April 8: Application opens. Grant guidelines and application available on TAC website

Information Sessions:

• Monday, May 6 @ 9 am, registration required

• Tuesday, May 21 @ 12 pm, registration required

• Monday, June 3 @ 5:30 pm, registration required

• Friday, June 21 @ 12 pm, registration required

Office Hours:

• Tuesdays @ 9 am, May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11 & June 25. Registration required

• Thursdays @ 12 pm, May 16, May 23, May 30, June 6, June 13, June 20 & June 27. Registration required

• Friday, June 21 @ 4 pm. registration required

July 1: Application deadline.

Applicant interviews - virtual: Date to be announced.

August 16: Grant awards announced.

For a complete list of eligibility requirements, please visit the Tennessee Arts Commission website here.

An organization is eligible to apply for funding support of its arts activities if the organization meets one of the following qualifications:

• The organization is a nonprofit organization legally chartered in Tennessee and in possession of a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service declaring the organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Private educational institutions must be a nonprofit and meet these tax-exempt requirements.

-OR-

• The organization is an entity of government (such as city/county government departments, public libraries, public schools, etc.)

Colleges and universities are eligible only for activities that clearly serve the needs of surrounding communities or the State and are designed to involve a broad audience. Activities that are credit-producing or are oriented primarily to collegiate students and the academic community are not eligible.

For a complete list of the grant guidelines, please visit the Tennessee Arts Commission website here.

The proposed project must take place and grants funds must be used between August 16, 2024 and June 15, 2025.

ABC funds may NOT be used:

• To support a project already funded by the Commission

• For capital improvements (construction expenses or equipment purchases)

• For the elimination of an accumulated deficit

• For in-school, curriculum-based projects

• For endowments

• For out-of-state travel expenses

Please note:

• All projects sponsored in part or entirely with ABC funds must be accessible to the general public

• Applications from colleges or universities or other institutions of higher education, whether public or private, must emphasize non-academic community involvement in the planning and implementation of the project

• You must be registered with the Tennessee Arts Commission's grant platform to apply. Please create your account as soon possible, as registration for a profile may take a few days. You can view instructions for the platform here.

AngelStreet Memphis | AngelStreet Spring Concert

Arkwings Foundation | Frayser Local Arts Festival

Arrow Creative | Marketplace in Motion

Buckman Performing Arts Center at St. Mary's School | Sons of Mystro Memphis Residency

Carpenter Art Garden | Tuesday Art Garden

Center for Transforming Communities | Measuring Love Exhibition

Children’s Museum of Memphis | Pop-Up Art Performances

City of Ripley DEVCO | Holiday Light Display

Contemporary Arts Memphis | Expanding Our Reach to the Greater Community

Cotton Museum | Diversity of the Delta / Cultural Emphasis in Quilting

Crosstown Radio Partnership | Meeting in the Middle 2024

Elmwood Cemetery | Soul of the City 2023

Frayser CDC/ Frayser Connect | Silver Seniors “Life Quilting” Club

Germantown Symphony Orchestra | Young Artists Concert

Historic Clayborn Temple | A Walk With Amal

ICON360 | Memphis Fashion Lab

Memphis Artists for Change | Loungin' in the Park Fall Edition

Memphis Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association | The Well Rounded Classroom

Memphis Jewish Community Center | Senior Jam at the J

Memphis Men's Chorale DBA Memphis Choral Arts | Cheer the Weary Traveler

Methodist Healthcare Foundation | MusicRx

Neighborhood Christian Centers, Inc. | 2024 Spring Jam Event

Princeton James Project | The Cooler

PRIZM Ensemble | 2024 Summer Camp and International Chamber Music Festival

Memphis Youth Symphony Program | Young Person’s Concert

RiverArtsFest, Inc. | RiverArts Fest 2023 Partners Stage for Performing Arts

The Actors Renaissance Theatre | Alpha Crying Theatre Presentation

The Arts Cafe | Spring 2024 Art Exhibit

UNited Housing, Inc. | Harvard Art Garden & Sculpture

Vollintine Evergreen Community Assoc. - V&E Greenline | V&E Greenline Artwalk 2023

W.E.A.L.L. B.E. Group Inc. | 2024 Using Art to Tell Our Stories III : We Remember Fort Pillow

Young Actors Guild | Orange Mound Square Fest Concert Series

AngelStreet Memphis | AngelStreet Spring Concert Event

Arkwings Foundation| Frayser Local Arts Festival

Arrow Creative| Marketplace in Motion

Bridges INC.| BRIDGES Community Murals

Buckman Performing Arts Center at St. Mary's School| Suidy Garrido Flamenco Company Residency

Carpenter Art Garden | Part Time Art Coordinator

Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group | Latin Fest 2022

Collage Dance Collective | Brazil by Day & Brazil by Night

Crosstown Radio Partnership | Meeting in the Middle

Elmwood Cemetery | Soul of the City 2022

IRIS Orchestra | Intersections: Iris Collective Residency with Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano

Memphis Challenge | Tell Me A Story: Speaking Truth To Youth

Memphis Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association | MCAOSA Presents! Creativity and SEL in the Music Classroom

Memphis Jewish Community Center | Drawn Together Art Exhibition

Memphis Men's Chorale DBA Memphis Choral Arts | Sondheim Singalong

Memphis Public Interest Law Center | Evicted

Methodist Healthcare Foundation | MusicRx

National Civil Rights Museum | 2022 Ruby Bridges Reading Festival

Neighborhood Christian Centers, Inc. | Spring Jam 2023

RiverArtsFest, Inc. | Expansion of RiverArtsFest's Community & Arts Education

Subroy Movement Foundation, INC | 2023 COMMUNITY MOVEMENT COLLABORATIVE

Trezevant Manor Foundation | Arts Fair at Trezevant

Vollintine Evergreen Community Assoc. - V&E Greenline | V&E Greenline Artwalk 2022

Volunteer Odyssey | Volunteers for the Arts

WeNspire Association | Creative Motions