Following an unprecedented year of hardship for the performing arts, the Shubert Foundation announced today that it would award a record $32.1 million in 2021 grants to 575 not-for-profit arts organizations nationwide, as many of the groups continue to struggle under the impact of the 15-month Covid-19 pandemic shutdown.Among the grant recipients are theaters, dance companies, professional theater training programs and related service agencies across the United States.“This has been a year like none other for our grantees,” said Diana Phillips, President of The Shubert Foundation, in a statement. “Covid precipitated an existential crisis while outrage over racial injustice precipitated a national reckoning.
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