The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture (POAC) will grant over $2 million in FY24. The agency is pleased to announce the Community Arts Grants Program recipients for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The agency will award $1,429,346 through 108 grants to arts and culture organizations serving Phoenix residents.
Through the agency’s equity strategy, POAC ensures outreach to all areas of the city and targets applicants from all disciplines, budget sizes, underrepresented populations, and City Council districts. Every year the department sees an increase in orientation and meeting participants, applicants, and applicants awarded. There is a ten percent increase in applications from FY23 to FY24.
The Community Arts Grants Program includes General Support which provides core operating support to arts and cultural organizations of all sizes, and Project Support supports guest artist fees/expenses, production fees, and marketing expenses for arts and/or culture projects that engage residents. In addition, with funding from the Phoenix Convention Center, POAC reopened the Phoenix Stages Program and will support up to $225,000 in rental and security support to long-term renters at the Herberger Theater Center, the Orpheum Theatre, and Symphony Hall.
New this year are Phoenix Flash Grants that support arts and cultural organizations, groups, and individual artists for specific projects within underinvested areas of Phoenix. POAC funded $49,000 for 14 projects that will be presented in City Council Districts 1, 3, and 5. The next deadline for Phoenix Flash Grants is August 15, 2023.
Also, coming up this fall are deadlines for the Artists to Work Program and Phoenix ArtCorps. The Artists to Work Program supports creating and presenting original, new, or in-process artistic work by practicing Phoenix artists. Awarded artists will be required to complete a public presentation inside the city of Phoenix boundaries that primarily benefits Phoenix residents. Phoenix ArtCorps is a student employment program that seeks to provide students with the comprehensive skills, mentorship, and experience they need to launch their arts and culture careers. Both programs will award nearly $300,000 in support.
FY24 Community Arts Grants Recipients
Project Support Grantees
African Association of Arizona
Arab American Festival
Arizona LGBT+ History Project
Arizona Matsuri
B3 Theater
Black River Life Media
Cahokia
Convergence Ballet Company
Cultural Arts Coalition Celebrating Global Connections
Desert Marigold School
Driftwood Quintet
Estomago de Oro
FEXAM Media
Fuerte Art Collective
Hatcher Road Business Alliance
India Association
Indo-American Cultural Connect
Latina Dance Project
Maurice C. Cash Elementary School
Movement Source
Phoenix Blues Society
Phoenix Chinese Week
S'edav Va'aki Museum Auxiliary
Silambam Phoenix
Silvestre S Herrera School
Skyes The Limit Foundation
Snoodmen
Soul West Fest Foundation
Southbound Art House
Teatro Bravo
The Arizona Informant Foundation
The Pachanga Collective
The Sacred G's
Third Space Dance Project
We The Carriers
Young Sounds of Arizona
General Support Grantees
Act One
Almost Famous Theatre Company Foundation
Alwun House Foundation
Arizona Aikido
Arizona Jewish Historical Society
Arizona Masterworks Chorale
Arizona Opera Company
Arizona Science Center
Balkan Community Culture and Heritage Organization
Ballet Arizona
Black Theatre Troupe
CALA Alliance
Children’s Museum of Phoenix
Childsplay
Cihuapactli Collective
Cultural Coalition
Desert Botanical Garden
Desert Overture Live Cultural Entertainment
Downtown Chamber Series
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona
Grand Canyon Men’s Chorale
Grassrootz Bookstore
Great Arizona Puppet Theater
Grey Box Collective Foundation
Harmony Project Phoenix
Heard Museum
Heartsy
Herberger Theater Center
Heritage Square Foundation and Rosson House
Irish Cultural and Learning Foundation
Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix
Jazz In Arizona
Kids In Focus
Lights Camera Discover
Musica Nova
Musical Instrument Museum
Musical Theatre of Anthem
North Valley Chorale
North Valley Symphony Orchestra
Nuebox
Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix
Palabras Bilingual Bookstore
Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix Boys Choir Association
Phoenix Center for the Arts
Phoenix Chamber Music Society
Phoenix Children’s Chorus
Phoenix Conservatory of Music
Phoenix Film Foundation
Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art
Phoenix Youth Symphony Orchestras
Phoenix Theatre
Phoenix Women's Chorus
Phoenix Zoo
Phonetic Spit
Playback Arizona
ProMusica Arizona Chorale & Orchestra
Red Rocks Music Festival
Rising Youth Theatre
Rosie’s House A Music Academy for Children
Scorpius Dance Theatre
Shemer Art Center and Museum
Sounds Academy
Spotlight Youth Theatre
Starlight Community Theater
The Phoenix Chorale
Valley Youth Theatre
Wasted Ink Zine Distro
Xico
Yes and Productions
Young Arts Arizona
Rental Support Organizations
Arizona Opera
Ballet Arizona
Childsplay
Latina Dance Project
Phoenix Symphony
Scorpius Dance Theatre
Valley Youth Theatre
Phoenix Flash Grants
