LexArts Grants

For Dozens of Artists And Organizations

 

Since its inception, LexArts has raised millions of dollars in support of the local arts through its annual Fund for the Arts campaign. In turn, LexArts offers General Operating Support Grants for its partner organizations and Community Arts Development Grants for organizations and individual artists.  Awards are given annually, and applications are reviewed each spring.

Contact LexArts at 859.255.2951 or info@lexarts.org for more information.

 

FY 2025-2026 Grant Allocations

General Operating Support I and II

Carnegie Literacy Center Inc.  – $50,000.00
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra Society, Inc. – $40,000.00
Lexington Children’s Theatre, Inc. – $75,000.00
Lexington Philharmonic Society  – $75,000.00
The Lexington Theatre Company – $30,000.00
The Living Arts & Science Center – $65,000.00

Allegro Dance Project Inc. – $12,500.00
Bluegrass Youth Ballet – $20,000.00
Central Music Academy – $10,000.00
Institute 193, Incorporated – $10,000.00
Kentucky Ballet Theatre – $20,000.00
Lexington Art League – $10,000.00

Community Arts Development, Program

African American Forum, Inc. – $10,000.00
Antagonist Production Company  – $10,000.00
Casa de la Cultura Hispana de Lexington – $10,000.00
Chamber Music Festival of Lexington – $7,500.00
GreenRoom Exchange – $10,000.00
Headley-Whitney Museum of Art – $5,000.00
Lexington Chamber Chorale – $5,000.00
The Lexington Singers, Inc. – $5,000.00
The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center – $10,000.00
Voices Amplified Inc. – $7,500.00

Community Arts Development Project – Individual

Alaina Broderson – $2,500.00
Andrew K Cohen – $1,000.00
Austin M Zahn – $1,000.00
Babita Shrestha Moreland – $2,500.00
Becky Alley – $2,000.00
Charles F. Moreland – $2,500.00
Christine Kuhn – $1,000.00
Constance Gullette Grayson – $2,500.00
Daniela D’Ingiullo – $1,000.00
Gary H Wright – $2,500.00
Gloria Cecilia Arteaga-Hinton – $2,500.00
James R Southard – $1,000.00
Jeremy L Gillett – $2,500.00
Joe M Mcendree – $1,000.00
Jonathan M McFadden – $2,500.00
Juan Trigos – $2,500.00
Karissa A Arnold – $2,500.00
Kathryn C Rucker – $1,000.00
Maya McCutchen – $2,500.00
Nick Walters – $2,500.00
Rachel Moser – $2,500.00
Rafael Estrada – $2,500.00
Shuling Fister – $2,500.00
Stephanie Say – $1,000.00

Community Arts Development Project – Organization

2nd Story Inc. – $2,500.00
ActOut Theatre Group – $2,500.00
African American Arts Association – $2,500.00
Artistic Hands Shaping a New Society (AHSANS) -$2,500.00
Bluegrass Film Friends – $2,500.00
Bluegrass Indo-American Civic Society – $2,500.00
Common Good Community Development Corp – $2,500.00
Community Inspired Solutions Inc. – $2,500.00
Downtown Lexington Corporation dba Downtown Lexington Partnership – $2,500.00
Faulkner Morgan Archive, Inc. – $2,500.00
Friends of Hemp – $1,000.00
Harstad Fine Arts Series, Inc. – $2,500.00
I Was Here, Inc. – $2,500.00
International Book Project, Inc. – $1,000.00
Kentucky Humanities Council Inc. – $2,500.00
Kentucky State Poetry Society – $2,500.00
Levee, llc – $2,500.00
Lexington Children’s Museum – $2,500.00
Lexington Writers Room – $2,500.00
M’Power Rhythm – $2,500.00
March Madness Marching Band – $2,500.00
Movement Continuum, Inc. – $2,500.00
Project Ricochet – $2,500.00
Southland Jamboree Association, Inc. – $2,500.00
Tahlsound Music Festival, LLC – $5,000.00
The Well of Lexington, Inc. – $2,500.00
Uniting Voices – $2,500.00

You Must Be Born Again (YMBBA) – $5,000.00

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