260 nonprofit arts organizations, festivals, and education programs awarded grants
The Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, announced that over $2.63 million has been awarded to nonprofit arts organizations, festivals, and education programs throughout the state.
At their quarterly meeting on June 27, the Governor-appointed board of the Arizona Commission on the Arts approved the funding of 260 grants to Arizona nonprofit arts organizations, festivals, schools, and community-based programs. This action represents the allocation of 75% of the Arts Commission’s annual grants budget, with several other grant programs running throughout the year.
In Mohave County the following were awarded grants: River Cities Community Theater Players in Bullhead City, $3,000; River Valley Artists Guild, Inc., Bullhead City, $3,000; Kingman Center for the Arts, Kingman, $5,000; Kingman Area Books Are Magic (KABAM!), Kingman, $2,000; and Lake Havasu Regional Orchestra, Lake Havasu City, $3,000.
Grants were awarded via three distinct programs:
Festival Grants support organizations in their efforts to provide quality arts and cultural programming through community festival activities. 40 Festival Grants were awarded, totaling $107,000.
Strengthening Schools through Arts Partnerships Grants support substantive school/community partnerships that strengthen teaching and learning in arts education and/or arts integration in Arizona Title I schools. This year’s awards, totaling $62,840, provide a second year of support to four previously-funded partnerships.
Community Investment Grants provide operating support to nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, and tribal cultural organizations whose mission is to produce, present, or teach the arts, and/or to provide arts-based services. 216 Community Investment Grants were awarded, totaling $2,463,000.
Community Investment Grants (CIG) are separated into six levels delineated by annual budget size, with Level VI comprising Arizona’s largest arts institutions.
