Advocacy
Boston Arts Groups Benefit from Wallace Foundation
The New York-based Wallace Foundation gave Excellence Awards to seven Boston arts organizations. The grants, totaling $4.6 million, recognize these organizations' efforts to engage the wider community in arts activities. The Boston Symphony and the Museum of Fine Arts each received $1.1 million; the Boston Lyric Opera Company, From the Top, Huntington Theater, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum received grants ranging from $368,000 to $500,000.The Wallace Foundation's selection of Boston arts organizations reflects its growing focus on city-based arts funding. The foundation works to encourage involvement throughout communities, increasing appreciation, interest, and participation in the arts.