The umbrella organization serving dance companies in Philadelphia will shut down in the wake of the William Penn Foundation’s decision to end its support to the eight-year-old nonprofit, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The $2-billion, Philadelphia-based foundation, which helped launch Dance/UP in 2006 and had given it a $950,000 grant in 2011, denied the organization’s application for new funds last month.
A branch of national arts group Dance/USA, Dance/UP has provided small grants, matchmaking for national and international partnerships, and other services to Philadelphia dancers and dance groups, which characterized the organization as a lifeline and expressed dismay over the funding cut. Dance/UP has applied to the foundation for transitional funding to wind down its work and transfer its programs to other entities.
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