Council awarded 24 organizations grant funding during its Sept. 11 meeting.
In a nutshell
The Richardson Cultural Arts Commission recommended 24 organizations for the grants during the meeting. The amount of each grant ranged between $2,500 and $80,000.
According to a council memo, the arts commission reviewed a total of 27 applications for the grant funds. Anthony Pampillonia, Richardson Cultural Arts Commission chair, said $565,321 was requested by applicants, with $348,500 awarded to the 24 organizations.
Richardson officials expect the hotel and motel tax fund to bring in nearly $8.9 million in revenue for the city in the 2023-24 fiscal year.
The details
The following organizations received grants funded by hotel and motel tax dollars.
- Contemporary Chorale: $2,500
- Accolade Community Theatre and Texins Jazz Band: $4,000 each
- Sciart Exchange: $4,500
- Richardson Community Chorale and Spectacular Follies: $6,000 each
- Friends of the Richardson Public Library: $7,000
- Dallas Asian-American Youth Orchestra: $7,500
- Lone Star Wind Orchestra and Richardson Reads One Book: $8,000 each
- Core Theatre and Rich-Tone Chorus: $9,000 each
- Chamberlain Ballet, Dallas Chinese Community Center, Plano Symphony Orchestra, Texas Winds Musical Outreach and Tuzer Ballet: $10,000 each
- Pegasus Theatre and Richardson Civic Art Society: $12,000 each
- Richardson Community Band: $16,000
- Chamber Music International: $30,000
- Richardson Theatre Centre: $33,000
- Repertory Company Theatre: $40,000
- Richardson Symphony: $80,000
Checks are set to be disbursed to each organization in October, Pampillonia said, adding that their final financial reports are due by Sept. 30.
