On July 6, 2016, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, announced 239 grants to Arizona nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, schools and community organizations.
In total, the competitive grant review process for fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017) resulted in an aggregate investment of $2,266,000, and represents a more than 100% increase to total funding awarded during last year’s first grantmaking cycle.
The increased investment in arts organizations, festivals and community-based programs was made possible through a one-time $1.5 million allocation in the state’s fiscal year 2017 budget to the Arizona Commission on the Arts. This additional funding, derived from interest accrued on the State’s Rainy-Day Fund, will bolster further grantmaking throughout the coming fiscal year as well as programs and services that contribute to the growth and stabilization of Arizona’s arts sector, enhance student learning, nurture artists’ creative and professional development, and preserve the rich traditions of Arizona communities.
“Even with the unprecedented funding challenges Arizona has faced in recent years, leaders in the House and Senate, on both sides of the aisle, fought for our communities, persistently making the case that a vibrant arts sector is a key ingredient of a healthy and improving economy,” said Mark Feldman, Chairman of the Arizona Commission on the Arts. “Representative Kate Brophy McGee, Senator Bob Worsley, Senator Steve Pierce and Senator Steve Farley were particularly steadfast advocates, working with elected officials at all levels to ensure that arts funding was included in the final legislative budget presented to the governor. We are grateful to leaders in the State Legislature and to Governor Ducey for making this additional investment a reality.”
Grants were awarded in four categories:
Community Investment Grants provide operating support to nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies and tribal cultural organizations whose mission is to produce, present, teach or serve the arts.
Festival Grants support organizations in their efforts to provide quality arts and cultural programming through community festival activities.
Arts Learning Collaboration Grants enhance the work of arts educators, classroom teachers and school-based arts programs through collaborative projects.
Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants enhance the work of community and social service organizations/ governmental entities through partnership projects with professional teaching artists and/or arts organizations.
In accordance with the Arts Commission’s strategic plan and governing statutes, schools and nonprofit arts organizations are awarded grants based on such factors as community investment, quality of programming, fiscal ingenuity and responsible stewardship of public funds.
Grant applications are reviewed within rigorous panel processes which are open to applicants as well as the broader public. Review panels are led by Governor-appointed Commissioners and are composed of diverse community leaders, volunteer experts, educators and arts practitioners from rural, urban and suburban areas throughout Arizona.
Grant funding is provided by the State of Arizona and funding awarded annually to the Arts Commission by the National Endowment for the Arts.
“From Yuma to Teec Nos Pos, from Kingman to Bisbee, the Arts Commission utilizes its grant programs to provide essential investment in communities across Arizona,” said Robert Booker, Executive Director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts. “As part of this grantmaking effort, the State of Arizona is an indispensable partner to Arizona’s arts sector in pursuit of a shared mission: to imagine an Arizona where everyone can participate in and experience the arts.”
About the Arizona Commission on the Arts
One of 56 state and jurisdictional arts agencies across the United States, the Arizona Commission on the Arts is a 49-year-old agency of the State of Arizona and a leading force in the creative and professional development of Arizona’s arts sector. Through robust programs, research initiatives and strategic grantmaking, the Arts Commission catalyzes arts-based partnerships that strengthen Arizona communities through the arts.
For more information about the grants, services and programs of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, visit www.azarts.gov.
We imagine an Arizona where everyone can participate in and experience the arts.
Grantees by Grant Category
Community Investment Grants
Act One Foundation $ 18,000
ZUZI! Dance Company, School and Theater $ 3,000
Festival Grants
Arab American Festival $ 3,000
Arizona Aloha Festivals, Inc. $ 3,000
Arizona Asian American Association $ 3,000
Arizona Dance Coalition $ 2,000
Artlink $ 2,000
ASU Foundation for a New American University $ 2,000
Audrey Johnson Theatre Foundation $ 2,000
Casa Grande Friends of the Arts $ 1,500
City of El Mirage $ 3,000
City of Litchfield Park $ 3,000
CONDER/dance $ 3,000
Corazon De Latinos Unidos $ 3,000
Cottonwood Economic Development Council $ 2,000
Cultural Coalition, Inc. $ 3,000
Flagstaff Dance and Film Festival $ 2,000
Grand Avenue Arts & Preservation $ 2,000
Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival $ 3,000
India Association of Phoenix $ 3,000
La Frontera $ 3,000
Many Farms High School $ 2,000
Mesa Media $ 2,000
Mohave Library Alliance $ 2,000
Northern Arizona Book Festival, Inc. $ 2,000
Ocotillo Literary Endeavors, Inc. $ 1,500
Pascua Yaqui Tribe $ 2,000
Phoenix Sister Cities Ennis Committee Book Festival $ 2,000
Prescott Chamber of Commerce $ 3,000
Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation $ 3,000
The Carpetbag Brigade $ 3,000
Town of Payson $ 3,000
Tucson Jewish Community Center $ 3,000
West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation $ 3,000
Wham Art Association $ 3,000
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center $ 2,000
Arts Learning Collaboration Grants
Alhambra High School $ 2,500
Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center $ 2,500
Arizona School for the Arts $ 2,000
C. O. Greenfield Elementary School $ 2,500
Celestino Fernandez Learning Center $ 2,500
Challenger Middle School $ 2,500
Coconino County Superintendent of Schools $ 2,500
Copper Point School $ 2,500
Cottonwood Middle School $ 1,500
Create Academy $ 2,500
Creighton School District #14 $ 2,500
Flowing Wells High School Art Program $ 2,500
Genesis City $ 2,000
Grand Canyon Unified School District $ 2,500
Homer Davis $ 2,500
Ironwood High School $ 2,500
Laguna Elementary School $ 2,500
Lillian Cavett Elementary School $ 2,500
Marshall Magnet Elementary School $ 2,500
Mercury Mine Elementary School $ 2,500
Montessori Day School – Lakeshore $ 1,500
Nosotros Academy $ 2,500
Page High School $ 2,500
Picture Rocks Elementary $ 2,500
Salt River High School $ 2,500
San Carlos Secondary School $ 2,500
Summit View Elementary $ 2,500
The Blue Adobe Project dba Sky Islands $ 2,500
The PEAK School $ 2,500
Tortolita Middle School $ 2,500
Tucson Magnet High School $ 2,500
Walter Douglas Elementary $ 2,500
Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants
ASU Foundation $ 1,500
Arizona Foundation for the Handicapped $ 2,500
Benevilla $ 2,500
Saguaro National Park $ 2,500
Scottsdale School of Film + Theatre (Theatre Arts Program), SCC $ 2,500
The U-Turn Foundation $ 2,500
Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development $ 2,500
Youth Development Institute $ 2,500
Youth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah $ 2,500
Festival Grants
Arab American Festival $ 3,000
Arizona Aloha Festivals, Inc. $ 3,000
Arizona Asian American Association $ 3,000
Arizona Dance Coalition $ 2,000
Artlink $ 2,000
ASU Foundation for a New American University $ 2,000
Audrey Johnson Theatre Foundation $ 2,000
Casa Grande Friends of the Arts $ 1,500
City of El Mirage $ 3,000
City of Litchfield Park $ 3,000
CONDER/dance $ 3,000
Corazon De Latinos Unidos $ 3,000
Cottonwood Economic Development Council $ 2,000
Cultural Coalition, Inc. $ 3,000
Flagstaff Dance and Film Festival $ 2,000
Grand Avenue Arts & Preservation $ 2,000
Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival $ 3,000
India Association of Phoenix $ 3,000
La Frontera $ 3,000
Many Farms High School $ 2,000
Mesa Media $ 2,000
Mohave Library Alliance $ 2,000
Northern Arizona Book Festival, Inc. $ 2,000
Ocotillo Literary Endeavors, Inc. $ 1,500
Pascua Yaqui Tribe $ 2,000
Phoenix Sister Cities Ennis Committee Book Festival $ 2,000
Prescott Chamber of Commerce $ 3,000
Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation $ 3,000
The Carpetbag Brigade $ 3,000
Town of Payson $ 3,000
Tucson Jewish Community Center $ 3,000
West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation $ 3,000
Wham Art Association $ 3,000
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center $ 2,000
Arts Learning Collaboration Grants
Alhambra High School $ 2,500
Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center $ 2,500
Arizona School for the Arts $ 2,000
C. O. Greenfield Elementary School $ 2,500
Celestino Fernandez Learning Center $ 2,500
Challenger Middle School $ 2,500
Coconino County Superintendent of Schools $ 2,500
Copper Point School $ 2,500
Cottonwood Middle School $ 1,500
Create Academy $ 2,500
Creighton School District #14 $ 2,500
Flowing Wells High School Art Program $ 2,500
Genesis City $ 2,000
Grand Canyon Unified School District $ 2,500
Homer Davis $ 2,500
Ironwood High School $ 2,500
Laguna Elementary School $ 2,500
Lillian Cavett Elementary School $ 2,500
Marshall Magnet Elementary School $ 2,500
Mercury Mine Elementary School $ 2,500
Montessori Day School – Lakeshore $ 1,500
Nosotros Academy $ 2,500
Page High School $ 2,500
Picture Rocks Elementary $ 2,500
Salt River High School $ 2,500
San Carlos Secondary School $ 2,500
Summit View Elementary $ 2,500
The Blue Adobe Project dba Sky Islands $ 2,500
The PEAK School $ 2,500
Tortolita Middle School $ 2,500
Tucson Magnet High School $ 2,500
Walter Douglas Elementary $ 2,500
Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants
ASU Foundation $ 1,500
Arizona Foundation for the Handicapped $ 2,500
Benevilla $ 2,500
Saguaro National Park $ 2,500
Scottsdale School of Film + Theatre (Theatre Arts Program), SCC $ 2,500
The U-Turn Foundation $ 2,500
Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development $ 2,500
Youth Development Institute $ 2,500
Youth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah $ 2,500
* At their quarterly board meeting held on June 30, 2016, the Governor-appointed commissioners of the Arizona Commission on the Arts elected to defer action on a recommended fiscal year 2017 Community Investment Grant award of $47,000 to Arizona Theatre Company to allow for further consideration of the organization’s operational status.
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