Capital Support: 2019-2020 & Special Round of Operating Support

The additional grants total $521,250 and will be paid immediately to help these organizations weather the current COVID-19 crisis, which has forced so many music organizations to curtail operations, cancelling performances and other activities. Individual grants range from $750 to $30,000. The average size is just over $6,100. These additional amounts supplement general operating grants awarded this year totaling $1,042,500.

The Presser Foundation is also pleased to announce the selection of grantees for capital projects totaling $795,000, including $545,000 in new commitments and $250,000 satisfying previous commitments, through its Capital Support program. The grant recipients are music presenting, music performing and music education organizations in the greater Philadelphia area and those which enjoy a legacy relationship with the Foundation. 

Jeffrey Cornelius, President of The Presser Foundation, commented on these grants: “The Presser Foundation saw an opportunity to extend potentially life-saving support to a broad swath of music organizations, without any re-application. We want our music organizations to come roaring back when it is safe to do so, because so many musicians and enthusiasts depend on them. Our Trustees pledge to serve as responsible stewards advancing the art of music and continuing the legacy of Theodore Presser with passion, integrity and respect. It is in this way that we hope to inspire others to support the music to the extent they are able to do so. We affirm the ways these organizations and this ecosystem have enriched our lives and recognize that they are aching to continue their important work.” 

2019-20 Special Round of General Operating Support Grantees (in alphabetical order)

• Academy of Vocal Arts
• Allentown Symphony Association
• Anna Crusis Women’s Choir
• Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
• Ars Nova Workshop
• Art Sphere, Inc.
• Artistas y Musicos Latino Americanos (AMLA)
• ArtistYear
• Astral Artists, Inc.
• Bay Atlantic Symphony, Inc.
• Berks Youth Chorus
• Bowerbird
• Bucks County Choral Society
• Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey
• Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem
• Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
• Chester Children’s Chorus
• Choir School of Delaware
• Choral Arts Philadelphia
• CityFest, Inc./Wilmington Children’s Chorus
• Commonwealth Youthchoirs
• Community Conservatory
• Community Music School Lehigh Valley
• Community Music School of Collegeville
• Community Youth Orchestra of Bucks County
• Darlington Arts Center
• Delaware County Youth Orchestra
• Delaware Symphony Orchestra
• Dolce Suono Ensemble
• Esperanza
• Friends of the Wanamaker Organ
• Garden State Philharmonic Orchestra
• Harrisburg Symphony Association
• Kimmel Center, Inc.
• Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
• LiveConnections

• Lyra Society
• Lyric Fest
• Mamadele Foundation
• Market Square Concerts
• Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
• Moravian College
• Music at Gretna, Inc.
• Music for Everyone
• Musicopia
• Network for New Music
• OperaDelaware
• Opera Philadelphia
• Orchestra 2001
• Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale
• Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
• Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts
• Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus
• Philadelphia Sinfonia Association
• Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
• Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
• Play On, Philly! (POP)
• Princeton Symphony Orchestra
• PRISM Quartet, Inc.
• Project 440
• Reading Symphony Orchestra
• Riverside Symphonia
• Settlement Music School
• Singing City
• State Theatre Regional Arts Center At New Brunswick Inc
• Susquehanna Chorale
• Symphony in C
• Tempesta di Mare, Inc.
• Temple University Music Preparatory Division
• The Allentown Band
• The Bach Choir of Bethlehem
• The Crossing
• The Dryden Ensemble
• The Friends of Chamber Music of Reading, Inc.
• The Georgia E. Gregory Interdenominational School of Music
• The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
• The Music School of Delaware
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
• The Princeton Festival
• Trenton Children’s Chorus, Inc.
• Trenton Music Makers
• Tri-County Concerts Association, Inc.
• Wilmington Concert Opera
• WRTI 90.1FM
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2019-20 Capital Support Grantees (in alphabetical order)

• Haverford College
• Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation
• Kimmel Center, Inc., Academy of Music*
• Lafayette College
• Lebanon Valley College
• Rider University – Westminster Choir College
• Swarthmore College
• The Mann Center for the Performing Arts*
• University of the Arts*

*Previous Multi-Year Grantee