GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

Operating Support Grant

ARTSmemphis supports the arts to strengthen our community. We envision an accessible, impactful, and sustainable arts community with abundant and inclusive engagement. Visit our impact page for more details.

ARTSmemphis recognizes that unrestricted support is necessary to shape a dynamic and sustainable arts community. Thanks to the generosity of our contributors, in FY24 ARTSmemphis invested $1.2M in arts organizations through this competitive grant program.

The FY25 Operating Support application is now closed.

The timeline for the FY26 grant will be announced in Fall 2024.

  • ACT/YADA

    AngelStreet Memphis

    Arkwings

    Arrow Creative

    Ballet Memphis

    Beale Street Caravan

    Blues City Cultural Center

    Carpenter Art Garden

    Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre

    Circuit Playhouse, Inc.

    Collage Dance

    Contemporary Arts Memphis

    Creative Aging Memphis

    Crosstown Arts

    Germantown Community Theatre

    GPAC

    Harmonic South String Orchestra

    Hattiloo Theatre

    Historic Clayborn Temple

    Indie Memphis

    Iris Collective

    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Memphis ChoralArts

    Memphis Jazz Workshop

    Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum

    Memphis Symphony Orchestra

    Memphis Youth Symphony Program

    Metal Museum

    Music Export Memphis

    New Ballet Ensemble & School

    New Day Children's Theatre

    On Location: MEMPHIS

    Opera Memphis

    Orpheum Theatre Group

    Overton Park Shell

    Perfecting Gifts

    Playback Memphis

    Princeton James Project

    PRIZM Ensemble

    RiverArtsFest, Inc.

    Soulsville Foundation

    Tennessee Shakespeare Company

    The Blues Foundation

    Theatre Memphis

    TheatreWorks

    UrbanArt Commission

    WYXR

    Young Actors Guild

  • Program Panelists:

    Shamikia Adkins

    Brittney Adu

    Trevor Benitone

    Stacey M Bowers

    Cynthia Bradford

    Erika Cain

    Kerri Campbell

    Caroline Carrico

    Jessica Chaney

    Kate Connell

    Haydn Corrodus

    Marcus Cox

    Annelise Danielson

    Vanessa Delgadillo

    Carolyn Head

    Milton Howery III

    Jaquila Jensen

    Mark Lavender

    SunAh Laybourn

    Jessica Lotz

    Amanda Mauck

    Sumi Montgomery

    Tiffani C. Morrow Smith

    Jessica Mosley

    Linda Nichols

    Donna Owens

    Felicia Peat

    Kimberly Perry

    Robert Rios

    Joelle Rogin

    Beverly T Sakauye

    Robyn Sharp

    Tiana Poirier-Shelton

    Jennifer Shiberou

    Jack Torregrossa

    Nicholas Weaver

    Christine M. Weinreich

    Finance Panelists:

    Tucker Carr

    Benjamin C Clark

    Andrea Echols

    Kerry Jackson

    Cristi Johnson

    Dinah Johnson

    Rose McCall

    Celeste Pryor

    Art Richey

    Jim Vogel

    Mark Wiklund