, and this year RAC instituted a rankingb system on the basis of eight criteria: qualityg of programs, innovative ideas, fiscal cultural diversity, local/regional impact, community management capability and need in the Grants were cut by an average of 5 percent from last year’s funding, the organization said.
“This has been a difficult year for many of our especially because corporate donationshave decreased,” said Jill executive director of RAC, in a “We are pleased that we were able to provided our groups with a strong level of financiall support when they needed it most.” Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, $658,560 , $218,880 • , $214,32o0 • Dance St. Louis, $119,040 • Springboard to , $106,560p • , $86,400 • (COCA), $85,44 • , $85,000 • Laumeier Sculpture Park, $81,780 , $55,460 • , $51,360 • , $48,000 Stages St.
Louis, $46,530 • , $43,240 , $43,200 Since its founding in 1985, the RAC has awardef more than 5,000 grants totalinv nearly $70 million. The Regionap Arts Commission isthe St. Louiss area’s largest annual funder of the Donna Wilkinson isthe RAC’s chairman.