State Arts Grants Include $107K for Butler Art Museum
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Twenty-five arts organizations in the Mahoning Valley will receive grants from the Ohio Arts Council under its latest round of funding.
The largest grant, $107,551, was awarded to The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown to support its ongoing work.
The OAC board announced today that it approved $22,704,702 in grants to support Ohio artists, nonprofits, arts and cultural organizations, students and educators and public arts programming. It is the largest single round of grant awards distributed to OAC funding applicants in the agency’s history.
The 935 grants approved this week constitute the initial and major state fiscal year 2025 funding round for the OAC. The money will be used by the recipients for operations, specific projects, education and other purposes.
The grants stem from the state’s 2024-2025 operating budget, which included a record-high state appropriation of nearly $51.1 million for the OAC over the two-year period.
The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports the arts.
Here is a list of grant recipients in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.
Mahoning County
- Stambaugh Auditorium, $5,182.
- Students Motivated by the Arts, $15,226 and $4,022.
- Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past, $17,469 and $3,373.
- Youngstown Playhouse, $8,261.
- Ballet Western Reserve, $14,806.
- Butler Institute of American Art, $107,551.
- Lit Youngstown, $6,586.
- McDonough Museum of Art, $12,200.
- Opera Western Reserve, $8,833.
- Stambaugh Chorus, $5,203.
- Chaney Middle School (Youngstown), $5,250.
- East Middle School (Youngstown), $5,250.
- Harding Elementary School (Youngstown), $4,500.
- Kirkmere Elementary School (Youngstown), $4,550.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School (Youngstown), $4,550.
- Paul C. Bunn Elementary School (Youngstown), $4,550.
- Rayen Early College (Youngstown), $5,250.
- Taft Elementary School (Youngstown), $4,550.
- Volney Rogers Elementary School (Youngstown), $4,550.
Trumbull County
- Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership (Warren), $1,304.
Columbiana County
- Lepper Library (Lisbon), $3,943.
- Stage Left Players (Lisbon), $6,772.
- Salem Chamber of Commerce, $1,050.
Pictured at top: The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
