Over 150 arts organizations in Rhode Island received grants from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) totaling $878,942 in funding.
Funding for the grants came from the General Assembly and federal funds through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Most required a match of contributions from businesses, individuals, and from ticket sales.
Fifty two of the grants went to individual artists, and the rest went to arts and cultural organizations, arts education programs, teaching artists in healthcare and education, culture workers, and other community projects.