​The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture is pleased to announce the recipients of the Community Arts Grants Program for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. This month the city of Phoenix will award a total of $940,346 in the form of 84 grants to 70 ​not-for-profit arts and culture organizations serving Phoenix residents through arts and culture services. This is an increase from last year — 72 grants were awarded to 60 organizations in 2018-2019.
Grant categories are A+CCESS I, A+CCESS II, A+CTION, Rental Support, Youth Arts Engagement, Arts Learning, and Festival Project grants.
Approved by the Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission in June and the Phoenix City Council on July 3, 2019, the funding allocation also includes an increase of $25,000 in dedicated grants for youth and underserved communities. This increase will bolster the Collaborative Communities (Arts Learning and Festival Project grants) and Youth Arts Engagement grant programs.
“We are grateful for the increase in funding, which helps ensure cultural services to all areas of the City" stated Mitch Menchaca, executive director of the Office of Arts and Culture.
GRANTS CATEGORIES and RECIPIENTS
A+CCESS I (Arts + Culture Community Engagement Services Support)
General operating grants for not-for-profit arts or cultural organizations with a budget of at least $2,500,000.
Arizona Opera: $29,335
Arizona Science Center: $19,001
Arizona Theatre Company: $26,780
Ballet Arizona: $39,308
Children's Museum of Phoenix: $22,002
Desert Botanical Garden: $32,780
Heard Museum: $40,670
Musical Instrument Museum: $26,113
Phoenix Art Museum: $29,224
Phoenix Symphony Association: $17,001
Phoenix Theatre: $35,891
A+CCESS II (Arts + Culture Community Engagement Services Support)
General operating grants for not-for-profit arts or culture organizations with a budget between $250,000 and $2,499,999.
Arizona Jewish Historical Society: $9,693
Black Theatre Troupe, Inc.: $11,366
Free Arts of Arizona: $16,042
Great Arizona Puppet Theater: $11,946
Jazz in Arizona, Inc.: $12,927
Phoenix Boys Choir Association: $8,294
Phoenix Center for the Arts: $7,000
Phoenix Chamber Music Society: $8,123
Phoenix Children's Chorus: $12,731
Phoenix Chorale: $11,127
Phoenix Conservatory of Music: $12,356
Phoenix Film Foundation: $9,489
Phoenix Girl's Chorus: $11,878
Rosie's House: A Music Academy for Children: $14,847
Rosson House/Heritage Square Foundation: $8,669
Valley Youth Theatre: $13,107
Xico: $10,751
A+CTION (Arts + Culture Targeted Infrastructure and Organizational Needs)
Capacity building for not-for-profit arts or culture organizations with a budget between $25,000 and $249,999.
Alwun House Foundation: $5,000
Artlink, Inc.: $5,000
CALA Alliance: $7,000
Convergence Ballet Company: $5,000
Cultural Coalition: $7,000
Grand Canyon Performing Arts, Inc.: $5,000
iTheatre Collaborative: $7,000
Kids In Focus: $7,000
MusicaNova Orchestra: $6,000
North Valley Symphony Orchestra: $6,000
Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix: $5,000
Phoenix Women's Chorus: $6,000
Red Rocks Music Festival: $5,000
Rising Youth Theatre: $7,000
Roosevelt Row CDC: $6,000
Scorpius Dance Theatre: $6,000
SOUNDS Academy: $6,000
Space 55 Theatre Ensemble: $7,000
Voices of the Desert: $6,000
Young Arts Arizona: $6,000
Project Grants
To support organizations in their efforts to provide quality arts and cultural programming through community festival, youth engagement, or arts learning activities.
Arts Learning
ArtabilityAZ, Access 101 Workshop: $1,000
Ballet Theatre of Phoenix, PLIES: $3,500
Cultural Arts Coalition: Celebrating Global Connections, Visual Stories of Place Inspired by the Huichol Worldview: $3,500
Kids in Focus, Photography Project 2020: $3,500
Orpheus Male Chorus, Orpheus Male Chorus/Phoenix Children's Chorus Collaborative Project: $3,500
Playback Theatre of Arizona, Visibility and Voice: $3,255
Re:Frame Youth Arts Center, Poetry and Beats: $3,500
Rising Youth Theatre, Genesis Arts Residency 2019: $3,500
School of Hip Hop PHX: Jazz Hip Hop and STEM Summer Camp 2020: $3,000
Young Arts Arizona, The Art of Healing 2020: $3,500
Festivals
African Association of Arizona, African Festival 2019: $3,500
Arab American Festival, Arab American Festival: $3,150
Arizona Matsuri, Matsuri 2020: $3,500
Artlink, Inc., Art Detour: $2,800
Cultural Coalition, Dia de Los Muertos: $3,150
Dimitrov, Bulgarian Folklore Festival 2019: $3,500
DiRTYOGA, Root to Rise Festival: $1,764
Flamenco Por La Vida, Lluvia Flamenca: $3,325
India Association of Arizona, Holi-Festival of Colors: $3,150
Indio American Cultural Connect, Indradhanush 2020-Folk Dances of the World: $2,625
Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, Haru in the Garden-A Festival of Welcoming Spring 2020: $3,150
[nueBOX], DANCEFEST: $3,325
Pathways to the World, Inc.; Soul West Fest: $2,975
Phoenix Blues Society, Blues Fest 2020: $3,325
Youth Engagement
Arizona Facts of Life, Inc., Passion Dance Annual Concert: $3,000
Creative Youth of Arizona, The Phoenix Youth Poet Laureate: $3,900
Re:Frame Youth Arts Center, Joy Circles: Artistic Conversations for and by Young People: $5,000
Rental Support
Designed to support primary users (at least 15 performances) of Orpheum Theatre, Symphony Hall, or Herberger Theatre stages.
Arizona Broadway Theatre: $14,677
Arizona Opera: $12,115
Arizona Theatre Company: $32,701
Ballet Arizona: $40,370
Center Dance Ensemble: $5,115
Childsplay Inc.: $32,131
iTheatre Collaborative: $1,986
Phoenix Symphony Association: $74,575
Valley Youth Theatre: $11,330
To learn more about the Phoenix Office of Arts + Culture Community Arts Grants Program, please visit: https://www.phoenix.g​ov/arts/grants-program​.
About the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture was established in 1985 to make Phoenix a great place to live, work, and visit. Today, its programs and services enhance quality of life for residents, sustain a healthy cultural workforce, and champion the city's vibrant arts and culture community. For more information on the Office of Arts and Culture, visit phoenix.gov/arts or call 602-262-4637.
