Hearst Foundations distribute $900,000 in grants
The Exploratorium and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are among the recipients of $900,000 in grants announced by the Hearst Foundations.
The Exploratorium will receive $300,000 to support programs for English-language learners, and the art museums will get $250,000 to fund the popular Friday Nights at the de Young program of live performances and art “happenings.”
Other recipients of the foundations’ latest round of grants are the American Cancer Society, which will get $75,000 for programs in Sacramento; Reading Partners, which will receive $100,000 to help increase reading proficiency for fourth-graders; New Door Ventures of San Francisco, which will receive $50,000 to expand its youth workforce development program; and the San Francisco Art Institute, which will get $125,000 to fund scholarships for students who are the first in their families to attend college.