The former head of the Walt Disney Company, Michael Eisner, has through his family foundation donated $1.25-million to the California Institute of Arts to finance a program for Los Angeles schools, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The gift, the Eisner Foundation’s first to an arts organization and the largest ever for the California Institute’s Community Arts Partnership, will pay for music, dance, and other arts instruction in local schools by institute faculty, students, and alumni.

In other arts news, The New York Times reports that the American Ballet Theater’s 86 dancers have accepted a management proposal to eliminate vacation pay and company pension contributions in order to avoid staff and salary cuts.

Also: The PNC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PNC Financial Services, announced a five-year, $5-million program of regional arts grants that doubles the philanthropy’s commitment to cultural activities, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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