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