The Dubuque City Council recently approved recommendations from the City’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission to award $250,000 in Operating Support grant funds to 21 of Dubuque’s 501(c)(3) arts and culture organizations and $35,000 to fund six Special Projects grants to cultivate unique and innovative creative arts and culture experiences for the community.
Operating Support for Arts and Culture Nonprofits
The City’s Arts and Culture Operating Support grant program allows established 501(c)(3) arts and culture organizations located within the city of Dubuque to request six percent or up to $30,000 of their most recently completed fiscal year operating budget. Twenty-one eligible organizations, with operating expenses ranging from $9,336 to $6.285 million, applied for this year’s funding cycle, collectively requesting $358,303.68 in support.
Organizations to receive funding include:
- Bell Tower Productions – $15,943
- Colts Youth Organization – $22,343
- Creative Adventure Lab, Inc. – $19,859
- Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical Gardens – $21,707
- Dubuque Area Arts Collective – $336
- Dubuque Arts Council – $3,245
- Dubuque Chapter of SPEBSQSA / Music Men Barbershop Chorus – $395
- Dubuque Chorale – $1,733
- Dubuque County Fine Arts Society – $12,107
- Dubuque County Historical Society – $21,349
- Dubuque Museum of Art – $21,846
- Dubuque Symphony Orchestra – $22,343
- Fly-By-Night Productions – $926
- Heritage Works – $10,511
- Julien Dubuque International Film Festival – $15,029
- Key City Creative Center – $4,427
- Multicultural Family Center – $3,911
- Northeast Iowa School of Music – $12,856
- Rising Star Theatre Company – $2,954
- The Grand Opera House – $20,356
- Voices Productions – $15,824
Arts and Culture Special Projects
Through the Arts and Culture Special Projects grant program, the City of Dubuque provides funding to Dubuque-based nonprofit organizations and groups to support unique and innovative creative experiences that prioritize community engagement, active partnership, and equitable access and representation in alignment with City goals and priorities.
The following organizations and projects are to receive funding:
- $8,000 to Dubuque County Historical Society
- 6,940 to Dubuque Symphony Orchestra
- $6,740 to Dubuque Arts Council
- $6,340 to Voices Productions
- $6,040 to Dubuque Museum of Art
- $940 to Masterpiece Literary Center
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