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Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Gets First-Ever Grant From William Penn Foundation

In the City of Firsts, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra has received its first-ever grant from the William Penn Foundation that will go toward expanding one of the orchestra company's programs.

The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, now in its 77th year, has received a two-year grant of $82,500 from the William Penn Foundation, announced President and Music Director Louis Scaglione.

The funding marks the first time Philadelphia Youth Orchestra has received a grant from the William Penn Foundation, which, since its founding in 1945, has made nearly 10,000 grants totaling more than $1.6 billion to various organizations, including other arts-and-cultural organizations.

The foundation most recently donated $100 million that would go toward Philadelphia's parks, recreation centers and libraries.

The funds will go toward the expansion of the orchestra company's Tune Up Philly, the company's engagement program that provides after-school music instruction to more than 220 students in 10 teaching sites in underserved Philadelphia communities.

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