Lackawanna County Arts & Culture Grant recipients for 2015 announced in Scranton
From a press release:
Lackawanna County Commissioners Corey D. O’Brien, Jim Wansacz, and Patrick M. O’Malley announced the 2015 arts and culture organizations and individuals who have received grant support for their various community projects, events, and activities at a reception and grants ceremony held at the Scranton Cultural Center on Jan. 14.
Financial assistance was awarded in two forms: program stream grants and community project grants.
The program stream grants are larger awards to arts and cultural nonprofits who receive a yearly allocation from the Lackawanna County Arts & Culture Department. Their operations are reviewed every other year to gauge need, their projects, and general growth.
Community project grants are one-time disbursements for a specific activity administered by an organization or individual. Applicants may reapply every October for this form of funding.
The applications for both revenue streams are reviewed and scored by a panel to help determine if the programs, projects, or activities should be funded. Both grant programs are modeled after the process that the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts utilizes.
The financial resources for the grants come from the Arts, Education, & Culture tax, which is assessed annually at a rate of approximately 1.0 mill.
The amount awarded for 32 program grants this year was $208,200. The total for 27 project grants was $55,000.
Local anchor institutions – the Lackawanna County Library System, the Everhart Museum, and the Scranton Cultural Center – received their annual education/arts & culture allocation of $220,000 each.
The 2015 program stream grant recipients are:
Actors Circle – $7,000
Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces Associates – $7,000
Arcadia Chorale – $3,000
Artists for Art Gallery – $6,000
Ballet Theatre of Scranton – $7,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania – $5,000
Broadway Theatre League of Northeastern Pennsylvania – $15,000
Catholic Choral Society – $3,000
Choral Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania – $3,500
City of Carbondale – $4,000
Classical Guitar Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania – $1,200
Electric City Television – $25,000
First Friday Scranton – $5,000
First Night Scranton – $2,500
LaFesta – $7,000
Lackawanna All County Band – $1,000
Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority – $1,000
Lackawanna Historical Society – $20,000
Lackawanna River Corridor Association – $2,500
Lyric Consort – $3,000
Mostly Opera – $1,500
N.E.I.U. #19 – $1,000
North Pocono Cultural Society – $2,500
Scranton Civic Ballet – $7,000
Scranton Jazz Festival – $6,000
Scranton Musicians Union – $3,000
Scranton Public Theatre – $3,500
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Association – $6,000
St. Ubaldo Festival – $6,000
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic – $16,000
United Neighborhood Centers – $23,000
The individuals and organizations receiving 2015 community project grants are:
Covenant Presbyterian Church – $1,600
Heather Evans – $1,500
First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit – $1,000
Gaslight Theatre Company – $1,700
Ghostlight Productions – $2,565
The Glass Artisans Chapter of Northeastern Pennsylvania – $1,860
Kenneth Gordon – $1,884
Rosemary Hay – $2,280
Dolores Hippler – $2,565
Joy Hockman (radio literature series) – $1,600
Hope Horn Gallery – $2,565
Marywood Art Galleries – $2,750
Rachel Mecuri – $1,400
Ted Michalowski – $2,565
Neighborworks of Northeastern Pennsylvania – $1,900
Jacob Rosen – $1,695
Scranton Shakespeare Festival – $2,565
Ihor Shablovsky – $2,280
Doug Smith – $2,750
The Gathering Place – $2,261
The Pop Up Studio – $2,750
The Wally Gordon Community Singers – $2,000
Michelle Wheeler – $1,500
Sally Wiener-Grotta – $2,565
Matthew C. Williams – $1,400
Katie Wisnosky – $1,500
