
2023 PROJECT MESQUITE: ORGANIZATION GRANTS
Investing in Southern Arizona’s arts economy
Equitably rebuilding arts economies in the borderlands to strengthen civic participation
About 2023 PROJECT MESQUITE: ORGANIZATION GRANTS
The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Tucson, will accept proposals for funding from cultural organizations in Tucson and Southern Arizona. The funding comes from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). ARPA is designed to fuel the nation’s recovery from the devastating economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These funds are intended to help support jobs in the arts sector, keep the doors open to arts organizations nationwide and assist the field in its response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Arts Foundation will steward ARPA funds to complement a 3-year initiative to equitably rebuild arts economies in the borderlands and strengthen civic participation. Organization Grants will invest in Southern Arizona’s arts economy to 1) Restore/create jobs and 2) Incentivize arts & civic engagement.
The grant program is open to arts organizations located within the Arts Foundation’s service area, which includes counties and Tribal Nations that reside between the southern edges of the Gila River to the US-Mexico international border. Organization 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.
Applicants will be asked to complete an online form including contact information, artistic mission, arts programming, demographics, and budget.
Grant Details
Current Grantees
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The Drop Dance StudioDance
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Dancesequences Inc.Community arts
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Fox Tucson TheatreMusic
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Groundworks TucsonOther
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Tucson Arizona Boys ChorusMusic
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KXCI, Tucson’s Community RadioOther
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Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA)Community arts
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Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association (Tucson Folk Festival)Music
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The Rogue TheatreTheatre / Performance
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Mat Bevel CompanyVisual arts
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Yume Japanese Gardens of TucsonTraditional arts
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Bisbee Community ChorusMusic
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Arizona Theatre Company (ATC)Theatre / Performance
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Dancing In the Streets ArizonaDance
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Live Theatre WorkshopTheatre / Performance
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Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & WorkshopVisual arts
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Reveille Men’s ChorusMusic
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Safos Dance TheatreDance
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Splinter Arts and Community FundCommunity arts
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The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)Writing / Literature
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The Multivrs Is IlluminatedMusic
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The Scoundrel and Scamp TheatreTheatre / Performance
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Tucson Jazz FesitvalMusic
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Tucson Masterworks ChoraleMusic
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Tucson Youth Music CenterMusic
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Zuzi! INC.Dance
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POGWriting / Literature
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Arts Express TheatreTheatre / Performance
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Chax PressWriting / Literature
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Central School ProjectVisual arts
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Arizona Friends of Chamber Music -
Arizona Women’s Chorus -
Willcox Theater and Arts, Inc.Other
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Winding Road Theater Ensemble -
Children’s Museum TucsonCommunity arts
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Many Mouths One StomachCommunity arts
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Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts -
Triangle L ART RANCH IncVisual arts
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True Concord Voices & OrchestraMusic
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Tucson Women’s Chorus -
Literacy Connects – Stories that Soar!Theatre / Performance
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La Linea Art Studio -
Arizona Early Music -
MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) TucsonVisual arts
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Sierra Vista Community Theatre -
The Invisible Theatre -
The Land With No Name Sanctuary -
Tucson Pops Orchestra -
Bi-National Arts Institute