Creative Flagstaff grants support our local creative sector and nonprofit organizations in arts, science, and culture programs that benefit the residents of and visitors to Flagstaff, Arizona. These awards connect creatives, encourage community growth, and foster professional development to reinforce Flagstaff as a creative city in the Southwest.

Creative Flagstaff is contracted by the City of Flagstaff to be the art, science, and culture agency and to administer the 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, $400,000 was allocated, an increase from 2021. With this announcement, $317,500 of the $400,000 is awarded. The remainder will be used for the Project Grant cycle opening in September and any other special allocations proposed by the Grantmaking Committee.

“Many grants today are looking for projects specific application. Creative Flagstaff’s General Operating Support Grants provide much-needed funding where the creative organizations’ needs are. By doing so, we help these organizations maintain healthy infrastructures, so they can continue to provide quality programming to their audiences.” Stated Jamey Hasapis, Creative Flagstaff Board President, and chair of the grantmaking committee.

Fiscal Year 2023 General Operating Support Awards

• Arizona Historical Society – Pioneer Museum – $22,000
• Artists’ Coalition of Flagstaff – $6,000
• Ballet Folklorico de Colores – $5,000
• Canyon Movement Company, Inc – $14,000
• COCOOP – $3,000*
• Culture Connection AZ – $1,500*
• Darksky Aerial – $6,000
• Elden Pueblo Project- Arizona Natural History Assn – $5,000
• Flagstaff Community Band – $5,000
• Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition – $5,000
• Flagstaff Festival of Science – $11,500
• Flagstaff Light Opera Company – $3,000
• Flagstaff Master Chorale – $9,000
• Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival – $16,000
• Flagstaff Foundry – $1,000
• Flagstaff Symphony Association – $25,000
• Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music – $18,000
• Heritage Square Trust – $1,000
• Hozhoni Foundation, Inc. – $5,000
• Human Nature Dance Theatre and Studio – $5,000
• Interference Series – $2,000
• Lowell Observatory – $22,000
• Museum of Northern Arizona – $22,000
• Northern Arizona Book Festival, Inc. – $3,000
• Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society – $4,000
• Northern Arizona Pride Association – $8,000
• Orchestra Northern Arizona – $6,500
• STEM City, Inc. – $5,000
• Theatrikos Inc – $21,000
• Threaded Together – $19,000
• The Arboretum at Flagstaff – $20,000
• USA Dance Flagstaff Chapter – $1,000
• Willow Bend Environmental Education Center – $17,000

*Indicates new General Operating Support grant recipient.

Awards are distributed quarterly from July 2022 to June 2023.

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