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TUCSON — The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Tucson, and Pima County will accept proposals for funding from arts and culture organizations in Tucson and Southern Arizona.
The Arts Foundation will steward local, regional and federal funds to complement a three-year initiative to equitably rebuild arts economies in the borderlands and strengthen civic participation. Operating Support Grants will invest in Southern Arizona’s arts economy to 1) Restore/create jobs and 2) Incentivize arts and civic engagement.
The grants program is open to 501(c)3 Arts Organizations based in the Arts Foundation’s service area, which spans from the southern edges of the Gila River to the US-Mexico international border, including counties and Tribal Nations. This includes Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties and southern portions of Pinal, Yuma, Greenlee, Graham, Maricopa County and/or Tribal Nations of Ak-Chin Indian Community, Sovereign Nation of the Cocopahs, Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, Gila River Indian Community, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tohono O’odham Nation, San Carlos Apache Nation.
Fiscally sponsored organizations residing within Pima County may apply. Operating Support Grants intend to make awards that will impact a broad constituency. This includes a wide geographic range and organizations that support underserved populations such as those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability.
“This year, we have a dual funding approach to best serve the diverse needs throughout our region. Through generous funding from the City of Tucson and Pima County, arts organizations residing in those jurisdictions may apply for operational expenses,” said Adriana Gallego, executive director of the Arts Foundation.
“Thanks to support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Non-profit Arts Organizations in Southern Arizona that reside outside of Pima County may request funding to pay for artist fees, artist contracts, or artist employment. The arts-worker centered subgranting program in Southern Arizona focuses on hiring artists at any stage in their career to deliver quality arts programming and services that meet the needs of their self-described communities.”
Grant Details:
- Due Date:Thursday, May 9, 2024 by 11:59pm
- Budget/Award Range: $5,000 – $10,000
- Funders: City of Tucson, Pima County, and National Endowment for the Arts
- Eligibility: 501(c)3 Arts Organizations in City of Tucson, Pima County, Southern Arizona, and Tribal Nations.
Applicants are required to complete an online application form, detailing their contact information, artistic mission, arts programming, demographics, and budget. To apply or learn more about the grant program, visit the submission portal at https://artsfoundtucson.submittable.com/submit.
For more information, visit the Arts Foundation website: https://artsfoundtucson.org/
The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and funding agency with a mission to advance the artistic expression, civic participation, and equitable economic growth of our diverse communities. Through forward-thinking, accountable leadership, the Arts Foundation works to affect systemic change that fosters an accessible, diverse, inclusive, and equitable local arts community.
As the designated local arts agency, the Arts Foundation provides arts and cultural development across Southern Arizona for individual working artists, artist collectives, ensembles, and nonprofit organizations through grant programs, professional development opportunities and public art management for the City of Tucson and Pima County.
The work of the Arts Foundation is made possible through generous support from the City of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and individual donors. Our service area includes all counties and native sovereign nations south of the Gila River, including 372 miles along the US-Mexico international border in the South and along the 590 mile stretch of the Gila River, which flows west from the New Mexico border to the Colorado River.
