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Summit Foundation Gives $25k to Local Arts Programs
The Summit Area Public Foundation has helped out six organizations including Summit Public Schools this year.
As part of its program of funding arts in the region, Summit Area Public Foundation has awarded more than $25,000 in grants to six local organizations.
The grants will support a variety of programs, which include free lunchtime concerts at in Summit and a mid-day cabaret series by Dreamcatcher Repertory Theater at .
Young artists will also benefit. SAPF awarded grants to the Summit Symphony, for its 2012 Young Artist Competition and Concert, and to the local Teen Arts Festival to help fund stipends for professionals who comment on the work of budding local artists.
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A grant to the Summit Performing Arts Resource Committee (SPARC) will help fund a scenery rigging system in the theater. It will also support various workshops, cabaret shows, and programs at , and schools in Summit.
In addition, an SAPF grant will allow the NJ Intergenerational Orchestra to record its spring concert for broadcast on .
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Summit Area Public Foundation is a 501(c)(3) community charitable foundation. It fosters philanthropy in the Summit area by identifying local needs and offering donors flexible ways to make a difference in the lives of their neighbors. For more information on these and other grants, visit sapfnj.org.
— by Reagan Burkholder
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