The Houston Arts Alliance is accepting applications for its Support for Organizations Grant Program.
Donor Name: Houston Arts Alliance (HAA)
State:
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/24/2026
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Categories
The Support for Organizations (SO) grant program accepts 501(c)(3) nonprofit and fiscally sponsored applications annually to support arts and cultural activities that are open to the public. There are three different categories within the Support for Organizations grant program:
- Category 1
- Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations, in existence for at least one year, with the arts named in its mission.
This is verified by an HAA staff review of an applicant’s 990 on the IRS website. - Applicants may apply for up to $125,000 or a maximum of 20% of the organization’s operating expenses, excluding the value of in-kind contributions.
- Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations, in existence for at least one year, with the arts named in its mission.
- Category 2
- Applicants must be fiscally sponsored, non-arts-specific 501(c)(3) organization with arts-specific programming, or a 501(c)(3) organization with the arts named in its mission but with less than one year of operations.
- Applicants may apply for up to $62,500 or a maximum of 10% of the arts program budget, excluding the value of in-kind contributions.
- Category 3
- Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) organization, in existence for at least five years and with the arts named in its mission, providing public programs throughout each calendar year and offering free and discounted programs. This is verified by an HAA staff review of an applicant’s 990 on the IRS website.
- Applicants may apply for up to $1 million or a maximum of 3% of the organization’s operating expenses, excluding the value of in-kind contributions. Applicants must have operating expenses over $10 million, less in-kind contributions and direct financial support from other City of Houston sources, as demonstrated in SMU DataArts reporting. This is calculated as an average over the most recently completed three fiscal years and verified with the organization’s audit.
- Fiscally sponsored organizations are not eligible.
Funding Information
- Category 1: Up to $125,000
- Category 2: up to $62,500
- Category 3: up to $1 million
Grant Period
January 1–December 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
501(c)(3) organization are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit HAA.
