Recent Recipients: Spring 2022

Agency
Project description
Award
A to Z Productions/The Norman Philharmonic
Coordinate a Martin Luther King Jr. Concert for Norman students
5000
ArtSup?! Inc.
Support arts afterschool programming for underserved students at two sites
5800
Arts Council Oklahoma City
Provide weekly arts instruction at Western Gateway school
6000
Artspace at Untitled
Support the Mentorship Program, linking teens with artists
7500
Aspiring Attitudes
Offer scholarships for students with financial and/or physical challenges
2200
Canterbury Voices
Provide financial needs-based scholarships to foster participation in youth choirs
5100
DeadCenter Film
Support the Continuum film screenings
5500
El Sistema Oklahoma
Support the creation and recording of an official El Sistema Oklahoma song
6000
Lyric Theatre
Support Musical Interactive touring program
5000
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
Train Shawnee youth mentors in arts education
6600
Metropolitan School of Dance
Bring teaching artists to underresourced schools
5500
Norman Firehouse Art Center
Support arts afterschool weekly classes
5000
Oklahoma Children’s Theatre
Support subsidized performances, artist residencies and student field trips
6000
Oklahoma City Ballet
Support Dance Discovery, offering classes in schools and Boys & Girls Club sites
6000
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Provide healing arts at SSM Behavioral Health
4463
Oklahoma City Philharmonic
Sponsor the Youth Concert Series
5000
Oklahoma Contemporary
Support the Teen Arts Council
5500
Oklahoma Opry
Support music education for veterans and schoolchildren
6000
Oklahoma Shakespeare
Offer free and discounted tickets for students 25 and younger
5000
Oklahoma Youth Orchestras
Provide scholarships to foster student participation in ensembles
5000
Painted Sky Opera
Take educational opera programming to schools and libraries
5300
Paseo Arts Association
Offer visual arts classes for veterans
5000
Prairie Dance Theatre
Support in-school arts programming at underserved schools
5000
RACE Dance Collective
Train OKC public school students performing in Hip Hop Nutcracker
5000
Red Earth
Launch Native youth photography workshops
5500
Seminole Nation Historical Society
Feature Native and pioneer storytelling and artisans during the Sorghum Festival
3500
Sooner Theatre
Provide scholarships to foster student participation in classes and camps
6000

Recent Recipients: Spring 2022

Agency
Project description
Award
Ambassadors' Concert Choir
Hire an Executive Director and Collaborative Pianist
2500
DeadCenter Film
Attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
2500
Eufaula Area Arts Council, Inc.
Attend the 2023 Oklahoma Arts Conference
780
Jazz in June
Attend the Oklahoma Arts Conference
800
Jewish Theatre of Oklahoma
Promote the 2023/2024 Season
2500
Lyric Theatre
Re-envision Lyric’s Mission and Vision Statement
2500
Metropolitan School of Dance
Attend the Oklahoma Arts Conference
1500
Norman Firehouse Art Center
Procure equipment for the Ceramics Studio
5000
Oklahoma Arts Institute
Attend the 2023 Oklahoma Arts Conference
1500
Oklahoma Children's Theatre
Hire an Administrative & Box Office Assistant
5000
Oklahoma City Repertory Theater
Hire a Marketing Consultant
5000
Oklahoma Contemporary
Procure technology to conduct visitor surveying
5000
Oklahoma Museums Association
Support strategic advocacy
1000
Oklahoma Opry
Procure technology for new space and student check-in
5000
Oklahoma Youth Orchestras
Hire student recruiters
5000
Oklahomans for the Arts
Market and promote the Arts Education Dashboard
2500
Paseo Arts Association
Hire a Community Engagement Director
3000
RACE Dance Collective
Purchase equipment for studio classes and company rehearsals
5000
grant programs

Our grant programs help ensure a dynamic and sustainable cultural community in central Oklahoma.

For more information, please email jennifer.bryan@alliedartsokc.com.

Educational Outreach

Upcoming Deadlines - 
January 12, 2024

Our Educational Outreach program supports a variety of nonprofit arts organizations dedicated to Oklahoma youth. Through programming and outreach, we provide arts experiences for underserved K-12 students. With community-wide support, we are working to broaden our reach to veterans, hospitalized adults, developmentally disabled adults and beyond - from bringing teaching artists into underserved schools to creating programming for organizations who strictly work with communities of color.

Cash grants and Hobby Lobby store gift cards are available. Organizations of all budget sizes can apply for up to $5,000 in cash grants. Hobby Lobby card distributions will be in addition to the cash award maximum amount.

Allied Arts member agencies as well as other nonprofit arts organizations are eligible for the Educational Outreach Program.

Corporate Partners

The Allied Arts Educational Outreach program is made possible with the generous support of the following organizations:

  • The Barnett Family
  • Bowen Foundation
  • Catalyst
  • ChappelWood Financial Services
  • Dobson Family Foundation
  • Flogistix
  • Hobby Lobby
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Kimray
  • Oklahoma Natural Gas
  • UMB Bank
  • ChappelWood Financial Services
  • Compellier
  • Dobson Family Foundation
  • Flogistix
  • Gannett Foundation
  • Hobby Lobby
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • Kimray
  • Oklahoma Natural Gas
  • UMB Bank
GRANT IMPACT - EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
Norman Firehouse Art Center provides arts experiences for local students.

Norman Firehouse Art Center

“The art program benefits student behavior dramatically. It produces the kind of thinkers that we want in our schools and our communities.”
Olivia Dean
Principal at Lincoln Elementary School
Western Gateway students create art through Arts Council OKC’s Arts in Schools program
Science Museum Oklahoma
Canterbury Youth Voices

Capacity-Building Grants

Upcoming Deadlines -  
January 12, 2024

The Allied Arts Capacity-Building program helps nonprofit arts and cultural organizations grow stronger, so they can fulfill their missions and better serve their constituents.

Organizations can apply for up to $5,000 with no matching component, and Allied Arts will consider fully funding project requests. An organization with an annual operating budget of $500,000 or more is limited to one request per Allied Arts fiscal year.

Projects that will produce more concrete results and impact will be given priority. For professional development requests, priority will be given to opportunities within the state of Oklahoma and the surrounding region. Each year, a variety of projects are funded – from organizational training and board development to volunteer management, strategic planning and other professional development opportunities.

Submission of a proposal does not guarantee funding. Funds are limited.

Allied Arts member agencies and other nonprofit arts organizations are eligible.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Allied Arts will also consider capacity-building requests such as:

Supporting collaborations between established cultural nonprofits and emerging groups

Funding projects that address racial, social, gender injustice through the arts

Operating expenses for organizations led by people of color and serving communities of color

COVID Support

Many organizations have been faced with unique post-COVID challenges. Allied Arts will consider requests to help navigate concerns such as:

Filling full-time, part-time, contract and seasonal staff openings

Employing artists to conduct programming

Equipment and tools to provide virtual/remote programming, events and activities

Capital requests to conduct programming outdoors

Modifications to facilities to conduct indoor programming safely

GRANT IMPACT - CAPACITY BUILDING
The Allied Arts Capacity-Building program helps art nonprofits invest in technology resources to bring arts experiences beyond the walls of their facilities and directly into communities.

Oklahoma Contemporary

"Without the funding from the Allied Arts Capacity-Building grant, we would not have been able to set aside funds to support permanent live-stream studio classes."
Oklahoma Contemporary
Capacity-Building Evaluation Report
A family enjoys the Oklahoma Shakespeare Festival Photo Courtesy of Oklahoma Shakespeare
Microphones purchased with Allied Arts capacity building funding
Photo Credit Artist Kyndall Rainey with her artwork display participating in OVAC’s OK Art Crawl

Allocations

2024 Deadline - March 1, 2024

Annually, Allied Arts distributes campaign funds to its member agencies through the allocations process. Agencies utilize these funds for a host of needs – from offsetting administrative costs to bringing world-renowned exhibits and performances to central Oklahoma. This program is only open to the 25 Allied Arts member agencies.

OKCPHIL performs at Scissortail Park
GRANT IMPACT - ALLOCATIONS
The Plaza District is a great example of neighborhood revitalization through the arts.

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma

“Before Lyric came, the Plaza District was empty. The soul of the city happens when you leave your home and you engage with your neighbors, and that’s what live theater always does.”
Michael Baron
Producing Artist Director
HOW TO QUALIFY FOR THE GRANTS PROGRAM

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • Provide quality arts and cultural programming to the community
  • Be a nonprofit arts organization, tax-exempt corporation as defined under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service (have current 501(c)(3) status)
  • Be established and functional for at least three years
  • Have current financials and an active, volunteer board of directors
  • Have headquarters in central Oklahoma (defined by the 10-county area including the counties of Oklahoma, Kingfisher, Logan, Lincoln, Seminole, Pottawatomie, Cleveland, McClain, Grady and Canadian)
  • Have current registration as a charitable organization with the State of Oklahoma
  • Be self-identified as “Arts, Culture, and Humanities” using the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities system
For more information, please email jennifer.bryan@alliedartsokc.com.
If an applicant or grantee – or representatives of an organization – defames the name of Allied Arts, Allied Arts reserves the right to deny funding for a new request or pull funding from a previously-funded request.