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North Texas fund to award $450,000 in grants to Dallas arts organizations

The grants, ranging from $3,000 to $12,000, support groups for art forms like music, dance, visual arts and film.

Credit: Jake Dean / Dallas Business Journal

DALLAS — The Moody Fund for the Arts announced 59 recipients of its seventh year of grants, awarding $450,000 to local arts organizations.

The grants, ranging from $3,000 to $12,000, support organizations involved in art forms like music, dance, visual arts and film. Many of these organizations provide programs to underserved communities in Dallas. Seven of the recipients were new applicants for the grants.

“When we created the Moody Fund for the Arts in 2017, our vision was to support – in perpetuity - the diverse range of small arts organizations in Dallas,” said Moody Foundation Chairman Francie Moody-Dahlberg. “It’s especially impressive to see so many new groups applying for grants and receiving them. That’s an exciting sign of all the cultural growth this is bringing to Dallas.”

MFA has awarded $2.38 million in grants in its seven years of grantmaking to 99 organizations. All recipients must be based in Dallas, supported by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture with budgets under $1 million.

These grant funds supplement the investment that comes from the city of Dallas each year,” said Martine Elyse Philippe, OAC Director and a member of the MFA Executive Review Committee. “This helps ensure that Dallas continues to have a diverse and vibrant arts scene providing equitable access to cultural experiences for years to come.”

This year saw entries in each of the fund's five categories: General Program and Operating Cost Support, New Works, Commissions and Unique Presentations, Community Focus Performances/Artist-in-Residency Programs, Cultural Equity and New Initiatives, and Capacity Building.

The recipients are as follows: