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Arts advocates ask lawmakers for $3 million to sustain Georgia Council for the Arts grants

2331014 · February 18, 2025
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Georgians for the Arts told the subcommittee the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) is facing a funding cliff when pandemic‑era relief funds expire and requested $3 million to avoid an interruption in grantmaking to nonprofit arts organizations across the state.

Georgians for the Arts executive director Wadudah Mohammed told the House subcommittee that the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) used federal pandemic relief funds to support nonprofit arts organizations but that those funds will expire at the end of FY2025. Mohammed asked lawmakers for a $3,000,000 appropriation to make the GCA operating grants program…

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