$335,000 in Grants Awarded from ArtsEverywhere Fund

The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County recently awarded over $335,000 in grants to local arts and culture nonprofits from its ArtsEverywhere Fund.

Major Venture grants—each for $150,000 at $50,000 a year over three years—went to WNIT Public Television and to the Rotary Club of South Bend. WNIT’s Major Venture grant will support its campaign to relocate to a new broadcast facility in downtown South Bend, which has the potential to create more opportunities for local arts coverage. The grant to the Rotary Club will fund the renovation or possibly the replacement of the bandshell at Potawatomi Park. This is part of a larger project: The Community Foundation recently received an Access to Recreation grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to collaborate with the South Bend Parks and Recreation Department to make the entire Potawatomi Park complex more accessible. The bandshell will be an important aspect of that work, creating a space for public arts performances that people of all abilities will be able to enjoy.

Capacity-building grants went to the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association, Southold Dance Theater, and Vesper Chorale, while seven organizations received project-specific grants: South Bend Heritage Foundation, the South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend Chamber Singers, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra Association, the Children’s Campus for a partnership with South Bend Civic Theatre, Southold Dance Theater, and the Walkerton Area Historical Society.