For Dozens of Artists And Organizations

Since its inception, LexArts has raised millions of dollars in support of the local arts through its annual Fund for the Arts campaign. In turn, LexArts offers General Operating Support Grants for its partner organizations and Community Arts Development Grants for organizations and individual artists.  Awards are given annually, and applications are reviewed each spring.

Contact LexArts at 859.255.2951 or info@lexarts.org for more information.

FY 2024-2025 Grant Allocations

General Operating Support I and II 

Lexington Ballet Company, Inc. $10,000
Bluegrass Youth Ballet $15,000
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras $40,000
The Lexington Theatre Company $30,000
Kentucky Ballet Theatre $15,000
Lexington Philharmonic Society $80,000
Lexington Children’s Theatre, Inc. $80,000
Allegro Dance Project Inc. $12,500
Lexington Art League $10,000
Living Arts and Science Center $70,000
Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning $55,000
Central Music Academy $10,000

Community Arts Development, Program

Casa de la Cultura Hispana de Lexington $10,000
GreenRoom Exchange $10,000
Institute 193, Incorporated $10,000
Lexington Chamber Chorale, Inc. $5,000
The Lexington Singers, Inc. $5,000
Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center $8,000
The Kentuckians Chorus $2,000
African American Forum, Inc. $10,000
Antagonist Production Company $10,000
Chamber Music Festival $5,000
Headley-Whitney Museum of Art $5,000

General Operating Support, Projects/Individuals

Tahlsound Music Festival, LLC $5,000
Harstad Fine Arts Series, Inc. $5,000
SOUTHLAND JAMBOREE ASSOCIATION INC $5,000
Voices Amplified INC $5,000
Common Good Community Development Corp $5,000
Kentucky Humanities Council Inc. $2,500
Artistic Hands Shaping A New Society (AHSANS) $3,500
Movement Continuum, Inc. $2,000
Downtown Lexington Partnership $5,000
CivicLex $1,500
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation $5,000
Community Inspired Lexington $5,000
Project Ricochet $5,000

Dead Audio, LLC $1,500
Jamari Turner $5,000
Rafael Estrada $5,000
Brittani Fuller $2,500
Max Puchalsky $2,000
Nora Rose Moosnick/Sarah Jane Web $2,500
Shylo Silvenar $2,000
Constance Gullette Grayson $3,000
James Robert Southard $1,000
Christine Kuhn $1,000

Arts Equity Grants

Marafiki Center $5,000
ASE, Inc. $5,000
Becky Alley $3,000
Gary H Wright $5,000
Robert Morgan $3,000
African American Arts Association, Inc $5,000
Levee Collective $5,000
Bluegrass Indo-American Civic Society $5,000
I Was Here $5,000
Operation Be You $5,000
Soma’s Troupe / Belles of Bluegrass $5,000
Woodford Theatre $5,000
Adventure Theatre $5,000

LexArts employs the GoSmart Grants Management System. Click the below links to learn more.

If you have a GoSmart applicant profile, you should click LOGIN in the menu bar. If you are new to GoSmart, you will need to create a profile to begin an application.

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LEXARTS FY26 GRANT REVIEWS

The public is invited to the annual grant application readings and panelist comments, to be held on the following dates at:

ArtsPlace, 161 N Mill, Lexington, KY.

Dates and times TBD