L.A. Arts Commissions Doles Out Record Grants

Backstage: "The Los Angeles County Arts Commission announced it has given a record $4,518,000 in grants to 228 nonprofit arts organizations for fiscal year 2006-07 through its Organizational Grant Program. The grants given reflect the recent doubling of appropriations for grants to nonprofit arts organizations, approved by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors last month. Two-year commitments were also made to organizations with budgets exceeding $100,000 for the first time. "