2025 Artist Support Grants

• Aliyah Bonnette
• Andrea Renee Black
• Anna Weaver
• Antony Abraham
• Carol A Brainard
• Claire C Ashby
• Clarence Heyward
• Danny Peña
• Donovan Woods
• Doug Bennett Studio
• Elisabeth Effron
• Elyse Johnson
• Erica Parsons
• Felix Obelix
• Fonda Kitt Muhammad
• Jeffrey Meyer
• Jennifer Asciutto
• jgCello
• John Hoppenthaler
• Julia LaFond
• King Nobuyoshi Godwin
• Larry Bliss
• Martha Thorn
• Melissa Jo Gordon
• Meredyth Pederson Cooper
• Michee Zodulua
• Michelle Wilkie
• Min Zhong
• Monique Harris
• Moonchild
• Noureen Shaikh
• Oami Powers
• Preschool Rockstar
• Rayan Chakra
• Rozlyn Sorrell
• Scatterbrain Screenings
• ShotByElms
• Showtime Julz! Theatre Rats Club
• Suzanne Adair
• Sydney McBride
• Tonya Solley Thornton
• Travis Hyatt
• Tricia McKellar
• ValTArtist
• Wiley Johnson
• William Woltz
• Zo Blow

Mission Support Grants

2024-2025 Grantees

• African American Cultural Festival
• Arts Access
• Arts Together
• ARTS Wake Forest
• Artspace
• Artsplosure
• Black Box Dance Theatre
• Burning Coal Theatre Company
• Capital Arts Theater Guild
• Capital City Steppers
• Cary Ballet Company
• Cary Players Community Theatre
• Cary-Apex Youth Choir
• Chamber Music Raleigh
• ComMotion – Community in Motion
• Community Music School
• Concert Singers of Cary
• Cultural Voice of North Carolina, Inc.
• Diamante
• Festa Italiana North Carolina
• Hum Sub
• Leela Foundation
• North Carolina Chamber Music Institute
• North Carolina Master Chorale
• North Carolina Opera
• Oak City Voices
• PineCone: Piedmont Council of Traditional Music
• Pure Life Theatre Company
• Raleigh Camerata
• Raleigh Community Orchestra
• Raleigh Little Theatre
• Raleigh Music Collective
• Raleigh Symphony Orchestra
• Raleigh Youth Choir
• Seed Art Share
• Small School
• The Justice Theater Project
• TheGifted Arts
• Triangle Wind Ensemble
• Triangle Youth Music
• Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra
• Women’s Theatre Festival

Arts for Towns Grants

2024-2025 Grantees

• Town of Apex
• Town of Fuquay-Varina
• Town of Garner
• Town of Holly Springs
• Town of Rolesville
• Town of Wake Forest Renaissance Centre
• Town of Zebulon

Community Spotlight Project Grants

2024-2025 Grantees

• American Dance Festival – Passion Fruit Dance Company at Meredith College
• Artist Ummah – 3rd annual Ramadan and Eid Artisan Festival
• Artspace – exhibition and programming by NC-based Peruvian artist Renzo Ortega
• Carolina Dance Collaborative – adaptive dance programs in partnership with YMCA and Raleigh Parks
• Diamante – Ritmo Latino Festival
• El Pueblo – La Fiesta del Pueblo
• Griot and Grey Owl – poetry showcase highlighting local Black Southern poets
• InWave – KoreaFest
• Musical Empowerment – music mentorship program, joining college mentors with underserved youth
• Nine Movement – 2024 programming, company classes, and admin support
• OdysseyStage – world premiere of Shinsei by local Japanese-American playwright Judy Dove
• Redbud Writing Project – creative writing contest for writers from marginalized/underrepresented communities
• The Joel Fund – art classes for female veterans taught by a female veteran
• The Scottish Cultural Outreach Foundation – Highland Echoes, a professional Scottish Highland music and dance performance
• United Strings of Color – “Conversations Between Four Black Music-Makers Who Helped Bring About Abolition”
• VAE Raleigh – A collaborative community arts-focused summit
• Women’s Theatre Festival – a Self-Producing Lab for disabled women and TGNC artists