The New York City-based Shubert Foundation has announced grants totaling $32.1 million in support of five hundred and seventy-five nonprofit performing arts organizations across the country, Broadway World reports.

Grants of general operating support ranging from $10,000 to $325,000 were awarded to nonprofit theaters, dance companies, professional theater-training programs, and related service agencies, including urban and rural organizations and groups that provide early arts exposure to young audiences. Since establishing the unrestricted grants program in 1977, the foundation has awarded nearly $540 million to arts organizations.

"This has been a year like none other for our grantees," said Shubert Foundation president Diana Phillips. "COVID precipitated an existential crisis while outrage over racial injustice precipitated a national reckoning. Each had a profound impact that will resonate for years. The Shubert Foundation is gratified to provide critical support to hundreds of organizations at this pivotal time. Never has it been more needed or more deserved."