Fiscal Year 2027 Grant Recipients

Art Project Grant — Organization

Art Project Grant — Organization Recipients

Grantee

City

County

Grant Award

Amana Arts Guild

Amana

Iowa

$9,000.00

American Midwest Ballet

Council Bluffs

Pottawattamie

$10,000.00

Bell Tower Theater

Dubuque

Dubuque

$19,900.00

Brucemore, Inc.

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$24,400.00

Burlington Riverfront Entertainment

Burlington

Des Moines

$10,000.00

Cedar Summerstock Theatre

Saint Ansgar

Mitchell

$10,000.00

Cedar Rapids Opera

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$12,000.00

Cedar Valley Chamber Music

Waterloo

Black Hawk

$5,500.00

Council Bluffs Guild of the Omaha Symphony

Council Bluffs

Pottawattamie

$10,000.00

CSPS Hall

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$19,244.00

Des Moines Art Center

Des Moines

Polk

$16,676.00

Dubuque County Fine Arts Society

Dubuque

Dubuque

$25,000.00

Dubuque Symphony Orchestra

Dubuque

Dubuque

$25,000.00

Fairfield Arts & Convention Center

Fairfield

Jefferson

$15,000.00

Figge Art Museum

Davenport

Scott

$20,210.00

FilmScene

Iowa City

Johnson

$8,850.00

Fresh Films

Rock Island

Scott

$10,000.00

Iowa Brass

Solon

Johnson

$10,000.00

Iowa European Cultural Connection

Pleasant Hill

Polk

$15,000.00

Legacy Learning Boone River Valley

Webster City

Hamiliton

$20,000.00

Mainframe Studios

Des Moines

Polk

$12,500.00

Maquoketa Betterment Corp/Hometown Pride

Maquoketa

Jackson

$5,000.00

Main Street Elkader

Elkader

Clayton

$11,500.00

Museum of Danish America

Elk Horn

Shelby

$5,000.00

Narratives QC

Rock Island

Scott

$10,000.00

Octagon Center for the Arts

Ames

Story

$8,000.00

Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Council Bluffs

Pottawattamie

$13,000.00

Plum Creek Art Gallery

Fredericksburg

Chickasaw

$10,000.00

Red Cedar Chamber Music

Marion

Linn

$15,000.00

Revival Theatre Company

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$10,000.00

Riverside Theatre

Iowa City

Johnson

$15,000.00

Science Center of Iowa

Des Moines

Polk

$15,077.00

Sound and Neuro Arts

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$7,500.00

Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra

Mount Pleasant

Henry

$23,000.00

The Beacon

Des Moines

Polk

$5,000.00

The Englert

Iowa City

Johnson

$8,643.00

The Rose Theater

Omaha

Out of State

$10,000.00

Artist Professional Grant

Grantee

City

County

Grant Award

Ryan Allen

Sioux City

Woodbury

$5,000.00

Paul Bland

Waterloo

Black Hawk

$800.00

Felicia Cass

Waterloo

Black Hawk

$4,484.00

Gail Chavenelle

Dubuque

Dubuque

$4,155.00

Jorge Chavez Colorado

Malvern

Mills

$5,000.00

Rachel Cox

Iowa City

Johnson

$3,885.00

Amee Ellis

Des Moines

Polk

$2,130.00

Courtney Garcia

West Des Moines

Polk

$3,920.00

Seth Gibson

Des Moines

Polk

$1,700.00

Bradford Johnson

Des Moines

Polk

$5,000.00

Mimi Ke

Iowa City

Johnson

$5,000.00

Noah Lindauer

Cascade

Dubuque

$4,900.00

Laura McIntosh

Ames

Story

$4,899.00

Shawna McLeod

Davenport

Scott

$1,590.00

James Miracle

Iowa City

Johnson

$5,000.00

Nathan Moore

Ames

Story

$2,400.00

Diane Murtha

Bettendorf

Scott

$4,959.00

Tuong Vy Nguyen

Iowa City

Johnson

$2,990.00

Christina Edgar Olds

Waterloo

Black Hawk

$4,250.00

Tamara Pavich

Council Bluffs

Pottawattamie

$4,295.00

Danielle Roderick

Iowa City

Johnson

$2,500.00

Jason Snell

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$3,050.00

Emily Starr

Clinton

Clinton

$4,980.00

Anna Stoysich

Malvern

Mills

$5,000.00

Frank Sposeto III

Collins

Story

$2,295.00

Dana Telsrow

Iowa City

Johnson

$3,226.00

Penny Wang

Cedar Falls

Black Hawk

$4,977.00

Katherine Wild

Fairfield

Jefferson

$5,000.00

Kelsey Wilson Bridgham

Nevada

Story

$3,789.00

Creative Places Accelerator

Grantee

City

County

Grant Award

Art Center of Burlington

Burlington

Des Moines

$23,000.00

City of McGregor

McGregor

Clayton

$23,000.00

Indianola Chamber of Commerce

Indianola

Warren

$23,000.00

Jefferson Matters Main Street Tower View Team

Jefferson

Greene

$23,000.00

The Le Mars Arts Center

Le Mars

Plymouth

$23,000.00

Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce

Webster City

Hamilton

$23,000.00

Cultural Capacity Building Grants

Grantee

City

County

Grant Award

ArtHaus

Decorah

Winneshiek

$5,000.00

ASAP, the After School Arts Program

Des Moines

Polk

$5,000.00

Bix Beiderbecke Museum & World Archives

Davenport

Scott

$5,000.00

Creston Arts Inc

Creston

Union

$5,000.00

Dubuque Chorale

Dubuque

Dubuque

$5,000.00

Charles City Arts Center

Charles City

Floyd

$5,000.00

Emmetsburg Main Street Community Theatre

Emmetsburg

Palo Alto

$5,000.00

F.A.C.E. of Mahaska County

Oskaloosa

Mahaska

$5,000.00

Floyd County Historical Society and Museum

Charles City

Floyd

$5,000.00

Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation

Des Moines

Polk

$5,000.00

Heritage Works

Dubuque

Dubuque

$5,000.00

Iowa Alliance for Arts Education

Hampton

Franklin

$5,000.00

Iowa Architectural Foundation

Des Moines

Polk

$5,000.00

Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Iowa City

Johnson

$5,000.00

Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped, Inc.

Des Moines

Polk

$5,000.00

Iowa Stage Theatre Company

Des Moines

Polk

$5,000.00

Junior Theatre, Inc.

Davenport

Scott

$5,000.00

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center

Sioux City

Woodbury

$5,000.00

Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Theatre

Mount Vernon

Linn

$5,000.00

Oneota Valley Community Orchestra

Decorah

Winneshiek

$5,000.00

Porch Light Literary Arts Center

Iowa City

Johnson

$5,000.00

Tallgrass Theatre Company

West Des Moines

Polk

$5,000.00

The Le Mars Arts Center

Le Mars

Plymouth

$5,000.00

Voices Productions

Dubuque

Dubuque

$5,000.00

Wieting Theatre

Toledo

Tama

$5,000.00

Cultural Leadership Partners and Program Operating Support Grant

Grantee

City

County

Grant Award

African American Museum of Iowa

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$15,000.00

Amana Heritage Society

Amana

Iowa

$10,000.00

Art Center Association of Sioux City

Sioux City

Woodbury

$20,000.00

Ballet Des Moines

Des Moines

Polk

$20,000.00

Blank Park Zoo

Des Moines

Polk

$20,000.00

Brucemore, Inc.

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$20,000.00

Common Chord

Davenport

Scott

$20,000.00

Des Moines Art Center

Des Moines

Polk

$20,000.00

Des Moines Metro Opera, Inc

Indianola

Warren

$20,000.00

Des Moines Performing Arts

Des Moines

Polk

$20,000.00

Des Moines Playhouse

Des Moines

Polk

$20,000.00

Dubuque County Historical Society

Dubuque

Dubuque

$20,000.00

Figge Art Museum

Davenport

Scott

$20,000.00

FilmScene

Iowa City

Johnson

$20,000.00

George Daily Auditorium

Oskaloosa

Mahaska

$10,000.00

German American Heritage Center

Davenport

Scott

$10,000.00

Grand Opera House

Dubuque

Dubuque

$15,000.00

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

Des Moines

Polk

$20,000.00

Hoyt Sherman Place

Des Moines

Polk

$20,000.00

Iowa Children's Museum

Coralville

Johnson

$20,000.00

James & Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts

Cedar Falls

Black Hawk

$15,000.00

Living History Farms

Urbandale

Polk

$20,000.00

Mainframe Studios

Des Moines

Polk

$20,000.00

Marshall County Arts & Culture Alliance

Marshalltown

Marshall

$10,000.00

Muscatine Art Center

Muscatine

Muscatine

$15,000.00

Museum of Danish America

Elk Horn

Shelby

$20,000.00

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$20,000.00

NewBo City Market

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$15,000.00

Orchestra Iowa

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$20,000.00

Pearson Lakes Art Center

Okoboji

Dickinson

$15,000.00

Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Council Bluffs

Pottawattamie

$20,000.00

Public Space One

Iowa City

Johnson

$10,000.00

Putnam Museum and Science Center

Davenport

Scott

$20,000.00

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

Davenport

Scott

$20,000.00

Riverside Theatre

Iowa City

Johnson

$15,000.00

Science Center of Iowa

Des Moines

Polk

$20,000.00

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area

Waterloo

Black Hawk

$15,000.00

Sioux City Public Museum

Sioux City

Woodbury

$20,000.00

Sioux City Symphony Orchestra

Sioux City

Woodbury

$20,000.00

Theatre Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$20,000.00

The Englert

Iowa City

Johnson

$20,000.00

The History Center

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$15,000.00

Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum

Decorah

Winneshiek

$20,000.00

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra

Cedar Falls

Black Hawk

$15,000.00

Waterloo Center for the Arts

Waterloo

Black Hawk

$20,000.00

Youth Art Team

Waterloo

Black Hawk

$10,000.00

Iowa Artist Fellowship

Grantee

City

County

Grant Award

Charles Borowicz

Des Moines

Polk

$10,000.00

Judy Bales

Fairfield

Jefferson

$10,000.00

Lovar Kidd

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$10,000.00

Shelby Prindaville

Sioux City

Woodbury

$10,000.00

Thomas Riefe

Davenport

Scott

$10,000.00

Partnership Grant

Grantee

City

County

Grant Award

Greene County Historical Society

Jefferson

Greene

$10,821.00