The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture has awarded $889,621 in grants to 79 nonprofit community organizations and schools for the 2008-09 fiscal year.

The grants will help the recipients fund a variety of activities, including artist residencies, workshops, performances, exhibits and festivals, and arts education.

In addition, $430,932 was awarded to 16 arts organizations to support their general operating costs. Those organizations include Actors Theater of Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Chorale, Phoenix Theater, Phoenix Symphony, and the Phoenix Boys Choir.

The organizations are required to match the grant amounts at least dollar-for-dollar.

The grants support projects and programs that serve nearly 2 million Phoenix-area residents annually. Organizations that received general operating support provide substantial outreach and educational programs to the community.

The grant recipients and grant amounts are:

Actors Theatre of Phoenix, $44,067
Arizona Jewish Theatre Company, $14,519
Arizona Opera, $45,002
Arizona Theatre Company, $104,641
Ballet Arizona, $72,377
Black Theatre Troupe, Inc., $15,358
Free Arts of Arizona, $24,267
Great Arizona Puppet Theater, $22,706
Heard Museum, $34,518
Herberger Theater Center (Arts Service Organization Grant), $23,500
Phoenix Art Museum, $62,008
Phoenix Bach Choir, $16,563
Phoenix Boys Choir Association, $20,319
Phoenix Symphony Association, $125,273
Phoenix Theatre, $31,489
Valley Youth Theatre, $37,487
1 in 10, Inc., $1,995
ABIL, $1,600
African Association of Arizona, $2,761
Arizona Alliance for Arts Education, $2,275
Arizona Aloha Festivals, Inc., $3,500
Arizona Asian American Association, $4,250
Arizona Center for Germanic Cultures, $1,200
Arizona Matsuri, $2,700
Arizona Women In Tune, $1,500
Art Center of Neighborhood Ministries, $1,750
Artability {Arizona Theater Company}, $1,920
AZDance Group, $2,000
Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix, $4,500
CareFree Write Productions Inc., $1,646
Cathedral Center for the Arts, $1,994
Center Dance Ensemble, $12,786
Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, $3,500
Childsplay, Inc., $6,625
Colores Actors-Writers Workshop, $3,000
Contra-tiempo, $2,400
Cultural Coalition, $2,500
Four Seasons Orchestra, $1,440
Golden Lion Productions, $3,750
Human Services Campus, $3,171
India Association of Phoenix, $2,000
iTheatre Collaborative, $9,298
Lodestar Day Resource Center, $3,000
Maricopa County Community College District Foundation, $2,000
Movement Source Inc., $2,000
Phoenix Center Association, $4,500
Phoenix Chinese Week, $3,500
Phoenix Conservatory of Music, $9,654
Red Rocks Music Festival, $1,600
Scorpius Dance Theatre, $8,750
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, $1,750
Society of Preservation of Barbershop Singing, $3,000
Stray Cat Theatre, $8,000
Teatro Bravo!, $2,125
Theater in My Basement, $1,200
Tumbleweed, $2,500
Valley of the Sun Habilitation Center, $3,024
Young Arts Arizona, $1,925
Young Sounds of Arizona, $4,250
Youth Development Institute, $4,079
Amerischools Academy, $2,750
Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center , $1,646
Capitol Elementary School, $1,575
Carl Hayden Community High School, $2,750
Creighton Elementary School, $1,500
Excelencia School, $1,750
Florence Crittenton, $1,500
Griffith Elementary School, $2,750
Jack L. Kuban Elementary School, $2,500
Keystone Montessori School, $2,750
Longview Elementary School, $2,135
Lowell Elementary School, $1,500
Milestones Charter School, $2,750
Mission Schools, Inc., $1,578
Orangewood School, $2,750
Starlight Park Elementary School, $2,300
Villa Montessori School, $2,750
William T. Machan Elementary School, $2,750
Wilson Primary School, $2,625
TOTAL - $889,621

The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture was established by the Phoenix City Council in 1985 to advance the growth and development of the city’s arts and cultural community.

For more information, visit phoenix.gov/arts or call 602-262-4637.