The Project Support Program (PSP) promotes and encourages the breadth of arts and cultural programming in the community by supporting projects both large and small throughout the City of Phoenix.
Donor Name: City of Phoenix
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa County (AZ)
City: Phoenix
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/23/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The PSP funds arts and/or culture projects that engage Phoenix residents, including but not limited to, arts workshops, pop-up performances, and collaborations with artists. The program supports guest artist fees/expenses, production fees, and marketing expenses.
The Project Support Program funds the following types in-person of projects as long as they take place within City of Phoenix boundaries AND primarily serve Phoenix residents:
- Arts and Cultural Festivals
- Exhibitions/Presentations (visual arts, media arts, design)
- Performances/readings
- Art instruction (classes, demonstrations, lectures, and other instruction used to teach knowledge of and/or skills in the arts).
Goals
- Support arts and cultural projects across the City of Phoenix, especially artistic collaborations with full representation from all persons at the intersection of any age, race, culture, class, religion, sex, national origin, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
- Fund projects which support the artistic and cultural work of young people or projects which introduce youth to arts and culture in the City of Phoenix.
- Invest in projects that support and celebrate individual artists making an impact in the community.
Funding Information
Applicants can request up to $5,000.
Eligible Expenses
The Program supports the following expenses:
- Guest artist fees and associated costs
- Contracted positions related to the project (e.g. sound engineer, photographer, event coordinator)
- Staff salary related to the project (up to 15% of the awarded grant amount)
- Production costs
- Marketing expenses
- Rental of venue, technological tools, chairs, table, etc.
- Arts materials and supplies
- Event insurance
- Permit fees
- Fiscal Sponsor fee
- Participant fees for community-based projects
- Food available to the community for free (up to 15% of the awarded grant amount).
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the Project Support program, organizations must meet all the following criteria:
- Be based in the City of Phoenix and have a City of Phoenix address OR be based in Maricopa County, producing an in-person ethnically cultural festival in Phoenix, and serve mainly Phoenix residents
- Exist as one of the following applicant types:
- 501(c)3 organization (arts/culture or community-based.)
- Public K-12 school.
- Youth collective (umbrella organization or school must be primary applicant.)
- Arts collective (an individual must be identified as primary applicant. Fiscal sponsorship required for grant distribution.)
- Arts and Culture LLC (with a prior year income below $250,000.)
- An applicant applying to the General Support Program is not eligible to apply for a project support grant.
- Project Support applicants working with vulnerable populations will be reviewed for safety and ethical protocols for eligibility.
For more information, visit City of Phoenix.
