The Shubert Foundation, Inc., announced Thursday that it has bestowed $24 million to 488 nonprofit arts organizations in 46 states through its grants program for 2015. Recipients include Baltimore's two Equity theater companies, Center Stage ($185,000) and Everyman Theatre ($35,000).
The 70-year-old foundation is sole shareholder of the Shubert Organization, Inc., which runs 17 Broadway and six Off-Broadway theaters. The foundation's grants program has awarded more than $360 million since its launch in 1977. This year, grants ranged from $10,000 to $325,000.
Other Maryland organizations on the 2015 list: Imagination Stage ($50,000) and Round House Theatre ($40,000), both in Bethesda; and Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo ($30,000).
Grants are made for "general operating support," Shubert Foundation president Michael I. Sovern said in a statement. "We are convinced that talented artists and administrators are best able to decide how to use the funds we grant."