The Los Angeles Children’s Chorus has received a $2,040,000 general operating support grant from the Perenchio Foundation.

The grant is the largest in the chorus’s 40-year history. The unrestricted gift will be distributed over three years and is intended to strengthen the organization’s infrastructure, long-term planning, and financial resilience as the GRAMMY-winning ensemble marks its 40th anniversary season.

“The fact that the Foundation expressed its confidence and trust in LACC through a gift of this size is monumental and a well-deserved honor for our LACC community, and especially for our Board of Directors and staff team. This funding will allow us to build capacity within our organization to help sustain LACC’s continued growth, positively impacting even more youth through our transformative choral music education program,” Susan Miller Kotses, LACC Executive Director, said, per an official press release.

Founded in 1986, LACC annually serves more than 500 children ages 6 through 18 from over 40 communities across Southern California through eight choirs and two introductory singing classes. More than 30 percent of choristers receive financial aid. Under Artistic Director Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, the chorus performs regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, among others.

Established by the late A. Jerrold “Jerry” Perenchio, the Perenchio Foundation provides multi-year unrestricted funding to arts organizations across Los Angeles County.

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