Creative Flagstaff is thrilled to announce a historic $582,700 was awarded to over 35 local art, science, and culture non-profits beginning July 1, 2023. These funds were distributed through the General Operating Support Grant program and several project focused grant programs. These awards connect creatives, encourage community growth, and foster professional development to reinforce Flagstaff as one of the southwest’s most creative cities.

Creative Flagstaff is contracted by the City of Flagstaff to be the designated 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 for General Operating Support and $125,000 was allocated for 2024 Project grants.

Approximately $210,000 of General Operating Support and Project Grant Awards were provided due to better than expected BBB revenues.

An additional $57,700 was awarded from the City of Flagstaff’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the listed grant awards below. These awards include general support projects and grants specifically for audience & professional development that focus on covid response, mitigation, prevention and/or negative economic impacts of covid.

Announced separately are grant-funded projects for the ARTx: Art + Ideas Festival which will be held in May.

Creative Flagstaff will be opening the FY25 General Operating Support Grant opportunity in the beginning of February 2024.

“Many grants today are looking for project-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 2024 General Operating Support Awards

• Artists’ Coalition of Flagstaff – $10,400
• Ballet Folklorico de Colores – $6,800
• Boys & Girls Club of Flagstaff – $3,700
• Canyon Movement Company, Inc – $15,400
• COCOOP – $6,800
• Culture Connection AZ – $2,000
• Elden Pueblo Project- Arizona Natural History Assn – $6,100
• Flagstaff Community Band – $6,100
• Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition – $6,300
• Flagstaff Festival of Science – $13,000
• Flagstaff Light Opera Company (Flagstaff Musical Theatre) – $3,100
• Flagstaff Master Chorale – $11,000
• Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival – $20,600
• Flagstaff Foundry – $1,800
• Flagstaff Symphony Association – $32,600
• Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music – $27,000
• Four Corners Fiber Collective – $4,300
• Hozhoni Foundation – $6,800
• Human Nature Dance Theatre and Studio – $6,900
• Interference Series – $2,800
• Lowell Observatory – $30,600
• Museum of Northern Arizona – $30,000
• Northern Arizona Book Festival, Inc. – $6,500
• Northern Arizona Pride Association – $11,000
• Orchestra Northern Arizona – $6,800
• STEM City, Inc. – $6,300
• Theatrikos Inc – $27,600
• Threaded Together – $21,600
• The Arboretum at Flagstaff – $29,000
• Tynkertopia– $13,100
• USA Dance Flagstaff Chapter – $1,200
• Willow Bend Environmental Education Center – $22,800

GOS Awards are distributed quarterly from July 2023 to June 2024. Awards include $84,800 in supplemental funding distributed to all listed grantees.

Fiscal Year 2024 Project Grant (ARPA)

• Culture Connection AZ: Indigenous Community Connection Fair – $500
• Flagstaff Festival of Science: Audio Visual Package for Virtual Content – $5,000
• COCO-OP: Community Maker Space Infrastructure Improvements – $18,400
• 2024 Audience & Professional Development Awards (ARPA)
• Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra – $5,400
• The Arboretum at Flagstaff – $8,500
• Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival – $5,200
• Canyon Movement Company – $5,200
• STEM City – $6,600
• Northern Arizona Book Festival – $2,900

2024 Project Grant Awards

• Flagstaff Downtown Business Alliance: Music on the Square – $11,500
• The Flagstaff Community Band: Flagstaff Community Band Chamber Music Program – $1,000
• Master Chorale of Flagstaff: New Sounds of Astronomy: A Choral Commission – $19,000
• NAU Dept of Theatre: SP in Action $4,800
• Flagstaff STEM City: Community STEM Kit Library – $5,900
• Museum of Northern Arizona: Reimaging the Museum Tour at MNA – $18,000
• COCO-OP: Community Woodshop Classes – $16,000
• Southside Community Association: Building Capacity – $17,000
• Stargazer Collaborative Theatre: Community Theatrical Microphones – $10,000
• Simon Says Theatre: Show Series – $5,800
• Flagstaff International Film Festival: 2024 Film Festival – $1000
• Thin Air Magazine: Celebrating 30 issues of Thin Air magazine in Northern Arizona – $4,000
• Interference Series: Collaborative Music Convergence – $1,000
• Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition: Neighborhood Improvement and Outreach Expansion – $10,000

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

To learn more about Creative Flagstaff, visit: https://creativeflagstaff.org/about/