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Article: Stimulus dollars to preserve Arts Council of New Orleans jobs
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- New Orleans CityBusiness
- Article date:
- July 21, 2009
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The Arts Council of New Orleans was selected Monday to receive a
$250,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts as part of
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Arts Council is among 631 nonprofit arts organizations across
the country awarded the one-time grant from the NEA to preserve jobs
in the nonprofit arts sector that are in jeopardy because of the
recent economic downturn.
In total, the NEA awarded $29.75 million, including almost $1.2
million to 13 arts organizations in Louisiana.
The Arts Council can re-grant the money it received to other arts
organizations in the region to support the salaries of positions
that are risk but critical to the organization's ...