Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant Program

Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant Program

Status: Active

Geographic Scope: West Tennessee (Lauderdale, Fayette, Shelby, and Tipton counties)

Overview: Arts Build Communities is a partnership between ARTSmemphis and the Tennessee Arts Commission that directly supports arts projects broadening access to arts experiences, addressing community quality of life issues through the arts, and enhancing the sustainability of asset-based cultural enterprises.

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2025 ABC Grantees: 32 organizations including AngelStreet, Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation, Buckman Performing Arts Center, Center for Transforming Communities, Children's Museum of Memphis, Classical Melodies Incorporated, Company D, Contemporary Arts Memphis, Crosstown Arts, Crosstown Radio Partnership, Germantown Symphony Orchestra, International Bluegrass Music Association, Les Passees, Memphis Artists for Change, Memphis Challenge, Memphis Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Memphis ChoralArts, Memphis Jazz Workshop, Memphis Youth Symphony Program, National Civil Rights Museum, OFF THE WALLS, Perfecting Gifts Inc., Princeton James Project, RiverArtsFest Inc., SOAR, The Actors Renaissance Theatre, The Collegiate School of Memphis, Trezevant Manor Foundation, W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Group Inc., YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South, Young Actors Guild

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