Several local organizations received grants in the latest round of the Ralph C. Wilson Jr.. Arts & Culture Initiative awards.

The Fenton Historical Society of Jamestown received $15,000, while the project to renovate Gowanda’s historic Hollywood Theater also got a $15,000 award.

The Leon Historical Society received $2,500 for an exhibit: “Leon’s Penny-Royal Race Track – From Horses to Stock Cars to NASCAR.”

The Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown also got an outlay of $2,500, as an “Operating Support Micro Grant.”

The grants were announced by the Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo. There was a total of $500,000 in grants to support 56 small to mid-sized arts organizations serving the eight counties of Western New York, plus Monroe County.

The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Arts & Culture

Initiative was established in 2021 to support arts and culture in the eight counties of Western New York, plus Monroe County, in recognition of the role arts and culture organizations play in a thriving economy. Part of that announcement includes $500,000 in annual funding to be awarded primarily to support small to mid-sized arts and culture organizations in the nine counties.

To learn more, visit http://www.cfgb.org/nonprofits/grants/ralph-c-wilson-jr-foundation-arts-culture-initiative.