GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Arts Build Communities
We are proud to partner with the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC) to fund projects that broaden access to arts experiences, address community quality of life issues through the arts, or enhance the sustainability of asset-based cultural enterprises in West Tennessee counties: Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton.
Overall, 13 designated agencies administer the Arts Build Communities (ABC) program on behalf of TAC in all 95 counties of the state. If your organization is new to ARTSmemphis grant applications, this grant is a great way to get started.
The FY25 Arts Build Communities Grant application is now closed.
The FY26 grant timeline will be announced in Spring 2025.
Learn more at TAC website.
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AngelStreet | Annual Spring Concert
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation | Expression with Music in Family Grief Support
Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary's | Fisk Jubilee Singers Buckman Residency
Center for Transforming Communities | Measuring Love Exhibition
Children's Museum of Memphis | CMOM Supports the Arts: Pop-up Art Performances
Classical Melodies Incorporated | Mini Concert Series
Company D | Wonders in the Night
Contemporary Arts Memphis | Activating Arts Programming in New Space
Crosstown Arts | Crosstown Arts Residency Program
Crosstown Radio Partnership | Meeting in the Middle 2025
Germantown Symphony Orchestra | 2024 Young Artists Concert
International Bluegrass Music Association | Blues, Bluegrass, and Strings
Les Passees | Kids on the Block: Safety Heroes!
Memphis Artists for Change | Mecca Memphis: Community Creations
Memphis Challenge | Tell Me A Story: What's Keeps You Up At Night
Memphis Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association | Fostering Creativity in the Classroom
Memphis ChoralArts | All Men Sing-An American Voice
Memphis Jazz Workshop | Spring Student Faculty Concert
Memphis Youth Symphony Program | MYSP Young Person's Concert
National Civil Rights Museum | 2025 Ruby Bridges Reading Festival
OFF THE WALLS | Communications with the Unknown
Perfecting Gifts Inc. | Performing Arts Academy
Princeton James Project | Cooler Summit 2025
RiverArtsFest Inc | ARTSmemphis Partners Stage
Skool of Artistic Revelation (SOAR) | Peace Puppets
The Actors Renaissance Theatre | Intimate Cruelty
The Collegiate School of Memphis | Theatre Productions 2024-2025
Trezevant Manor Foundation | Trezevant Loves the Arts
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Group Inc. | 2025 Using Art to Tell Our Stories IV: We Remember Fort Pillow
YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South | Bringing the Arts to Active Older Adults at the YMCA
Young Actors Guild | Orange Mound Music Fest
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AngelStreet Memphis | AngelStreet Spring Concert
Arkwings Foundation | Frayser Local Arts Festival
Arrow Creative | Marketplace in Motion
Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary's | Sons of Mystro Memphis Residency
Carpenter Art Garden | Tuesday Art Garden
Center for Transforming Communities | Measuring Love Exhibition
Children’s Museum of Memphis | Pop-Up Art Performances
City of Ripley DEVCO | Holiday Light Display
Contemporary Arts Memphis | Expanding Our Reach to the Greater Community
Cotton Museum | Diversity of the Delta / Cultural Emphasis in Quilting
Crosstown Radio Partnership | Meeting in the Middle 2024
Elmwood Cemetery | Soul of the City 2023
Frayser CDC | Silver Seniors “Life Quilting” Club
Germantown Symphony Orchestra | Young Artists Concert
Historic Clayborn Temple | A Walk With Amal
ICON360 | Memphis Fashion Lab
Memphis Artists for Change | Loungin' in the Park Fall Edition
Memphis Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association | The Well Rounded Classroom
Memphis Jewish Community Center | Senior Jam at the J
Memphis Men's Chorale DBA Memphis Choral Arts | Cheer the Weary Traveler
Methodist Healthcare Foundation | MusicRx
Neighborhood Christian Centers, Inc. | 2024 Spring Jam Event
Princeton James Project | The Cooler
PRIZM Ensemble | 2024 Summer Camp and International Chamber Music Festival
Memphis Youth Symphony Program | Young Person’s Concert
RiverArtsFest, Inc. | RiverArts Fest 2023 Partners Stage for Performing Arts
The Actors Renaissance Theatre | Alpha Crying Theatre Presentation
The Arts Cafe | Spring 2024 Art Exhibit
UNited Housing, Inc. | Harvard Art Garden & Sculpture
Vollintine Evergreen Community Assoc. - V&E Greenline | V&E Greenline Artwalk 2023
W.E.A.L.L. B.E. Group Inc. | 2024 Using Art to Tell Our Stories III : We Remember Fort Pillow
Young Actors Guild | Orange Mound Square Fest Concert Series