Since 1989, the Festival of Arts established the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts Foundation with a $1.5 million donation. The earnings and income from this endowment are distributed annually in the form of scholarships to graduates of Laguna Beach High School and as grants to nonprofit art organizations and educational institutions in and about the city of Laguna Beach. Specifically the art scholarships were taken over by the Festival of the Arts in 2007, so that the FOA Foundation can focus on its grant program for local non-profit art organizations.
Now the FOA Foundation is pleased to announce the thirty-one organizations that they have awarded grants for the year of 2025. These grants, in total, account for $100,400 in funds given to helps in the many art-related non-profits in the Laguna Beach community. Allowing the emphasizing on education and the cultural enrichment of the local community through the arts.
The 2025 Art Grants recipients are:
In an era where public funds in government and education cut the arts, usually first and foremost when times get tough, it’s nice to see local communities benefit from art institutes who have the ability to give back, and support the very roots and community that allowed them to exist, while supporting what will eventually become the next generation to take on their causes!
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