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FY24 Grant AWARDS

Total Grant Amount Awarded in 2024 – $1,916,502.95

FY24 Target of Opportunity: Creative Aging - $10,000.00
Applicant Artist NameOrganization CityGrant Total
Chase R. McCurdyReno$2,000.00
Gailmarie PahmeierLas Vegas$2,000.00
Joylynn M. RossLas Vegas$2,000.00
Kantu InkaNorth Las Vegas$2,000.00
Vogue M. RobinsonCarson City$2,000.00
FY24 Target of Opportunity: Organizations - $354,746.37
Organization NameOrganization CityGrant Total
ArtownReno $17,489.00
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education, OBO Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute BMILas Vegas$5,000.00
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education, OBO Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute BMILas Vegas$73,987.03
Churchill Arts CouncilFallon$76,240.73
City of Las VegasLas Vegas$5,965.00
Eureka Restoration EnterpriseEureka$74,132.28
Nevada Public RadioLas Vegas$12,898.30
Sin City Opera, DBA Vegas City OperaLas Vegas$73,987.03
The Smith CenterLas Vegas$10,000.00
Western Folklife CenterElko$5,047.00
FY24 Artist Fellowship Grant - $60,000.00
Grant Total
Amanda SkenandoreLas Vegas$5,000.00
Cari Kathleen CunninghamReno$5,000.00
Carol ScottCarson City$5,000.00
Christian LanierReno$5,000.00
Jared Crawford (RED)Las Vegas$5,000.00
Jennifer BellorHenderson$5,000.00
Justin EvansWest Wendover$5,000.00
Kathryn Elaine NelsonCarson City$5,000.00
Mark MaynardReno$5,000.00
Shaun T. GriffinVirginia City$5,000.00
William Troy HeardLas Vegas$5,000.00
Yunior Lopez FernandezHenderson$5,000.00
FY24 Folklife Community Grant - $6,000.00
Organization NameOrganization CityGrant Total
Comparsa Fiesta MorelenseLas Vegas$3,000.00
Friends of Avi Kwa AmeHenderson$3,000.00
FY24 Folklife Artist Grant - $12,000
Artist NameArtist CityGrant Total
Angela WilliamsSchurz$3,000.00
Harold Daniel AkyeampongNorth Las Vegas$3,000.00
Ingrid IvarssonNorth Las Vegas$3,000.00
Vanessa Maciel NapolesLas Vegas$3,000.00
FY24 Arts Learning Express Cycle B - $11,700.00
Teaching Artist/Organization NameArtist/Organization CityGrant Total
C. Imani WilliamsLas Vegas$1,500.00
Carson Valley Arts CouncilMinden$1,500.00
H.P. Fitzgerald Elementary SchoolNorth Las Vegas$1,500.00
Joylynn M. RossLas Vegas$1,500.00
Kathleen Kristy BrooksLas Vegas$1,500.00
Las Vegas Natural History MuseumLas Vegas$1,500.00
Mark VollmerSparks$1,200.00
Our Lady of Las Vegas SchoolLas Vegas$1,500.00
FY24 Arts Learning Express Cycle A - $13,100.00
Teaching Artist/Organization NameArtist/Organization CityGrant Total
Harold Daniel AkyeampongNorth Las Vegas$1,500.00
Incline Education FundIncline Village$1,500.00
Jack TaylorFernley$1,500.00
Joylynn RossLas Vegas$1,500.00
Kathleen Kristy BrooksLas Vegas$1,500.00
Mark VollmerSparks$1,100.00
Suzanne Morgan WilliamsReno $1,500.00
Urban Roots Garden ClassroomsReno $1,500.00
Vanessa MacielLas Vegas$1,500.00
FY24 Arts Learning Project - $190,916.70
Organization NameOrganization CityGrant Total
Boys & Girls Club of Truckee MeadowsReno$7,700.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern NevadaLas Vegas$6,160.00
Carson City Symphony Association, Inc.Carson City$7,700.00
City of the World, Inc.Las Vegas$7,700.00
David J. Drakulich Foundation for Freedom of ExpressionReno$6,930.00
DISCOVERY Children's MuseumLas Vegas$6,820.00
Get in the Act! Arts in Action Inc.Stagecoach$6,930.00
Good Luck MacbethReno$4,950.00
High Desert Montessori Charter SchoolReno$6,160.00
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare FestivalIncline Village$7,700.00
Making Music Matter FoundationHenderson$7,700.00
Nevada Ballet TheatreLas Vegas$7,700.00
Nevada Woodchucks, Inc.Reno$6,600.00
Northern Nevada Arts Council, Inc.Winnemucca$7,700.00
Northern Nevada Rural Concert InitiativeReno$6,930.00
Pioneer Center for the Performing ArtsReno$7,700.00
Reno Little TheaterReno$7,700.00
Reno Philharmonic AssociationReno$7,700.00
Sierra Arts FoundationReno$6,930.00
Sierra Nevada Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk AssociationSparks$3,076.70
Sierra School of Performing ArtsSparks$6,930.00
The Dr. Shirley Linzy Young Artists Orchestra of Las VegasLas Vegas$7,700.00
The Reno Dance CompanySparks$7,700.00
The Smith Center for the Performing ArtsLas Vegas$7,700.00
Vegas City Opera (formerly Sin City Opera)Las Vegas$7,700.00
Western Folklife CenterElko$7,700.00
Wild Horse ProductionsCarson City$7,700.00
FY24 Project Grant for Artists Cycle B - $140,359.95
Artist NameArtist CityGrant Total
Aaron HillReno$3,000.00
Anastasia PetanovaLas Vegas$2,700.00
Annamaria CavalloneReno$2,700.00
Braighlee RaineySparks$2,400.00
Candace Nicol GarlockSparks$3,000.00
Carol Foldvary-AndersonReno$2,100.00
Ceiramoni Henderson$2,400.00
Cindy GrayReno$3,000.00
Connie Ann SantosLas Vegas$2,400.00
DeAnna E. BeachleyLas Vegas$2,131.45
Dennis DoyleFallon$2,400.00
Diane HandzelStagecoach$2,700.00
Elena WherryLas Vegas$2,400.00
Ellen DuffyLas Vegas$2,700.00
Frances MelhopGlenbrook$2,700.00
Gem JaxxLas Vegas$2,100.00
Giovannie EspirituLas Vegas$2,400.00
Glynn B CartledgeReno$2,400.00
Heather Lauren KleinLas Vegas$2,500.00
Holly LayLas Vegas$2,100.00
Homero HidalgoHenderson$2,100.00
HueLas Vegas$2,100.00
Jason NiousLas Vegas$2,700.00
Jeannie HuaLas Vegas$2,700.00
Jennifer BellorHenderson$2,700.00
JezuzLas Vegas$3,000.00
Jinny TomozyReno$2,392.00
Jonathan Edward FarberReno$796.00
Kasey ChristensenReno$2,700.00
Katy EttermanLas Vegas$2,400.00
Keely Rain CobbReno$2,700.00
Kristen KabrinFallon$2,100.00
Laura BrennanLas Vegas$2,700.00
Liam Kyle Cahill Fernley$2,400.00
Luis Varela-RicoNorth $2,400.00
Mary BennettReno$2,400.00
Mary BergeCarson City$2,400.00
Mathew FerrerLas Vegas
Matthew MorganLas Vegas$2,400.00
Melissa A. EnnisReno$2,400.00
Melissa Janesse Del RosarioLas Vegas$2,100.00
Nathan Brian WineLas Vegas$2,400.00
Peter GoinReno$3,000.00
Rachel Grey StudioReno$2,400.00
Rosie TrumpReno$3,000.00
S.G. TaszLas Vegas$2,425.50
Sarah CoylReno$3,000.00
Shauna Walch Henderson$1,715.00
Shawna PennockLas Vegas$2,700.00
Sophie KargLas Vegas$2,400.00
soulwellknwnReno$3,000.00
Stanley WebbLas Vegas$3,000.00
Tracyan MartinLas Vegas$2,400.00
Wyatt HansenReno$2,700.00
Yunior LopezHenderson$3,000.00
Zoë CamperHenderson$2,400.00
FY24 Project Grant for Artists Cycle A - $134,389.93
Artist NameArtist CityGrant Total
Americana ManBoulder City$2,403.50
Argyle Brookelynn MikkelsenReno$3,071.26
Arthur RichmondReno$3,135.00
BJoyceLas Vegas$3,135.00
Camille Bergeron ProulxGardnerville$3,135.00
Carlos MataLas Vegas$3,300.00
Cathy AllenHenderson$3,135.00
Claire WentzelLas Vegas$3,135.00
Daniella CourbanLas Vegas$2,970.00
Edden AmberLas Vegas$3,135.00
Elizabeth Allen BerryLas Vegas$3,135.00
Ernest HemmingsLas Vegas$3,135.00
Heather Lang-CasseraLas Vegas$695.62
Hisonni Mustafa JohnsonLas Vegas$3,135.00
J. Ann CurtisHenderson$3,135.00
Jeffrey GrahamLovelock$3,135.00
Jesse HudsonLas Vegas$3,135.00
Jessica HawthorneLas Vegas$3,135.00
Kari BarberReno$3,300.00
Kristy Love BrooksLas Vegas$3,135.00
Lee LanierLas Vegas$3,135.00
M. Colton BrodeurCarson City$3,300.00
Mathew Michael McCarthyHenderson$3,300.00
Michelle GravesLas Vegas$3,135.00
Miguel RodriguezLas Vegas$3,300.00
Ms. AyeVeeHenderson$2,478.74
Metamorphosis MamaReno$2,970.00
Nancy GoodLas Vegas$3,135.00
Pablo Gonzalez FloresLas Vegas$3,135.00
Payton MurphySparks$3,135.00
Quindo MillerLas Vegas$3,300.00
Ray FrostReno$3,135.00
Reno Modern BrassReno$3,300.00
Ruby BarrientosReno$3,300.00
Sean RussellLas Vegas$3,240.41
Susan Kay HandauReno$3,135.00
Tamami TokutakeReno$3,135.00
Tashina LazcanoHenderson$2,215.40
Tonya ToddLas Vegas$3,135.00
Urban Bush SistaLas Vegas$3,135.00
VezunLas Vegas$3,135.00
Vogue M. RobinsonNorth Las Vegas$3,300.00
ZizkaLas Vegas$3,135.00
Zoe BrayReno$3,135.00
FY24 Project Grant for Organizations - $186,340.00
Organization NameOrganization CityGrant Award
Be the Change ProjectReno$7,700.00
Board of Regents, Nevada System of Higher Education, OBO University of Nevada, Reno, The Lilley MuseumReno$7,700.00
Carson City, Parks Recreation & Open Space DepartmentCarson City$6,930.00
Carson Valley Pops OrchestraMinden$2,640.00
Double ScoopReno$7,700.00
Goldwell Open Air MuseumRhyolite$6,930.00
Henderson Symphony OrchestraHenderson$6,930.00
High Desert Harmony ChorusReno$7,700.00
IAF, Inc. (IndigenousAF)Las Vegas$7,700.00
Japanese Festival Association of NevadaLas Vegas$6,930.00
Kizuna Japanese SocietyHenderson$7,700.00
Latino Arte and CultureReno$7,700.00
Love Outreach, Inc.Las Vegas$6,930.00
Main Street GardnervilleGardnerville$4,950.00
Mile High Jazz Band AssociationCarson City$7,700.00
Nevada Artists' Co-op GalleryReno$6,160.00
Nevada Dance Company Alt Name: Pinkerton Ballet TheatreMinden$6,930.00
Nevada Gay Men's ChorusReno$7,700.00
Nevada Women's Film CollectiveLas Vegas$6,930.00
New Dance Foundation for the Arts, Inc.Las Vegas$6,930.00
North Central Nevada Historical Society – Humboldt MuseumWinnemucca$6,160.00
Northern Nevada Bluegrass AssociationReno$7,700.00
Sierra Watercolor SocietyReno$6,930.00
Sierra Women's Ensemble, Inc. Alt. Name: Bella VoceReno$5,500.00
The Asylum Theatre Alt. Name: Eat More Art VegasLas Vegas$6,930.00
Truckee Meadows Parks FoundationReno$7,700.00
Virtual ArtsHenderson$6,930.00
FY24 Operating Support Grantees - $796,950.00
Organization NameOrganization CityGrant Total
A.V.A. Ballet TheatreReno$22,000.00
ArtownReno$27,500.00
Arts for All NevadaReno$16,500.00
Brewery Arts CenterCarson City$19,800.00
Brüka TheatreReno$11,000.00
Burlesque Hall of FameLas Vegas$16,500.00
Capital City Arts InitiativeCarson City$5,500.00
Carson Valley Arts CouncilMinden$11,000.00
Carson Valley Community TheatreMinden$5,500.00
City of the World, Inc.Las Vegas$4,950.00
Classical TahoeIncline Village$27,500.00
Continuing the Legacy Dance FoundationLas Vegas$9,900.00
David J Drakulich Art FoundationReno$4,950.00
Get in the Act! Arts in ActionStagecoach$4,950.00
Good Luck MacbethReno$16,500.00
Henderson Writers GroupLas Vegas$4,400.00
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare FestivalIncline Village$27,500.00
Las Vegas PhilharmonicLas Vegas$24,750.00
Left of Center Art GalleryNorth Las Vegas$5,500.00
Music With ConfidenceSparks$9,900.00
Nevada Ballet TheatreLas Vegas$27,500.00
Nevada Museum of ArtReno$27,500.00
Nevada School of the ArtsLas Vegas$19,800.00
Northern Nevada Rural Concert InitiativeReno$4,950.00
Note-Able Music Therapy ServicesReno$22,000.00
Orgonym, DBA ARTECHReno$4,400.00
Pioneer Center for the Performing ArtsReno$27,500.00
Positively ArtsLas Vegas$9,900.00
Proscenium Players Inc.Carson City$4,950.00
Reno Chamber OrchestraReno$19,800.00
Reno Jazz OrchestraReno$14,850.00
Reno Little TheaterReno$22,000.00
Reno Philharmonic AssociationReno$27,500.00
Reno Pops OrchestraReno$4,950.00
Restless Artists' Theatre (RAT)Reno$5,500.00
Sierra Arts FoundationReno$22,000.00
Sierra Nevada BalletReno$16,500.00
Sierra School of Performing ArtsSparks$11,000.00
Signature ProductionsLas Vegas$9,900.00
Sin City Opera, DBA Vegas City OperaLas Vegas$5,500.00
Soulfood StudiosBaker$4,400.00
Southern Nevada Musical Arts SocietyLas Vegas$4,950.00
St. Mary's Art CenterVirginia City$16,500.00
State Parks Cultural Arts Board, Inc., DBA Super Summer TheatreLas Vegas$17,600.00
The Dr. Shirley Linzy Young Artists Orchestra of Las VegasLas Vegas$11,000.00
The Holland ProjectReno$22,000.00
The Neon MuseumLas Vegas$27,500.00
The Nevada Woodchucks Inc.Reno$5,500.00
The Reno Dance CompanySparks$9,900.00
The Smith Center for the Performing ArtsLas Vegas$24,750.00
TheatreWorks of Northern NevadaReno$4,950.00
Through A Child's Eyes FoundationYerington$9,900.00
Tuscarora Retreat and Summer Pottery SchoolTuscarora$4,400.00
Virgin Valley Artists' AssociationMesquite$11,000.00
Western Folklife CenterElko$27,500.00
Wild Horse ProductionsCarson City$11,000.00