Seattle Youth Symphony gets $500,000 grant

The Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra is getting $500,000 from the Wallace Foundation.

The New York art and culture philanthropy group also is giving $1.6 million to the Washington State Arts Commission. Executive Director Kris Tucker says some of that money will be distributed to small arts groups in the Puget Sound area.

The grants were made under the Wallace Excellence Awards, a city-based approach to broadening audiences for the visual and performing arts. Past recipients include Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

The Seattle grants include $750,000 each to the dance presentation group On the Boards, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle Opera and Seattle Repertory Theater. Experience Music Project stands to receive $585,000 and One Reel is getting $560,000.

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