For Immediate Release
July 6, 2016
Contact: Steve Wilcox
602-771-6536
[email protected]
State of Arizona Increases Investment in the Arts, Awards $2,266,000 in Grants Statewide
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.
See a full list of grantees organized by Grant Type or by County below.
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.
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Grantees by Grant Category
Community Investment Grants
Act One Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 18,000 |
Arizona Art Alliance | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Bach Festival | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Arizona Choral Society | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
Arizona Classic Jazz Festival | CIG, Level III | Sun Lakes | $ 5,000 |
Arizona Dance Education Organization | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Early Music Society | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Friends of Chamber Music | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Arizona Masterworks Chorale | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Arizona Musicfest | CIG, Level V | Carefree | $ 22,000 |
Arizona Opera Company | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Arizona Repertory Singers | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Theatre Company* | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 47,000 |
Artists Coalition of Flagstaff | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Arts Express | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 10,000 |
Arts for All, Inc. | CIG, Level V | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Arts Integration Solutions | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Ballet Arizona | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Ballet Etudes Youth Ballet of Mesa | CIG, Level IV | Mesa | $ 18,000 |
Ballet Yuma | CIG, Level III | Yuma | $ 7,500 |
Bisbee Community Chorus | CIG, Level I | Bisbee | $ 2,000 |
Black Theatre Troupe, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Borderlands Theater | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Canyon Movement Company, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Flagstaff | $ 5,000 |
Capoeira Institute Southwest | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 4,500 |
Casa Libre en la Solana | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 4,500 |
Catitude Gallery & Studio-A Community Arts Center | CIG, Level I | Avondale | $ 3,000 |
Center Dance Ensemble | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Central School Project | CIG, Level II | Bisbee | $ 5,000 |
Chandler Childrens Choir, Inc. | CIG, Level II | Chandler | $ 3,000 |
Chandler Cultural Foundation | CIG, Level V | Chandler | $ 22,000 |
Chandler Symphony Orchestra | CIG, Level II | Chandler | $ 3,000 |
Children’s Chorale of Flagstaff | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 4,500 |
Childrens Museum of Phoenix | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Childsplay, Inc. | CIG, Level VI | Tempe | $ 47,000 |
City of Tempe Cultural Services | CIG, Level V | Tempe | $ 28,000 |
City of Yuma Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission | CIG, Level V | Yuma | $ 12,000 |
Civic Orchestra of Tucson | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 4,500 |
Community Performing Arts Center Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Green Valley | $ 7,500 |
Desert Foothills Theater | CIG, Level IV | Scottsdale | $ 12,000 |
Desert Sounds Performing Arts Inc. | CIG, Level II | Chandler | $ 5,000 |
Desert Voices | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
Detour Company Theatre, Inc. | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Dry Creek Arts Fellowship | CIG, Level II | Flagstaff | $ 3,000 |
East Valley Childrens Theatre | CIG, Level III | Mesa | $ 7,500 |
Fine Arts Association of Arizona | CIG, Level I | Chandler | $ 3,000 |
Flagstaff Arts Council | CIG, Level V | Flagstaff | $ 28,000 |
Flagstaff Community Band | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music | CIG, Level III | Flagstaff | $ 5,000 |
Flagstaff Master Chorale | CIG, Level II | Flagstaff | $ 5,000 |
Flagstaff Symphony Association | CIG, Level V | Flagstaff | $ 22,000 |
Foundation for Creative Broadcasting | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 28,000 |
George Phippen Memorial Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Prescott | $ 12,000 |
Gila Valley Arts Council | CIG, Level I | Safford | $ 3,000 |
Gold Canyon Arts Council | CIG, Level II | Gold Canyon | $ 3,000 |
Grand Canyon Guitar Society, LTD | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Grand Canyon Mens Chorale | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 5,000 |
Grand Canyon Music Festival, Inc. | CIG, Level II | Grand Canyon | $ 7,500 |
Great Arizona Puppet Theater | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
Heard Museum | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 47,000 |
Heritage Square Foundation, Phoenix | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
i.d.e.a. Museum Board of Directors, Inc. | CIG, Level VI | Mesa | $ 25,000 |
Invisible Theatre | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 18,000 |
iTheatre Collaborative | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Jazz in Arizona, Inc. | CIG, Level IV | Scottsdale | $ 18,000 |
Kore Press | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Literacy Connects | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Live Theatre Workshop | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Loft Cinema, Inc. | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 60,000 |
Many Mouths One Stomach | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 10,000 |
Maricopa County Historical Society | CIG, Level V | Wickenburg | $ 22,000 |
Mesa Arts Center | CIG, Level VI | Mesa | $ 47,000 |
Mesa Encore Theatre | CIG, Level III | Mesa | $ 5,000 |
Metropolitan Youth Symphony | CIG, Level III | Mesa | $ 7,500 |
Movement Source Inc. | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Museum of Northern Arizona | CIG, Level VI | Flagstaff | $ 47,000 |
Musica Nova | CIG, Level I | Scottsdale | $ 3,000 |
Musical Instrument Museum | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 25,000 |
Musical Theatre of Anthem | CIG, Level IV | Anthem | $ 7,500 |
North Valley Symphony Orchestra | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
nueBOX | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 4,500 |
Odaiko Sonora | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 5,000 |
Orchestra Northern Arizona | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 3,000 |
Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 5,000 |
Pan Left Productions | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Patagonia Creative Arts Association | CIG, Level I | Patagonia | $ 2,000 |
Patrons of the Arts, Inc. | CIG, Level I | Nogales | $ 2,000 |
Phoenix Art Museum | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 47,000 |
Phoenix Boys Choir | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
Phoenix Center for the Arts | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Phoenix Chamber Music Society | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
Phoenix Children’s Chorus | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Phoenix Chorale | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Phoenix Conservatory of Music | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
Phoenix Film Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Herberger Theater Center | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Phoenix Symphony Association | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Phoenix Theatre, Inc. | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Phoenix Youth Symphony | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
POG, Inc | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
Prescott Fine Arts Association | CIG, Level IV | Prescott | $ 7,500 |
ProMusica Arizona Chorale and Orchestra | CIG, Level III | Anthem | $ 5,000 |
Queen Creek Cultural Foundation | CIG, Level V | Queen Creek | $ 12,000 |
Red Rocks Music Festival | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Rising Youth Theatre | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 4,500 |
Roosevelt Row Community Development Corp | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Rosies House – A Music Academy for Children | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 18,000 |
Safos Dance Theatre | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 4,500 |
Santa Cruz Valley Art Association | CIG, Level IV | Tubac | $ 12,000 |
Scottsdale Cultural Council | CIG, Level VI | Scottsdale | $ 25,000 |
Scottsdale Philharmonic | CIG, Level II | Scottsdale | $ 5,000 |
Sedona Arts Center | CIG, Level V | Sedona | $ 28,000 |
Sedona Arts Festival | CIG, Level III | Sedona | $ 7,500 |
Sedona International Film Festival | CIG, Level V | Sedona | $ 22,000 |
Shemer Art Center and Museum Association, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Smoki Museum of American Indian Art and Culture | CIG, Level IV | Prescott | $ 7,500 |
Sonoran Art Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Sonoran Arts League, Inc. | CIG, Level IV | Cave Creek | $ 12,000 |
Sonoran Desert Chorale, Inc. | CIG, Level II | Mesa | $ 5,000 |
Sons of Orpheus – The Male Chorus of Tucson | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Sounds of Kingman | CIG, Level I | Kingman | $ 3,000 |
Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance | CIG, Level V | Tucson | $ 22,000 |
Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Southwest Folklife Alliance | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 18,000 |
Space 55 | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Stray Cat Theatre | CIG, Level II | Tempe | $ 7,500 |
Symphony of the Southwest | CIG, Level II | Mesa | $ 3,000 |
The Bisbee Radio Project, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Bisbee | $ 10,000 |
The Community Players | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
The Drawing Studio | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 10,000 |
The Mini Time Machine, Inc. | CIG, Level V | Tucson | $ 28,000 |
The Rag Collection | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 5,000 |
The Rogue Theatre | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
The Symphony Women’s Association | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Theater Works | CIG, Level V | Peoria | $ 22,000 |
Theatrikos Theatre Company | CIG, Level III | Flagstaff | $ 10,000 |
True Concord Voices & Orchestra | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus | CIG, Level V | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Children’s Museum Tucson | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 60,000 |
Tucson Girls Chorus | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Tucson Guitar Society | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 40,000 |
Tucson Pops Orchestra | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Tucson Symphony Society | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 60,000 |
Valley Youth Theatre | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Verde Valley Sinfonietta | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 5,000 |
Voices of the Desert, Inc. | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
VSA arts of Arizona, Inc. | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
West Valley Arts Council | CIG, Level IV | Surprise | $ 12,000 |
West Valley Youth Orchestra | CIG, Level I | Litchfield Park | $ 3,000 |
White Mountain Apache Tribe | CIG, Level III | Fort Apache | $ 5,000 |
White Mountain Symphony Orchestra, Inc. | CIG, Level I | Show Low | $ 3,000 |
Wickenburg Foundation for the Performing Arts | CIG, Level V | Wickenburg | $ 22,000 |
Willcox Historic Theater Preservation, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Willcox | $ 5,000 |
Winding Road Theater Ensemble | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
WomanKraft | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Xico | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 18,000 |
Yavapai Symphony Association, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Prescott | $ 7,500 |
Young Arts Arizona Ltd. | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Young Sounds of Arizona | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
ZUZI! Dance Company, School and Theater | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Festival Grants
Arab American Festival | Phoenix | $ 3,000 | |
Arizona Aloha Festivals, Inc. | Tempe | $ 3,000 | |
Arizona Asian American Association | Phoenix | $ 3,000 | |
Arizona Dance Coalition | Phoenix | $ 2,000 | |
Artlink | Phoenix | $ 2,000 | |
ASU Foundation for a New American University | Tempe | $ 2,000 | |
Audrey Johnson Theatre Foundation | Scottsdale | $ 2,000 | |
Casa Grande Friends of the Arts | Casa Grande | $ 1,500 | |
City of El Mirage | El Mirage | $ 3,000 | |
City of Litchfield Park | Litchfield Park | $ 3,000 | |
CONDER/dance | Tempe | $ 3,000 | |
Corazon De Latinos Unidos | Eloy | $ 3,000 | |
Cottonwood Economic Development Council | Cottonwood | $ 2,000 | |
Cultural Coalition, Inc. | Mesa | $ 3,000 | |
Flagstaff Dance and Film Festival | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 | |
Grand Avenue Arts & Preservation | Phoenix | $ 2,000 | |
Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival | Scottsdale | $ 3,000 | |
India Association of Phoenix | Phoenix | $ 3,000 | |
La Frontera | Tucson | $ 3,000 | |
Many Farms High School | Many Farms | $ 2,000 | |
Mesa Media | Polacca | $ 2,000 | |
Mohave Library Alliance | Kingman | $ 2,000 | |
Northern Arizona Book Festival, Inc. | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 | |
Ocotillo Literary Endeavors, Inc. | Tucson | $ 1,500 | |
Pascua Yaqui Tribe | Tucson | $ 2,000 | |
Phoenix Sister Cities Ennis Committee Book Festival | Phoenix | $ 2,000 | |
Prescott Chamber of Commerce | Prescott | $ 3,000 | |
Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation | Tucson | $ 3,000 | |
The Carpetbag Brigade | New River | $ 3,000 | |
Town of Payson | Payson | $ 3,000 | |
Tucson Jewish Community Center | Tucson | $ 3,000 | |
West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation | Prescott Valley | $ 3,000 | |
Wham Art Association | Surprise | $ 3,000 | |
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Arts Learning Collaboration Grants
Alhambra High School | Phoenix | $ 2,500 | |
Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center | Scottsdale | $ 2,500 | |
Arizona School for the Arts | Phoenix | $ 2,000 | |
C. O. Greenfield Elementary School | Phoenix | $ 2,500 | |
Celestino Fernandez Learning Center | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Challenger Middle School | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Coconino County Superintendent of Schools | Flagstaff | $ 2,500 | |
Copper Point School | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Cottonwood Middle School | Cottonwood | $ 1,500 | |
Create Academy | Phoenix | $ 2,500 | |
Creighton School District #14 | Phoenix | $ 2,500 | |
Flowing Wells High School Art Program | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Genesis City | Phoenix | $ 2,000 | |
Grand Canyon Unified School District | Grand Canyon | $ 2,500 | |
Homer Davis | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Ironwood High School | Glendale | $ 2,500 | |
Laguna Elementary School | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Lillian Cavett Elementary School | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Marshall Magnet Elementary School | Flagstaff | $ 2,500 | |
Mercury Mine Elementary School | Phoenix | $ 2,500 | |
Montessori Day School – Lakeshore | Chandler | $ 1,500 | |
Nosotros Academy | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Page High School | Page | $ 2,500 | |
Picture Rocks Elementary | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Salt River High School | Scottsdale | $ 2,500 | |
San Carlos Secondary School | San Carlos | $ 2,500 | |
Summit View Elementary | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
The Blue Adobe Project dba Sky Islands | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
The PEAK School | Flagstaff | $ 2,500 | |
Tortolita Middle School | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Tucson Magnet High School | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Walter Douglas Elementary | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants
ASU Foundation | Tempe | $ 1,500 | |
Arizona Foundation for the Handicapped | Phoenix | $ 2,500 | |
Benevilla | Surprise | $ 2,500 | |
Saguaro National Park | Tucson | $ 2,500 | |
Scottsdale School of Film + Theatre (Theatre Arts Program), SCC | Scottsdale | $ 2,500 | |
The U-Turn Foundation | Mesa | $ 2,500 | |
Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development | Phoenix | $ 2,500 | |
Youth Development Institute | Phoenix | $ 2,500 | |
Youth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah | Teec Nos Pos | $ 2,500 |
Grantees by County
Apache
Many Farms High School | Festivals, Level I | Many Farms | $ 2,000 |
Youth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah | Lifelong Arts Engagement | Teec Nos Pos | $ 2,500 |
Cochise
Bisbee Community Chorus | CIG, Level I | Bisbee | $ 2,000 |
Central School Project | CIG, Level II | Bisbee | $ 5,000 |
The Bisbee Radio Project, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Bisbee | $ 10,000 |
Willcox Historic Theater Preservation, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Willcox | $ 5,000 |
Coconino
Artists Coalition of Flagstaff | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Canyon Movement Company, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Flagstaff | $ 5,000 |
Children’s Chorale of Flagstaff | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 4,500 |
Coconino County Superintendent of Schools | Arts Learning Collaboration | Flagstaff | $ 2,500 |
Dry Creek Arts Fellowship | CIG, Level II | Flagstaff | $ 3,000 |
Flagstaff Arts Council | CIG, Level V | Flagstaff | $ 28,000 |
Flagstaff Community Band | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Flagstaff Dance and Film Festival | Festivals, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music | CIG, Level III | Flagstaff | $ 5,000 |
Flagstaff Master Chorale | CIG, Level II | Flagstaff | $ 5,000 |
Flagstaff Symphony Association | CIG, Level V | Flagstaff | $ 22,000 |
Grand Canyon Guitar Society, LTD | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Marshall Magnet Elementary School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Flagstaff | $ 2,500 |
Museum of Northern Arizona | CIG, Level VI | Flagstaff | $ 47,000 |
Northern Arizona Book Festival, Inc. | Festivals, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Orchestra Northern Arizona | CIG, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 3,000 |
The PEAK School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Flagstaff | $ 2,500 |
Theatrikos Theatre Company | CIG, Level III | Flagstaff | $ 10,000 |
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center | Festivals, Level I | Flagstaff | $ 2,000 |
Grand Canyon Music Festival, Inc. | CIG, Level II | Grand Canyon | $ 7,500 |
Grand Canyon Unified School District | Arts Learning Collaboration | Grand Canyon | $ 2,500 |
Page High School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Page | $ 2,500 |
Sedona Arts Center | CIG, Level V | Sedona | $ 28,000 |
Gila
Town of Payson | Festivals, Level II | Payson | $ 3,000 |
San Carlos Secondary School | Arts Learning Collaboration | San Carlos | $ 2,500 |
Graham
Gila Valley Arts Council | CIG, Level I | Safford | $ 3,000 |
Maricopa
Musical Theatre of Anthem | CIG, Level IV | Anthem | $ 7,500 |
ProMusica Arizona Chorale and Orchestra (PMAZ) | CIG, Level III | Anthem | $ 5,000 |
Catitude Gallery & Studio-A Community Arts Center | CIG, Level I | Avondale | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Musicfest | CIG, Level V | Carefree | $ 22,000 |
Sonoran Arts League, Inc. | CIG, Level IV | Cave Creek | $ 12,000 |
Chandler Childrens Choir, Inc. | CIG, Level II | Chandler | $ 3,000 |
Chandler Cultural Foundation | CIG, Level V | Chandler | $ 22,000 |
Chandler Symphony Orchestra | CIG, Level II | Chandler | $ 3,000 |
Desert Sounds Performing Arts Inc. | CIG, Level II | Chandler | $ 5,000 |
Fine Arts Association of Arizona | CIG, Level I | Chandler | $ 3,000 |
Montessori Day School – Lakeshore | Arts Learning Collaboration | Chandler | $ 1,500 |
City of El Mirage | Festivals, Level II | El Mirage | $ 3,000 |
Ironwood High School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Glendale | $ 2,500 |
City of Litchfield Park | Festivals, Level II | Litchfield Park | $ 3,000 |
West Valley Youth Orchestra | CIG, Level I | Litchfield Park | $ 3,000 |
Ballet Etudes Youth Ballet of Mesa | CIG, Level IV | Mesa | $ 18,000 |
Cultural Coalition, Inc. | Festivals, Level II | Mesa | $ 3,000 |
East Valley Childrens Theatre | CIG, Level III | Mesa | $ 7,500 |
i.d.e.a. Museum Board of Directors, Inc. | CIG, Level VI | Mesa | $ 25,000 |
Mesa Arts Center | CIG, Level VI | Mesa | $ 47,000 |
Mesa Encore Theatre | CIG, Level III | Mesa | $ 5,000 |
Metropolitan Youth Symphony | CIG, Level III | Mesa | $ 7,500 |
Sonoran Desert Chorale, Inc. | CIG, Level II | Mesa | $ 5,000 |
Symphony of the Southwest | CIG, Level II | Mesa | $ 3,000 |
The U-Turn Foundation | Lifelong Arts Engagement | Mesa | $ 2,500 |
The Carpetbag Brigade | Festivals, Level II | New River | $ 3,000 |
Theater Works | CIG, Level V | Peoria | $ 22,000 |
Act One Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 18,000 |
Alhambra High School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Phoenix | $ 2,500 |
Arab American Festival | Festivals, Level II | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Art Alliance | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Asian American Association | Festivals, Level II | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Bach Festival | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Arizona Dance Coalition | Festivals, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Arizona Dance Education Organization | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Foundation for the Handicapped | Lifelong Arts Engagement | Phoenix | $ 2,500 |
Arizona Masterworks Chorale | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Arizona Opera Company | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Arizona School for the Arts | Arts Learning Collaboration | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Artlink | Festivals, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Ballet Arizona | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Black Theatre Troupe, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
C. O. Greenfield Elementary School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Phoenix | $ 2,500 |
Center Dance Ensemble | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Childrens Museum of Phoenix | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Create Academy | Arts Learning Collaboration | Phoenix | $ 2,500 |
Creighton School District #14 | Arts Learning Collaboration | Phoenix | $ 2,500 |
Detour Company Theatre, Inc. | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 28,000 |
Genesis City | Arts Learning Collaboration | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Grand Avenue Arts & Preservation | Festivals, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Grand Canyon Mens Chorale | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 5,000 |
Great Arizona Puppet Theater | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
Heard Museum | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 47,000 |
Heritage Square Foundation, Phoenix | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
India Association of Phoenix | Festivals, Level II | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
iTheatre Collaborative | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Mercury Mine Elementary School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Phoenix | $ 2,500 |
Movement Source Inc. | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Musical Instrument Museum | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 25,000 |
North Valley Symphony Orchestra | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
nueBOX | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 4,500 |
Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 5,000 |
Phoenix Art Museum | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 47,000 |
Phoenix Boys Choir | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
Phoenix Center for the Arts | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Phoenix Chamber Music Society | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
Phoenix Children’s Chorus | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Phoenix Chorale | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Phoenix Conservatory of Music | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 12,000 |
Phoenix Film Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Herberger Theater Center | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Phoenix Sister Cities Ennis Committee Book Festival | Festivals, Level I | Phoenix | $ 2,000 |
Phoenix Symphony Association | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Phoenix Theatre, Inc. | CIG, Level VI | Phoenix | $ 40,000 |
Phoenix Youth Symphony | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Red Rocks Music Festival | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Rising Youth Theatre | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 4,500 |
Roosevelt Row Community Development Corp | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Rosies House – A Music Academy for Children | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 18,000 |
Shemer Art Center and Museum Association, Inc.(SACAMA) | CIG, Level III | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Space 55 | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
The Rag Collection | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 5,000 |
Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development | Lifelong Arts Engagement | Phoenix | $ 2,500 |
Valley Youth Theatre | CIG, Level V | Phoenix | $ 22,000 |
Voices of the Desert, Inc. | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
VSA arts of Arizona, Inc. | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Xico | CIG, Level IV | Phoenix | $ 18,000 |
Young Arts Arizona Ltd. | CIG, Level II | Phoenix | $ 7,500 |
Young Sounds of Arizona | CIG, Level I | Phoenix | $ 3,000 |
Youth Development Institute | Lifelong Arts Engagement | Phoenix | $ 2,500 |
Mesa Media | Festivals, Level I | Polacca | $ 2,000 |
George Phippen Memorial Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Prescott | $ 12,000 |
Prescott Chamber of Commerce | Festivals, Level II | Prescott | $ 3,000 |
Prescott Fine Arts Association | CIG, Level IV | Prescott | $ 7,500 |
Smoki Museum of American Indian Art and Culture | CIG, Level IV | Prescott | $ 7,500 |
Yavapai Symphony Association, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Prescott | $ 7,500 |
Queen Creek Cultural Foundation | CIG, Level V | Queen Creek | $ 12,000 |
Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center | Arts Learning Collaboration | Scottsdale | $ 2,500 |
Audrey Johnson Theatre Foundation | Festivals, Level I | Scottsdale | $ 2,000 |
Desert Foothills Theater | CIG, Level IV | Scottsdale | $ 12,000 |
Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival | Festivals, Level II | Scottsdale | $ 3,000 |
Jazz in Arizona, Inc. | CIG, Level IV | Scottsdale | $ 18,000 |
Musica Nova | CIG, Level I | Scottsdale | $ 3,000 |
Salt River High School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Scottsdale | $ 2,500 |
Scottsdale Cultural Council | CIG, Level VI | Scottsdale | $ 25,000 |
Scottsdale Philharmonic | CIG, Level II | Scottsdale | $ 5,000 |
Scottsdale School of Film + Theatre (Theatre Arts Program), SCC | Lifelong Arts Engagement | Scottsdale | $ 2,500 |
Arizona Classic Jazz Festival | CIG, Level III | Sun Lakes | $ 5,000 |
Benevilla | Lifelong Arts Engagement | Surprise | $ 2,500 |
West Valley Arts Council | CIG, Level IV | Surprise | $ 12,000 |
Wham Art Association | Festivals, Level II | Surprise | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Aloha Festivals, Inc. | Festivals, Level II | Tempe | $ 3,000 |
ASU Foundation | Lifelong Arts Engagement | Tempe | $ 1,500 |
ASU Foundation for a New American University | Festivals, Level I | Tempe | $ 2,000 |
Childsplay, Inc. | CIG, Level VI | Tempe | $ 47,000 |
City of Tempe Cultural Services | CIG, Level V | Tempe | $ 28,000 |
CONDER/dance | Festivals, Level II | Tempe | $ 3,000 |
Stray Cat Theatre | CIG, Level II | Tempe | $ 7,500 |
Maricopa County Historical Society | CIG, Level V | Wickenburg | $ 22,000 |
Wickenburg Foundation for the Performing Arts | CIG, Level V | Wickenburg | $ 22,000 |
Mohave
Mohave Library Alliance | Festivals, Level I | Kingman | $ 2,000 |
Sounds of Kingman | CIG, Level I | Kingman | $ 3,000 |
Navajo
White Mountain Apache Tribe | CIG, Level III | Fort Apache | $ 5,000 |
Mesa Media | Festivals, Level I | Polacca | $ 2,000 |
White Mountain Symphony Orchestra | CIG, Level I | Show Low | $ 3,000 |
Pima
Community Performing Arts Center Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Green Valley | $ 7,500 |
Arizona Choral Society | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
Arizona Early Music Society | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Friends of Chamber Music | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Arizona Repertory Singers | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Arizona Theatre Company* | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 47,000 |
Arts Express | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 10,000 |
Arts for All, Inc. | CIG, Level V | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Arts Integration Solutions | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Borderlands Theater | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Capoeira Institute Southwest | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 4,500 |
Casa Libre en la Solana | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 4,500 |
Celestino Fernandez Learning Center | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Challenger Middle School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Civic Orchestra of Tucson | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 4,500 |
Copper Point School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Desert Voices | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
Flowing Wells High School Art Program | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Foundation for Creative Broadcasting | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Homer Davis | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Invisible Theatre | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 18,000 |
Kore Press | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
La Frontera | Festivals, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Laguna Elementary School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Lillian Cavett Elementary School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Literacy Connects | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Live Theatre Workshop | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Loft Cinema, Inc. | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 60,000 |
Many Mouths One Stomach | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 10,000 |
Nosotros Academy | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Ocotillo Literary Endeavors, Inc. | Festivals, Level I | Tucson | $ 1,500 |
Odaiko Sonora | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 5,000 |
Pan Left Productions | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Pascua Yaqui Tribe | Festivals, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
Picture Rocks Elementary | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
POG, Inc | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
Safos Dance Theatre | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 4,500 |
Saguaro National Park | Lifelong Arts Engagement | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Sonoran Art Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Sons of Orpheus – The Male Chorus of Tucson | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance | CIG, Level V | Tucson | $ 22,000 |
Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation | Festivals, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 7,500 |
Southwest Folklife Alliance | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 18,000 |
Summit View Elementary | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
The Blue Adobe Project dba Sky Islands | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
The Community Players | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
The Drawing Studio | CIG, Level III | Tucson | $ 10,000 |
The Mini Time Machine, Inc. | CIG, Level V | Tucson | $ 28,000 |
The Rogue Theatre | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
The Symphony Women’s Association | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Tortolita Middle School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
True Concord Voices & Orchestra (Tucson Chamber Artists, Inc.) | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus | CIG, Level V | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Tucson Children’s Museum dba Children’s Museum Tucson | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 60,000 |
Tucson Girls Chorus | CIG, Level IV | Tucson | $ 12,000 |
Tucson Guitar Society | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Tucson Jewish Community Center | Festivals, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Tucson Magnet High School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 40,000 |
Tucson Pops Orchestra | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Tucson Symphony Society | CIG, Level VI | Tucson | $ 60,000 |
Verde Valley Sinfonietta | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 5,000 |
Walter Douglas Elementary | Arts Learning Collaboration | Tucson | $ 2,500 |
Winding Road Theater Ensemble | CIG, Level I | Tucson | $ 2,000 |
WomanKraft | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
ZUZI! Dance Company, School and Theater | CIG, Level II | Tucson | $ 3,000 |
Pinal
Casa Grande Friends of the Arts | Festivals, Level I | Casa Grande | $ 1,500 |
Corazon De Latinos Unidos | Festivals, Level II | Eloy | $ 3,000 |
Gold Canyon Arts Council | CIG, Level II | Gold Canyon | $ 3,000 |
Santa Cruz
Patrons of the Arts, Inc. | CIG, Level I | Nogales | $ 2,000 |
Patagonia Creative Arts Association | CIG, Level I | Patagonia | $ 2,000 |
Santa Cruz Valley Art Association | CIG, Level IV | Tubac | $ 12,000 |
Yavapai
Cottonwood Economic Development Council | Festivals, Level I | Cottonwood | $ 2,000 |
Cottonwood Middle School | Arts Learning Collaboration | Cottonwood | $ 1,500 |
George Phippen Memorial Foundation | CIG, Level IV | Prescott | $ 12,000 |
Prescott Chamber of Commerce | Festivals, Level II | Prescott | $ 3,000 |
Prescott Fine Arts Association | CIG, Level IV | Prescott | $ 7,500 |
Smoki Museum of American Indian Art and Culture | CIG, Level IV | Prescott | $ 7,500 |
Yavapai Symphony Association, Inc. | CIG, Level III | Prescott | $ 7,500 |
West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation | Festivals, Level II | Prescott Valley | $ 3,000 |
Sedona Arts Festival | CIG, Level III | Sedona | $ 7,500 |
Sedona International Film Festival | CIG, Level V | Sedona | $ 22,000 |
Yuma
Ballet Yuma | CIG, Level III | Yuma | $ 7,500 |
City of Yuma Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission | CIG, Level V | Yuma | $ 12,000 |
* 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.