Starved Rock Country Community Foundation issues $13,000 in grants to 9 local nonprofits

The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation, in partnership with the Illinois Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts, recently issued more than $13,000 in grants to nine local nonprofits for spring and summer projects.

SRCCF’s Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund awarded:

$3,000 to the Illinois Valley Orchestral Association (Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra) for stipends to musicians performing in two children’s concerts.

$3,000 to the Peru Public Library for the summer reading program “Be Creative.”

$3,000 to the Ottawa Center for the Arts for brand development, logo, videography and marketing.

$1,200 to Stage 212 in La Salle for orchestral stipends for the Jan. 5 to 7 production of “Falsettos.”

$750 to the Ottawa Concert Association to provide free tickets for Illinois Valley Community College, high school and music students.

$750 to Princeton Theater Group (Festival 56) to support the April 11 to 12 staging of “Girls Like Us.”

$550 to North Central Illinois Artworks for design, printing and postage of promotional material for monthly exhibits.

$500 to the Somonauk Public Library for canvas painting classes.

$375 to the Seneca Public Library for supplies for its after-school art club.

For information, visit www.srccf.org/arts-of-starved-rock-country or email administrator Amanda Zehr at amanda@srccf.org.

For information about SRCCF, visit www.srccf.org or contact CEO Fran Brolley at 815-252-2906 or fran@srccf.org.