The California Arts Council has announced a grant award of $50,000 to Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center (“Pullum Center”) as part of its General Operating Support Grant program during its 2023 grant cycle.
The grant will provide general operating support for two years to support performing arts instruction for more than 1,200 students, ages 5 – 20, who reside within a five-mile radius of 43rd Street and Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles.
Executive Director Fernando Pullum said, “We are proud to be one of 850 organizations in California to receive a California Arts Council grant that will allow us to support our operations.” Pullum Center was featured as part of a larger announcement from the California Arts Council, with more than 850 grant awards totaling more than $32.75 million in projected funding projected investments for operational and project support to nonprofit organizations and units of government throughout the state of California.
The nearly $33 million in awards for the 2023 grant cycle sets a new record for the state arts agency’s investment in California’s arts and culture workforce via permanent state and federal allocations for local assistance funds, upwards of $2.8 million more than its last record-setting year in 2020.
“In this last year, the California Arts Council has been working diligently to listen to our field, to be responsive to the moment, and to do our best to make our investments strategic and equitable,” said California Arts Council Executive Director Jonathan Moscone. “I am proud that we are able to disperse more than 850 grants throughout the state so that the arts can continue to have a deep and positive impact on the vast and diverse communities of California.”
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