Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts announced it has awarded a record $900,000 in gifts and grants to 75 nonprofit organizations and schools throughout the San Gabriel Valley and greater Los Angeles area. The grants help support music education and arts enrichment in schools, youth orchestras, and music therapy programs, as well as underwriting concerts by the LA Phil and other local cultural institutions.
“When considering our 75th Anniversary this year, we chose to honor the occasion in a way that felt core to our mission, by supporting 75 nonprofits with the largest grant package in the history of our organization,” said 2022/23 President Vikki Sung. “We’re very proud of our heritage and legacy, and that we’ve given more than $25 million and still going strong is a testament to the dedication, creativity, and perseverance of our volunteer members—past and present.”
This is the largest amount ever distributed in the organization’s 75-year history, bringing the total investment in music and the arts to over $25 million.
The Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts was founded in 1948 as the “Pasadena Junior Philharmonic Committee,” a support group for the LA Phil. The organization is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and is marking the occasion with the largest grant package in its history. The formal celebration will take place at the Pasadena Showcase House of Design Premiere Night Gala on Friday, April 21, with the theme “A 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration.” The Pasadena Showcase House of Design is the organization’s only annual fundraising event and is in its 58th year. It will be open to the public from April 23 to May 21, Tuesdays through Sundays.
For tickets and information, visit pasadenashowcase.org/tickets or call 626.606.1600.
2022/23 GIFTS & GRANTS RECIPIENTS
Gifts:
LA Phil
South Pasadena Unified School District
Grants:
Academy of Music for the Blind
Alhambra Educational Foundation
Altadena Eliot Arts Magnet
Altadena Rotary Charities
Angelica Center for Art and Music
Arcadia Music Club
Artes Vocales, Inc.
California School of the Arts—San Gabriel Valley Foundation
California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation
Candelas Music And Arts Foundation
Center Theatre Group
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Clazzical Notes
Clifton Band Boosters (Monrovia)
CoachArt
Colburn School
California State Summer School for the Arts
Elemental Music
Families Forward Learning Center
Five Acres
Friends of SMHS VAPA—Titan Music
Glendale Youth Orchestra
Global Arts Corporation
Grand Vision Foundation
Helix Collective
Kadima Conservatory of Music
La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation
LA Opera
LA Phil (YOLA)
LACHSA Foundation LA County HS of the Arts Foundation
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus
Los Angeles Music and Art School
Los Angeles Youth Symphony Orchestra
LTSC Community Development Corporation / Little Tokyo Service Center
Makoto Taiko
Monrovia Wildcats Band Booster Club
Monterey Hills Elementary School
MUSE/IQUE
MUSYCA Children’s Choir
National Children’s Chorus
Neighborhood Music School
Nevenka East European Folk Ensemble
Oakwood Brass – Outreach Project
Octavia E. Butler Magnet (Washington STEAM Magnet Academy)
Optimist Boys Home and Ranch / Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services
Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization
Pacific Opera Project
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
Pasadena Master Chorale, Inc. / The Pasadena Chorale
Pasadena Senior Center
Pasadena Symphony Association
PRISM Choral Ensemble
Roger Wagner Choral Institute
Salastina
San Gabriel Valley Music Theatre
Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Saturday Night Bath Concert Fund
South Pasadena Educational Foundation
The Ebell of Los Angeles
The Harmony Project
The Marianne Frostig Center for Educational Therapy
The Music Center
The Pasadena Community Orchestra Foundation
The Vizionz Project
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Theatre Americana of Altadena Inc
Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind
Verdugo Young Musicians Assoc
Villa Esperanza Services
VOX Femina Los Angeles
White Hall Arts Academy
Assistance League of Los Angeles
Young Musicians Foundation
In addition to its Gifts & Grants program, Pasadena Showcase nurtures the study and appreciation of music among young people with its three annual music programs: the Music MobileTM, which has introduced orchestral instruments to more than 125,000 third grade students; the Instrumental Competition, which has awarded more than $650,000 in monetary prizes for exceptionally talented young musicians; and the Youth Concert, which has brought nearly 250,000 fourth graders to Walt Disney Concert Hall for exuberant performances presented by the LA Phil.
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