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Funding Up for LATC: In a year that saw grants from the National Endowment for the Arts reduced to most theaters, the financially troubled Los Angeles Theatre Center has received a $75,000 NEA grant--$10,000 more than last year, and the largest increase for any California theater. NEA theater program director Ben Cameron said the increase sends “a very strong signal� about the importance of LATC. As usual, Center Theatre Group received the largest single grant to a California theater, $230,000, but that was down from last year’s $260,000.