$500,000 in academy grants

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s Academy Foundation’s Institutional Grants Program announced Tuesday that it has awarded $500,000 to 58 film-related nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and Canada.

Among the local organizations receiving money for programs are the California Institute of Arts, Loyola Marymount University, USC’s Master of Professional Writing Program and School of Cinematic Art, UCLA’s Film and Television Program and Workplace Hollywood. Local institutional grants were awarded for the job training program at Hollywood Cinema Production Resources, the screening series at UCLA Film and Television archive, the Access LA Seminar Series and Screenwriting Lab at Outfest.

-- Susan King