Across the state, federal relief funds are coming to Arizona communities to support nonprofit arts and culture organizations experiencing significant hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since July 1, 107 grants totaling $1.72 million have been announced.
Statewide grantees include a performing arts center in Wickenburg, a symphony orchestra in Yuma, Prescott’s Museum of Indigenous Peoples, Phoenix’s historic Black Theatre Troupe, and community arts centers in Bisbee, Kingman, and Goodyear.
Bisbee: $20,000
Bisbee Community Chorus, Bisbee
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Central School Project Inc, Bisbee
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$10,000 WESTAF CARES Grant
Chandler: $5,000
Fine Arts Association of Arizona, Chandler
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Flagstaff: $85,000
Artists’ Coalition of Flagstaff, Flagstaff
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Canyon Movement Company, Inc, Flagstaff
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Capoeira Amizade Flagstaff, Flagstaff
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Flagstaff Arts Council, Flagstaff
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, Flagstaff
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Theatrikos, Incorporated, Flagstaff
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Fountain Hills: $5,000
Fountain Hills Theater Inc., Fountain Hills
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Globe: $5,000
Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program, Globe
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Gold Canyon: $5,000
Gold Canyon Arts Council, Gold Canyon
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Goodyear: $5,000
Catitude Community Arts Center, Goodyear
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Grand Canyon: $5,000
Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival, Grand Canyon
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Green Valley: $5,000
Green Valley’s Got Talent, Green Valley
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Hotevilla: $50,000
Hopi School (aka Hopitutuqaiki), Hotevilla
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Kingman: $5,000
Kingman Center for the Arts, Kingman
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Litchfield Park: $55,000
Phoenix Conservatory of Music, Litchfield Park
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Mesa: $70,000
Arizona Youth Ballet Mesa, Mesa
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
East Valley Children’s Theatre, Mesa
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Sonoran Desert Chorale, Inc., Mesa
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
The Millet House, Mesa
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Patagonia: $5,000
Patagonia Creative Arts Association, Patagonia
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Peoria: $5,000
The Theater Works, Peoria
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Phoenix: $500,000
[nueBOX], Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Ballet Arizona, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Black Theatre Troupe, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$20,000 WESTAF CARES Grant
CALA Alliance, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
City of Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture, Phoenix
$250,000 NEA CARES Grant
Desert Overture Live Cultural Entertainment, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Girls Rock! Phoenix, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Heard Museum, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Heritage Square Foundation, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
ITHEATRE COLLABORATIVE, PHOENIX
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Phoenix Theatre Company, Phoenix
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Rising Youth Theatre, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Rosie’s House: A Music Academy for Children, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
SOUNDS Academy, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
The Great Arizona Puppet Theater, Inc., Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Xico Inc, Phoenix
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Prescott: $25,000
Museum of Indigenous People, Prescott
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$20,000 WESTAF CARES Grant
Scottsdale: $30,000
Detour Company Theatre, Scottsdale
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Greasepaint Youtheatre, Scottsdale
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Scottsdale Artists’ School, Inc., Scottsdale
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Scottsdale International Film Festival, Inc., Scottsdale
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Sedona: $15,000
Chamber Music Sedona, Sedona
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Sedona Arts Center, Inc., Sedona
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop, Sedona
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Show Low: $5,000
Arts Alliance of the White Mountains, Show Low
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Sun City: $5,000
HEAL HER Art (501c3 sponsored by Veterans First LTD), Sun City
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Surprise: $55,000
West Valley Arts Council, Surprise
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Tempe: $65,000
Childsplay, Tempe
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
DanceSport Education, Tempe
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
The Bridge Initiative, Tempe
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Tucson: $600,000
Arizona Repertory Singers, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
ARTAbility, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
ARTS EXPRESS INC, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Arts for All, Inc., Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, Tucson
$250,000 NEA CARES Grant
Ballet Tucson, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Borderlands Theater, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Capoeira Institute Southwest, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Children’s Museum Tucson and Oro Valley, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Invisible Theatre, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Kore Press, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Lead Guitar, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Live Theatre Workshop, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Loft Cinema, Inc., Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Many Mouths One Stomach, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Odaiko Sonora / Rhythm Industry, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
POG, Inc., Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Safos Dance Theatre, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Sonoran Glass School, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, Tucson
$15,000 WESTAF CARES Grant
Southwest Folklife Alliance, Tucson
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
$15,000 WESTAF CARES Grant
The Foundation for Creative Broadcasting, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Tucson
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Tucson Youth Music Center, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Warehouse Arts Management Organization, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
WomanKraft, Tucson
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Wickenburg: $60,000
Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, Wickenburg
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
$50,000 NEA CARES Grant
Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Willcox: $5,000
Willcox Theater and Arts, Inc., Willcox
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Yuma: $15,000
Ballet Yuma, Yuma
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Yuma Art Center, Yuma
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
Yuma Orchestra Association, Yuma
$5,000 AZ CARES Grant
These grants are funded through a $75 million allocation to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. As per its central mandate, the NEA delivered 60% of the allocation directly to arts organizations in all 50 states, with 40% delivered to regional and state arts agencies for localized distribution.
NEA CARES Grants
On July 1, the NEA announced 16 direct grants in Arizona totaling $1.2 million. 14 Arizona nonprofit organizations were selected to receive grants of $50,000, while local arts agencies in Phoenix and Tucson each received $250,000 for regranting.
WESTAF CARES Relief
The same day, the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), a regional arts service organization serving thirteen western states, including Arizona, announced their own CARES Act grants. Five Arizona organizations were selected to receive grants of $10,000 – $20,000.
AZ CARES Grants
Today, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, announced the recipients of its AZ CARES grants. Each of the 86 recipients will receive $5,000.
According to the Arts Commission’s Organizational Programs Manager, Claudio Dicochea, “Because artists and creatives are the engines that propel much of the value that organizations make available to their communities, AZ CARES builds on the foundation provided by the NEA in focusing on organizations that are centering or upholding commitments to creative workers—artists, makers, tradition bearers, educators, designers, and other content creators—during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.”
He added, “In further alignment with the NEA’s stated commitments as well as our public agency’s mission, racial equity, geographic parity, and other dimensions relevant to access and community benefit were prioritized as part of the selection process.”
Ultimately the Arts Commission was able to support 55% of the eligible applications submitted for this relief opportunity.
Dicochea acknowledged the many tremendously worthy organizations who applied and were not selected for funding. “This is strictly an outcome of the amount funds available to distribute through this particular relief program and is by no means a reflection of the quality of an organization’s programming or the depth of their need.”
Additional Relief
Late last week, Governor Doug Ducey announced that $2 million in funding from the State’s Crisis Contingency and Safety Net Fund would be allocated to the Arts Commission for relief-focused grantmaking.
The Arts Commission is currently investigating conditions and requirements associated with the relief funding and exploring equitable, expeditious funds-delivery methods. The agency expects to provide further detail later this month.
