Accent Pontiac awarded $55,000 grant to support music education for children
“We are pleased to partner with CultureSource and provide support to help arts and culture organizations innovate and shift their business models to address needs in their communities.”
— Mariam Noland, president of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has partnered with CultureSource to provide $275,000 in grant funding to metro Detroit arts and culture organizations.
A total of five nonprofits were awarded including one in Oakland County. Accent Pontiac, a music education nonprofit for Pontiac school aged children, will receive $55,000 from the COVID-19 Arts and Creative Community Assistance Fund.
The funds will be used to institute a new Porch Lessons program, which will provide outdoor and socially-distanced music lessons at student’s homes.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the arts and culture sector,” Mariam Noland, president of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, said. “We are pleased to partner with
CultureSource and provide support to help arts and culture organizations innovate and shift their business models to address needs in their communities.”
The other nonprofit organizations chosen for the grant are: The Michigan Opera Theatre, the Detroit
Historical Society, Heritage Works and Young Nation, all focusing on the Detroit area.
“These arts projects represent creativity and ingenuity in serving communities,” Omari Rush, executive director of CultureSource, said. “We can
all be proud that organizations like these awardees exist throughout southeast Michigan and are undeterred in helping keep our region vibrant and prosperous.”
The Arts and Creative Community Assistance Fund is supported by the
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the DeRoy Testamentary Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, the Leinweber Foundation, the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, the Peck Foundation, and the William Davidson Foundation.