The Arts and Education Council provides funding at three levels, sustaining funding, operating support and project grants. To receive funding an organization must be 501(c)(3) incorporated for a minimum of one year and apply the funds to arts or arts education. Additional criteria varies with grant level.

2008 SUSTAINING FUNDING

Sustained funding is guaranteed annual revenue sharing to selected arts organizations. Amounts may vary with fluctuations in the revenue pool.

Center of Creative Arts – COCA
Community Music School
Craft Alliance
Dance St. Louis
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
The Black Rep
The Sheldon

2008 OPERATING SUPPORT

Grants of $10,000-$50,000 are available for organizations with annual budgets of $500,000 or greater.

Circus Arts Foundation of Missouri (Circus Flora)
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Jazz St. Louis
Laumeier Sculpture Park
Metro Theater Company
Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis
St. Louis Children’s Choirs
Stages St. Louis
Springboard to Learning & Young Audiences of St.Louis

2008 PROJECT GRANTS

Grants in the amounts of $1,000-$5,000 are available to all organizations that meet baseline eligibility criteria.

Alexandra Ballet Company
Alton Symphony Orchestra
ANNONYArts
Art Saint Louis
aTrek Dance Collective
Bach Society of Saint Louis
Cameron Youth Chamber Orchestra
Chesterfield Arts
Cinema St. Louis
Circus Day Foundation/ Circus Harmony
Classic99 KFUO-FM
Community Health-In-Partnership Services
Crescendo Concert Series
Dances of India
Florissant Fine Arts Council
Gateway Festival Orchestra
Gitna Productions
Grand Center Inc. - First Night
Innsbrook Institute
International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis
Jewish Community Center
Junior League of St. Louis
Lewis & Clark Community College
Madison County Arts Council
Masterworks Chorale, Inc.
Metro South Arts Council
Modern American Dance Company
New Music Circle
Piwacket Theatre for Children
Prison Performing Arts
Professional Theatre Awards Council
Quartet Seraphin
River Styx
Saint Louis Ballet
Saint Louis Wind Symphony
Show-Me Sound Organization
Spotlight Theatre
St. Louis African Chorus
St. Louis ArtWorks
St. Louis Chamber Chorus
St. Louis Classical Guitar Society
St. Louis County Community Chorus
St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra
St. Louis Public Schools Foundation
St. Louis Shakespeare
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
St. Louis Women's Chorale
That Uppity Theatre Company
The Joy Foundation
UMSL KWMU-FM Cityscape
UMSL Public Policy Research Photography Project
UMSL Storytelling Festival
Union Avenue Opera Theatre
University City Symphony Orchestra
Upstream Theater
Venus Envy
Viva Vox
Warren County Fine Arts Council
Washington University - Edison Theatre
Washington University – Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Webster University Film Series