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New fund sparked by William Penn Foundation will dole out millions to arts groups and artists in ‘severe financial straits’

The new fund is the largest of a number of other emergency funds that have formed to provide relief to cultural organizations and artists in the region. You can read about them here.

With the Wilma Theater on the right and Merriam and Academy of Music on left, South Broad Street Saturday night was uncharacteristically quiet and sparse as the coronavirus pandemic kept the city's arts venues dark.
With the Wilma Theater on the right and Merriam and Academy of Music on left, South Broad Street Saturday night was uncharacteristically quiet and sparse as the coronavirus pandemic kept the city's arts venues dark.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer