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The Woodmere Art Museum is in dire need of ready funds at this moment of severe earned-revenue losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the letter attached here, Woodmere’s director, William Valerio, requests an emergency grant of $100,000 to directly support salaries of staff across the museum. With this email, I wholeheartedly recommend approval of the proposed emergency grant. The funds would be drawn from the American Art Program’s 2020 allocation.
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Woodmere is an impressive small museum and recent first-time grantee, with a clear and active mission to collect and present the work of Philadelphia artists, past and present.
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The Foundation’s support of Woodmere’s talented and highly committed staff at this unprecedented moment, through this emergency grant, is a rapid and effective way to assist them in keeping their staff whole and active through these months of unprecedented challenges to the museum sector.