Houston Arts Alliance offers the following grants, Support for Artists and Creative Individuals (SACI), Support for Organizations (SO), and Festival Grant Programs (FG).
These city-funded grant programs are open to individual artists, 501(c)3 organizations, and fiscally sponsored projects.
Festival (FG): The Festival grant program provides support of up to $10,000 to fund arts festivals or arts components of cultural festivals to celebrate Houston’s diversity and promote the city’s creative identity as a unique art and culture destination.
Support for Artists and Creative Individuals (SACI): The Support for Artists and Creative Individuals grant provides funds of up to $15,000 for specific projects that create and present new works of art or complete work already in progress throughout Houston. Applications are accepted from all artistic disciplines and creative practices.
Support for Organizations (SO): The Support for Organizations (SO) grant provides operating funds for organizations that offer arts and cultural activities that are open to the public. There are three different funding tiers for this grant: SO I for organizations in existence for at least one year with operating expenses under $10 million, SO II for organizations in existence less than one year with operating expenses under $10 million, and SO III for organizations with operating expenses over $10 million.
