Arts Foundation Grants & Sponsorships
Our Grants and Sponsorships provide direct funding for individual artists, arts organizations, and community-based arts projects throughout Tucson, Pima County, and Southern Arizona.
Over the past seven years, we have provided more than $1,400,000 to approximately 400 artists, arts organizations, community groups, and neighborhoods. This money has allowed working artists to pursue their passions, local neighborhoods to animate shared space, and arts organizations to continue to open their doors to the community and provide a wide range of programming.
Note that all grantees must abide by Fair Labor Standards.
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General Operating Support Grant (Closed)
Unrestricted funding that gives grantees the rare opportunity to fund the day-to-day needs of a non-profit organization. Read MorestART Mini-Grant (Closed)
Community Impact and Artist Resource Mini-Grants Read MoreCommunity Foundation for Southern Arizona Endowment for the Arts Grant (Closed)
CFSA Endowment for the Arts Grant 2018-2019 - Rural Arts Organizations Read MorePima County Youth Arts Award (Closed)
Acknowledging the next generation of artists in Pima County. Read MoreNew Works Artist Project Grant (Closed)
Support provided to individual artists that allows them to pursue creative projects or see their work in new light. Read MoreSponsorships (Closed)
Supporting arts-related events which are free and open to the public, and serve the residents of Southern Arizona. Read MoreArts+Learning Grant (Closed)
Supporting teaching artists and arts education projects. Read MoreGrant Review Process
All grant applications are evaluated by staff for completeness, followed by a panel comprised of peer and community members (open to the public). The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona Grants Committee and the Board of Directors make final approval on all allocations of funding.
Grants Committee and Panelists
The Grants Committee includes community members with expertise in the arts, arts management, and/or nonprofit administration. The Grants Committee functions as an advisory group to Art Foundation’s Board of Directors. Committee members establish guidelines for the application process and review of grant applications and awards, as well as make allocation recommendations to the Board of Directors.
Grants Committee
- Michele Orduña, Chair
M.Ed, Arts Advocate-Community Development Professional
The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona Board Member - Amber Kleefeld
Director of Membership and Donor Services, The Loft Cinema
- Lane Santa Cruz
Senior Council Aid, Ward 1
The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona Board Member - Josh Schachter
Founder & Director, CommunityShare
Teaching Artist - Craig Sumberg
Executive Director, Fox Theater
Grant Panelists 2018-2019
- Genevieve Anderson
- Torran Anderson
- Ashley Bowman
- Mietra Brown
- Stephanie Cortes
- Nicole Dahl
- Brent Dennis
- Bryan Falcon
- Priscilla Fernandez
- Zoey Fife
- Karen Fogas
- Julie Glass
- Alex Jimenez
- Laura Kerr
- Amber Kleefeld
- Lane Mandle
- Em Martin Brott
- Mele Martinez
- Evan Mendelson
- Stephanie Papaefthemiou
- Karyn Prechtel-Altman
- Sally Roundhouse
- Carol Sanger
- Tracy Taft
- Joe Tasker
- Jeremy Thompson
- Magdalena Verdugo
- Marisol Vindiola