Prebys Foundation awards $5.2 million for healing through art, nature
The Conrad Prebys Foundation in San Diego has announced grants totaling more than $6.4 million in support of efforts to improve community health and well-being through access to arts, culture, and nature.
Awarded through the foundation’s Healing Through the Arts and Nature initiative, the grants will support 59 nonprofits across San Diego for programs serving youth, veterans, justice-impacted individuals, and historically underserved communities through efforts such as playwriting and horse therapy to hiking, farming, dancing, painting, and surfing. Healing Through the Arts recipients include A Step Beyond ($100,000), Fern Street Community Arts ($150,000), Project PAINT: The Prison Arts Initiative ($58,000), San Diego Urban Warriors ($100,000), Synergy Arts Foundation ($31,000), and Viet Voices ($126,000). Healing Through Nature recipients include Botanical Community Development Initiatives ($150,000), Coastal Roots Farm ($100,000), Kumeyaay Community College ($150,000), Paddle for Peace ($75,000), and the San Diego Natural History Museum ($150,000).
“This grant has been so important,” said Synergy Arts Foundation executive director Naomi Nussbaum, who hopes to use the funding to attract matching funds elsewhere. “We’re a tiny all-volunteer nonprofit, and the work never stops, but it’s incredibly rewarding.”
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