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 FY25 ARTSmemphis invested $1.2M in arts organizations through this competitive grant program.

  • We are making a change to the grant timeline by splitting organizations between two groups. Please read carefully to determine which group your organization falls into.

    Group 1: Organizations with Fiscal Year end between January to June:

    • January 16

    • January 29: Deadline for organizations not previously funded through this program to schedule required eligibility interview with ARTSmemphis staff

    • February 17: LOI/Organization Profile deadline. This must be submitted first to access the narrative application.

    • March 28: Narrative application deadline

    • April 7 - 28: Site Visits with select organizations. Organizations that do not have a site visit, will have a check in meeting with ARTSmemphis staff.

    Group 2: Organizations with Fiscal Year end between July to December.

    • May 12: Application opens

    • June 11: LOI/Organization Profile deadline. This must be submitted first to access the narrative application.

    • July 14: Narrative Application deadline

    • August 11- 29: Site Visits with select organizations. Organizations that do not have a site visit, will have a check in meeting with ARTSmemphis staff.

  • 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