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 $1,200,000 in grants to a diverse group of North Texas' performing arts organizations, from the very large and established to the newly emerging. An additional $100,000 from the Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund will be awarded in June. This represents the sixth consecutive year that TACA has contributed $1,000,000 or more to the North Texas performing arts community.
2013 TACA Beneficiaries
- African-American Repertory Theater
- AT&T Performing Arts Center
- Bruce Wood Dance Project
- Cara Mia Theatre Company
- Chamber Music International
- Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas
- Dallas Bach Society
- Dallas Black Dance Theatre
- Dallas Children's Theater
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Dallas Opera
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- Dallas Theater Center
- Dallas Wind Symphony
- Echo Theatre
- Fine Arts Chamber Players
- Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
- Irving Chorale
- Junior Players
- Kitchen Dog Theater
- Lone Star Circus Arts Center
- Lone Star Wind Orchestra
- Lyric Stage
- Nasher Sculpture Center
- New Philharmonic Orchestra of Irving
- One Thirty Productions Matinee Series
- Orchestra of New Spain
- Orpheus Chamber Singers
- Plano Symphony Orchestra
- Sammons Center for the Arts, Sammons Jazz
- Second Thought Theatre
- Shakespeare Dallas
- SMU Meadows School of the Arts
- Teatro Dallas
- Texas Ballet Theater
- Theatre Three Inc.
- 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.
Eligibility for the 2013 grant awards cycle is now closed to new applicants. To apply for a grant in 2014, please send a letter in writing, on company letterhead, and by standard mail by April 1, 2013 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 late August and will be due in late September. Grants will be awarded in January 2013.