Lincoln Financial Group Foundation Enriches Lives, Fosters Creativity and Diversity with Grants to 38 Philadelphia Arts and Culture Nonprofit Organizations.

PHILADELPHIA, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Financial Group Foundation demonstrated its continued support to developing and sustaining the arts in the Greater Philadelphia region by awarding 38 grants totaling $477,000 to organizations in support of arts and culture programs.

 
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  This cycle's grant recipients include: 
 
  Philadelphia Museum of Art 
    The Lincoln Foundation granted $65,000 to the Philadelphia Museum of Art 
    to support corporate partnership initiatives and the Meeting the World 
    Through Art program.  The Philadelphia Museum of Art strives to 
    preserve, enhance, and extend the reach of its collections to an 
    increasingly diverse audience of all ages from the Greater Philadelphia 
    region and around the world.  The Philadelphia Museum of Art Corporate 
    Partners Program enables the Museum to continue to expand key 
    initiatives in education, conservation, and technology.  The Meeting 
    the World Through Art program incorporates studies of the art of three 
    Asian cultures into social studies curricula for third-, fourth-, and 
    fifth-grade students at Ellwood John Moffett and Spring Garden 
    elementary schools. 
 
  Philadelphia Orchestra Association 
    The Lincoln Foundation granted $50,000 to the Philadelphia Orchestra's 
    Education and School Partnership Program, a three-year partnership with 
    three School District of Philadelphia elementary schools.  Over the 
    three years, the program will be sequenced to follow students in the 
    third, fourth and fifth grades and will include interaction with 
    Philadelphia Orchestra musicians; a teaching artist who will work with 
    each school; musical instruments and resources; and performances by 
    small ensembles at each school. 
 
 

"Lincoln Financial Group's support of arts and culture organizations stems from our strong tradition of bettering our communities," says Jon A. Boscia, chairman and chief executive officer, Lincoln Financial Group. "We are pleased to support these organizations and the diverse…