Recent Recipients: Spring 2022

Agency
Project description
Award
ARTSPACE at Untitled
Stop Motion Animation Summer Program for Underserved Youth
7500
Arts Council Oklahoma City
Arts in Schools - Western Gateway
6000
Aspiring Attitudes
Dance Education/Let's Just ALL Dance Performance Program Scholarship Program
5000
Canterbury Voices
Canterbury Youth Voices 2024-2025 Scholarship Support
5200
Carpenter Square Theatre
Silent Sky Production & Workshops
2350
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
Artful Aging - Engaging Older Adults through Art and Community
5500
Metropolitan School of Dance
Making it Happen
5500
Norman Arts Council
Arts Education Scholarships
5000
Norman Firehouse Art Center
Children’s Summer Art Program (CSAP)
5000
Oklahoma Arts Institute
The 2025 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute - Scholarships for Oklahoma City Students
5000
Oklahoma Children’s Theatre
Rural Touring Program Support
5000
Oklahoma City Ballet
Dance Discovery BRIDGE Scholarships
6000
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
OKCMOA Healing Arts Outreach at SSM Behavioral Health
6000
Oklahoma Contemporary
Camp Contemporary Scholarships
5000
Oklahoma Shakespeare
Never Younger Program
5000
Oklahoma Youth Orchestras
Special Scholarship Program
5000
Painted Sky Opera
The Pirates! Project
5300
Paseo Arts Association
Art Workshops for Veterans
5000
RACE Dance Collective
RACE Academy
5000
Science Museum Oklahoma
Sally's Night
5000
deadCenter Film
dCFF25 Educational Opportunities for High School Students
6000

Recent Recipients: Spring 2022

Agency
Project description
Award
Ambassadors' Concert Choir
Collaborative Pianist for the Choir
5000
Black Liberated Arts Center (BLAC), Inc
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Partners in Education Annual Meeting
5000
Cimarron Opera
Relocation and Reorganization of Costume Storage
5000
Edmond Fine Arts Institute
Edmond Fine Arts Instructor Professional Development through Oklahoma Arts Conference 2025
5000
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
Empowered Governance: Strengthening Board Member Capacity for Leadership and Impact
1100
Metropolitan School of Dance
Amping Up the Step Up
5000
Norman Arts Council
Capacity Building Project through Equipment Purchase
3847
Norman Firehouse Art Center
Staff Professional Development
5000
Oklahoma City Philharmonic
Technology and Training
3750
Oklahoma Museums Association
Museums Advocacy Day Training and Congressional Visits in Washington DC - capacity building for Oklahoma Museums Association and Oklahoma museums
1111
Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park
Support for Marketing & Outreach Position
5000
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
OVAC Fundraising Consulting & Training
5000
Oklahoma Youth Orchestras
Oklahoma Youth Orchestras Brand Story Video
5000
Oklahomans for the Arts
Oklahomans for the Arts Monthly Newsletter
5000
Painted Sky Opera
Marketing Specialist for 2025 season
5000
Paseo Arts Association
Paseo Arts Association - Improved Technology Security and New Computers
5000
Plaza District Association
Participation in the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits’ Standards for Excellence Program
850
RACE Dance Collective
Theory of Change
5000
Southern Plains Productions
Board of Directors Development
2

Recent Recipients: Spring 2022

Agency
Project description
Award
ARTSPACE at Untitled
Stop Motion Animation Summer Program for Underserved Youth
7500
Arts Council Oklahoma City
Arts in Schools - Western Gateway
6000
Aspiring Attitudes
Dance Education/Let's Just ALL Dance Performance Program Scholarship Program
5000
Canterbury Voices
Canterbury Youth Voices 2024-2025 Scholarship Support
5200
Carpenter Square Theatre
Silent Sky Production & Workshops
2350
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
Artful Aging - Engaging Older Adults through Art and Community
5500
Metropolitan School of Dance
Making it Happen
5500
Norman Arts Council
Arts Education Scholarships
5000
Norman Firehouse Art Center
Children’s Summer Art Program (CSAP)
5000
Oklahoma Arts Institute
The 2025 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute - Scholarships for Oklahoma City Students
5000
Oklahoma Children’s Theatre
Rural Touring Program Support
5000
Oklahoma City Ballet
Dance Discovery BRIDGE Scholarships
6000
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
OKCMOA Healing Arts Outreach at SSM Behavioral Health
6000
Oklahoma Contemporary
Camp Contemporary Scholarships
5000
Oklahoma Shakespeare
Never Younger Program
5000
Oklahoma Youth Orchestras
Special Scholarship Program
5000
Painted Sky Opera
The Pirates! Project
5300
Paseo Arts Association
Art Workshops for Veterans
5000
RACE Dance Collective
RACE Academy
5000
Science Museum Oklahoma
Sally's Night
5000
deadCenter Film
dCFF25 Educational Opportunities for High School Students
6000
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.
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Educational Outreach

Deadline: TBA

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 2021-2022 Educational Outreach program is made possible with the generous support of the following organizations:

  • ChappelWood Financial Services
  • Compellier
  • Dobson Family Foundation
  • Flogistix
  • Gannett Foundation
  • Hobby Lobby
  • JP Morgan 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

Deadline: TBA

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 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. Applicants must have an updated profile on Oklahoma City Community Foundation’s GiveSmartOKC.

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

Deadline: March 7, 2025

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.