The Arts Community Alliance (TACA) has revealed plans to distribute $650,000 in unrestricted funding through its 2025 Catalyst Grants, benefitting 50 arts organizations across Dallas County.
This funding approach contrasts with project-specific grants, as the Catalyst Grants provide crucial unrestricted financial support to nonprofit arts entities following a thorough evaluation process conducted over ten months by TACA volunteers.
Maura Sheffler, the president and executive director of TACA, expressed pride in the annual grant distribution, emphasizing the significant impact these funds have on the local arts community.
“We know they provide very important funding to the arts community,” Sheffler stated.
The announcement of these grants comes in the wake of concerning cuts from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which recently withdrew awards previously allocated to cultural institutions nationwide.
In total, thirteen arts groups in North Texas, including notable organizations such as Bishop Arts Theatre Center and Kitchen Dog Theater Company, faced the loss of more than $345,000 in funding.
Despite these challenges, TACA had already selected the recipients of the Catalyst Grants prior to the NEA’s funding cuts, and Sheffler noted that TACA is actively communicating with grantees to explore continued support avenues.
“This is definitely a very important year to support the arts and cultural community,” Sheffler added.
As part of its mission to bolster the arts sector, TACA also manages other initiatives, including the TACA New Works Fund, which focuses on enhancing arts in underrepresented communities.
Moreover, TACA offers Pop-Up Grants of up to $7,500 every other month to support different artists, along with arts-centric professional development programs such as the Arts Accelerator and the Amplifier Workshops.
Sheffler stressed the significance of community support in ensuring the sustainability of the arts sector, stating, “The more people that support the arts, the more sustainable we will be able to be as a sector.”
The comprehensive list of TACA’s 2025 Catalyst Grant recipients highlights the diversity and vibrancy of the arts in Dallas.
Featured organizations include:
– Arts Mission Oak Cliff
– AT&T Performing Arts Center
– Avant Chamber Ballet
– Basically Beethoven
– Bishop Arts Theatre Center
– Bombshell Dance Project
– Broadway Dallas
– Bruce Wood Dance
– Cara Mía Theatre
– The Cedars Union
– Dallas Chamber Symphony
– Dallas Children’s Theater
– Dallas Film Society
– Dallas Museum of Art
– The Dallas Opera
– Dallas Symphony Orchestra
– Dallas Theater Center
– Dallas Winds
– Deep Vellum Publishing
– Echo Theatre
– The Firehouse Theatre
– Greater Dallas Choral Society
– Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
– Junior Players Guild
– Kitchen Dog Theater Company
– Knowbox Dance
– Nasher Sculpture Center
– New Texas Symphony Orchestra
– Orchestra of New Spain
– Orpheus Chamber Singers
– OutLoud Dallas
– Over the Bridge Arts
– Pegasus Contemporary Ballet
– Pegasus Media Project
– Lone Star Wind Orchestra
– Prism Movement Theater
– Sammons Center For The Arts
– Second Thought Theatre
– Shakespeare Dallas
– Soul Rep Theatre Company
– Teatro Dallas
– Texas Ballet Theater
– Texas Winds Musical Outreach
– Theatre Three
– TITAS/Dance Unbound
– Undermain Theatre
– Uptown Players
– Verdigris Ensemble
– The Women’s Chorus of Dallas
– The Writer’s Garret
This initiative reflects TACA’s ongoing commitment to the North Texas arts economy and aims to strengthen the resilience and vitality of the cultural landscape.
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