Creative Flagstaff is happy to announce the 31 Flagstaff non-profits selected for the General Operating Support grant program this year. General Operating Support Grants provide unrestricted support for nonprofits and other nonprofit sponsored entities whose primary missions are to serve the arts, cultural equity, preservation, or awareness, or present science programming to the public.

Creative Flagstaff is contracted by the City of Flagstaff to be the Art, Science, and Culture Agency and to administer Art & Science fund grant programs. Each year, through the City budgeting process, a portion of the voter-dedicated Art & Science BBB funds are allocated to grant programs. This year, $360,000 was allocated. With this announcement, $305,000 of the $360,000 is awarded. The remainder will be used for the Project grant cycle opening in August and any other special allocations proposed by the Grantmaking Committee. 

“Unrestricted support for Flagstaff’s cultural sector is critical, especially as the sector begins to introduce more programming as it emerges from the pandemic,” stated Jamey Hasapis, Grantmaking Committee Chair. “Our review panel carefully weighed the pandemic’s impact on nonprofit operations over the past year. We are tremendously inspired by the resiliency of our community and look forward to robust community programming as it becomes safer to do so.” 

Fiscal Year 2022 General Operating Support Awards

Alpine Community Theater – $4,000

Arizona Historical Society – $22,000

Ballet Folklórico de Colores – $4,500

Canyon Movement Company – $12,000

Elden Pueblo Project – $3,500

Flagstaff Community Band – $4,000

Flagstaff Festival of Science – $11,000

Flagstaff Foundry – $1,000

Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music – $18,000

Flagstaff Master Chorale – $8,500

Flagstaff Musical Theatre – $3,000

Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival – $11,500

Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra – $25,000

Hozhoni Foundation – $5,000

Human Nature Dance Theatre – $4,000

Interference Series – $1,000

Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition – $5,000

Lowell Observatory – $25,000

Museum of Northern Arizona – $22,000

Museum of Contemporary Art Flagstaff (MOCAF) – $4,000*

Northern Arizona Book Festival – $3,000

Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society – $5,000

Northern Arizona Pride Association – $8,000

Orchestra Northern Arizona – $6,500

The Arboretum at Flagstaff – $18,000

Threaded Together – $20,000*

Theatrikos Theatre Company – $21,000

Tolsun Publishing, Inc. – $3,000*

Tynkertopia – $8,500

USA Dance – $1,000

Willow Bend Environmental Education Center – $17,000

*Indicates new General Operating Support grant recipient.

Awards are distributed quarterly from July 2021 to June 2022.

To learn more about Creative Flagstaff’s grantmaking programs, visit: https://creativeflagstaff.org/resources/grant-opportunities/