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Grants and Programs for Locals

General Operating Support - General Operating Support (GOS) Grants assist arts organizations with administrative and/or artistic expenses. General Operating Support Grants are available to all sizes of arts organizations, local arts agencies and tribal museums whose primary mission is to produce, present or serve the arts.

Community Cultural Inventories - Information on what is a community cultural inventory and what the Arizona Commission on the Arts can do to help make it happen.  This program is part of the Commission's Consultant Services Program.

Arts Link to Tourism and the Economy - The Arts Link to Tourism and the Economy Grants are accepted annually through our standard grantmaking process. The program aims to support projects that promote a community’s artistic resources through economic development and cultural tourism strategies. The Commission plans to award up to 6 grants of up to $10,000 each to ethnic-run or rural arts organizations or tribal communities for substantial projects. 

Project Grants - Project Grants assist all types of organizations with providing quality arts programming to their community. Project Grants are awarded, in general, to assist with the costs of connecting artists (or their artistic work) with the community. These arts experiences are what create public value of the arts and the rationale for the investment of public funds.  

For assistance, please contact Mitch Menchaca, Director of State and Local Partnerships at (602) 771-6529 or email mmenchaca@azarts.gov or contact Jaya Rao, Accessibility and State and Local Partnerships Coordinator at (602) 771-6532 or email jrao@azarts.gov.