Jersey City has awarded more than $1 million in funding to 78 artists and arts organizations in its third round of grants from the city’s Arts and Culture Trust Fund, Mayor Steve Fulop announced Friday. The latest funding consists of 44 program grants, 13 arts education grants, 21 general operating grants and 20 individual artist fellowships. To date, nearly 300 Arts and Culture Trust Fund grants have been distributed, totaling $3 million. The grants, designed to support and nurture local artistic talent, are funded by taxpayers through a annual special tax — 2 cents for every $100,000 in asse…