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Metro Arts begins disbursing $3.2 million in grants, shifts funding toward smaller groups
Summary
Ashley Batchelder, interim executive director of the Metro Nashville Arts Commission, said the agency has begun dispersing roughly $3.2 million in the latest grant cycle, directing about $1.3 million to 86 Thrive grants and about $1.9 million to 79 operating grants.
Ashley Batchelder, interim executive director of the Metro Nashville Arts Commission, told the Metro Human Relations Commission that payment for the latest grant cycle began the week of the meeting and that the commission approved the awards on Sept. 25.
"We have 86 Thrive grants that we are funding through this round of grants. This is up from 75 Thrive grants the last cycle, and this totals about $1,300,000," Batchelder said. She added that 58 of the 86 are first-time Thrive recipients. Batchelder also said the Arts Commission is supporting 79 arts organizations in this cycle, totaling about $1,900,000, and that nine of those…
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