Production Costs Grants

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Please check back in March 2025.
View the timeline for more information.

The Department of Arts & Culture offers grants for performing arts organizations and artists. The grant is available to San Antonio nonprofits. It's for those performing arts-producing organizations and professional performing artists. It provides support for the following:

  • artist fees
  • back-of-house labor fees
  • marketing costs for productions already planned
  • security costs
  • venue and equipment rentals

The goal of this grant is to assist with the production of performing arts programming in San Antonio that are:

  • accessible
  • high-quality
  • innovative

Timeline

March 11, 2024

Intent to Apply opens at 8 a.m. CST

March 18, 2024

Applicants who meet eligibility criteria will have access to the application at 8 a.m. CST

April 5, 2024

Intent to Apply closes at 5 p.m. CST

April 25, 2024

Application closes at 5 p.m. CST

Apply

Step 1.Submit Intent to Apply

The Intent to Apply is open March 11, 2024, at 8 a.m. CST - April 5, 2024, at 5 p.m. CST.

Submit your Intent to Apply through our grant management software. Create an account or update your existing account:

  • For organizational applicants, create an organization account.
  • For individual applicants, create an individual account. 

NOTE: Make sure your profile is up to date before beginning an application. It will be used for all communications and contracting.

Submit Intent to Apply

Your Intent to Apply will be reviewed to confirm eligibility. If eligible, you will be granted access to the application.

All application communications from the Department will come from GO Smart. Please add noreply@gosmart.org to your email contact list so that important emails do not go into your junk or spam box.

Step 2.Apply

Applications are open: March 18, 2024, at 8 a.m. CST - April 25, 2024, at 5 p.m. CST.

If you have been notified of your eligibility, you may apply:

  1. Log in to your GO Smart account.
  2. Click on the tab titled Grant Applications & Forms.
  3. Search for the application.

Apply

Resources

NOTE: The following resources are specific to the application process for FY 2025 grants.

Grantees

View lists of current production costs grantees, which include artists and organizations.

Artist Grantees

Organization Grantees

View a list of current organization grantees for production costs grants.