TACA Beneficiaries
When foundations, corporations or individuals make a gift to TACA, they can be assured that the gift is being leveraged through numerous performing arts groups. TACA works with a dynamic group of volunteers to evaluate each agency’s application using the following criteria: artistic merit, administrative/fiscal responsibility, service to the community, and community support and participation. TACA strives to distribute funds where they will have the most impact and nurture artistic excellence in the various performing arts disciplines.
In January TACA awarded a fifth consecutive $1,000,000 in grants to a diverse group of North Texas' performing arts organizations, from the very large and established to the newly emerging.
2012 TACA Beneficiaries
- African-American Repertory Theater
- Arts District Chorale
- Cara Mia Theatre Company
- Chamber Music International
- Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas
- Dallas Bach Society
- Dallas Black Dance Theatre
- Dallas Chamber Music
- Dallas Children's Theater
- Dallas Festival of Modern Music
- Dallas Opera
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- Dallas Theater Center
- Dallas Wind Symphony
- Echo Theatre
- ENVISO – Irving Symphony Orchestra
- Fine Arts Chamber Players
- Garland Summer Musicals
- Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
- Irving Chorale
- Junior Players
- Kitchen Dog Theater
- Lone Star Wind Orchestra
- Lyric Stage
- Meadows School of the Arts, SMU
- One Thirty Productions Matinee Series
- Orchestra of New Spain
- Orpheus Chamber Singers
- Project X
- Sammons Center for the Arts, Sammons Jazz
- Second Thought Theatre
- Shakespeare Dallas
- Teatro Dallas
- Texas Ballet Theater
- Theatre Three
- TITAS
- Turtle Creek Chorale
- Undermain Theatre
- Uptown Players
- Voices of Change
- WaterTower Theatre
Grant Application
In order to be eligible for a TACA grant, the performing arts program or organization must have been an approved 501(c)(3) cultural organization in Dallas County for at least one year. An organization or program may apply for either ongoing operating support or a single project.
To apply for a grant in 2013, please send a letter in writing, on company letterhead, and by standard mail by April 1, 2012 stating your interest in applying for a grant.
Please attach the following:
- Mission Statement
- Board Roster (names only)
- Specific Performance Schedule
- Annual Operating Budget
- 501(c)3 Form
- Confirm performance location in Dallas County
Mail to Grants Committee, TACA, One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh Street, Suite 115, Dallas, Texas 75201. Applications will be mailed in early September and will be due in early October. Grants will be awarded in February 2012.






