Oregon Arts Commission Awards $1.3 Million In Sustaining Arts Program Grants To 317 Organizations Statewide (Photo) - 10/14/26
Monday, October 12, 2026
Contact: Heidi Hagemeier, Arts & Culture Communications Coordinator, heidi.hagemeier@biz.oregon.gov, 971-518-0966
Oregon Arts Commission awards $1.3 million in Sustaining Arts Program grants to 317 organizations statewide
SALEM — The Oregon Arts Commission has awarded more than $1.3 million in grants to 317 arts and culture organizations across Oregon through its Sustaining Arts Program for fiscal year 2027.
The Sustaining Arts Program supports nonprofit arts organizations that offer ongoing, high-quality outreach programs and arts services or artistic programming in their communities. Awards are based on a funding formula that considers an organization’s annual expenses, the number of applications received and available grant funds. This fiscal year—from July 2026-June 2027—grant awards range from $1,000 to $18,000.
“Arts and culture is part of the vibrancy of Oregon - sparking discovery, conversation and connection,” said Oregon First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson. “These grant awards are a vital investment in creating access to arts and culture for all Oregonians.”
“We know there’s a multiplier effect in providing funding support for arts and culture,” said Oregon Arts and Culture Director Amy Lewin. “These organizations energize local economies and their communities by providing cultural opportunities in every corner of the state. We’re pleased to support their ongoing work.”
Funds for this grant program are provided by the state of Oregon general fund through its support of the Oregon Arts Commission and by the National Endowment for the Arts through a grant to the Arts Commission.
Grant category key:
Group A Organizations with annual expenses of less than $150,000.
Group B Organizations with annual expenses equal to or greater than $150,000.
FY2026 Sustaining Arts Program grants awards by region:
Central
Jefferson, Deschutes and Crook counties
Group A
Cascade Chorale Association, Bend: $1,000
Central Oregon Mastersingers Inc, Bend: $2,250
Ellipse Theatre Community, Bend: $2,000
Kaycee Anseth Legacy Foundation, Bend: $1,000
OperaBend, Bend: $1,000
Ballet Bend, Bend: $1,000
Group B
BendFilm Inc, Bend: $7,025
Cascade School of Music, Bend: $7,025
Scalehouse, Bend: $5,000
SFF Presents, Sisters: $7,525
SSJ Inc, Sisters: $5,000
Sunriver Music Festival Inc, Sunriver: $5,000
Tananáwit, Warm Springs: $5,000
High Desert Museum, Bend: $15,000
Tower Theatre Foundation Inc, Bend: $8,000
Greater Eastern – North
Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Wheeler and Grant counties
Group B
Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton: $5,000
Oregon East Symphony, Pendleton: $5,000
Greater Eastern – South
Harney and Malheur counties
Group A
Drexel H. Foundation, Vale: $2,000
Group B
Painted Sky Center for the Arts, John Day: $5,000
Portland Metro
Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties
Group A
Airlie Press, Portland: $1,000
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Portland: $1,000
Anonymous Theatre Company, Tigard: $1,000
A Notion, A Scream, Portland: $1,000
Aspen Meadow Band, Colton: $2,500
Aurora Chorus, Portland: $2,500
Bach Cantata Choir, Portland: $2,250
Bells of the Cascades, Tualatin: $1,000
Cathedral Park Performing Arts Collective, Portland: $2,250
Creative & Emerging Technology Institute, Portland: $5,000
Classical Up Close, Tigard: $1,000
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Micheal O Domhnaill Branch of OR, Portland: $1,000
Community Jams, Portland: $2,000
Conchords Chorale, Tualatin: $1,000
Shaun Keylock Company, Portland: $1,000
Dance for Parkinson's Oregon, Lake Oswego: $1,000
Elbow Room, Portland: $5,000
Elevate Unity Inc, Portland: $2,250
EnTaiko, Portland: $2,500
Fool House Art Collective, Lake Oswego: $1,000
Friends of IFCC, Portland: $2,500
FROGTOWN, Portland: $1,000
From the Ground Up, Portland: $5,000
Future Prairie, Portland: $1,000
Greater Portland Flute Society, Portland: $1,000
Heidi Duckler Dance Northwest, Portland: $1,000
Immigrant Story, Portland: $2,250
In Mulieribus, Portland: $2,500
ISing Community Choir, Beaverton: $2,500
Many Hats Collaboration, Portland: $2,250
Media-Rites, Portland: $1,000
Medicine Bear Native American Spiritual Encampment, Portland: $2,500
Misfit Academy, Portland: $2,000
MusicOregon, Portland: $2,250
Music Workshop, Portland: $5,500
Cascadia Composers, Portland: $1,000
New Moon Productions, Portland: $1,000
Northwest Dance Theatre, Tualatin: $2,500
Oregon Alliance of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Portland: $1,000
Oregon Chorale, Hillsboro: $2,250
Oregon Origins Project, Portland: $2,500
Performance Works NW, Portland: $2,250
Piano Santa Foundation, Portland: $1,000
Portland Area Theatre Alliance, Portland: $5,000
Portland Chamber Music, Portland: $1,000
Portland Child Art Studio, Portland: $2,500
Portland Fire Fighters Pipes and Drums, Portland: $1,000
Portland Panorama, Portland: $2,500
Portland Radio Project, Portland: $2,250
Portland SummerFest, Portland: $2,500
PUSH FOLD, Portland: $2,500
Radix Vocal Ensemble, Portland: $1,000
Renegade Opera, Portland: $1,000
Risk/Reward, Portland: $2,250
Rose City Pride Bands, Portland: $2,000
Shady Pines Radio, Portland: $2,500
Sincere Studio, Portland: $2,500
Siren Nation Inc, Portland: $1,000
Stage Fright Festival, Portland: $1,000
Swan Songs, Portland: $1,000
Takohachi Inc, Portland: $2,500
The Artback, Portland: $1,000
The Wave Elements Global Music, Portland: $1,000
Tualatin Valley Community Band, Tigard: $1,000
Tualatin Valley Symphony, Tigard: $1,000
Unlock the Arts, Portland: $1,000
Westside Orchestra Association, Hillsboro: $1,000
Women in Film-Portland, Portland: $1,000
Zephyr Clarinet Choir, Tigard: $1,000
Group B
21ten Theatre, Portland: $5,000
Alberta Abbey Foundation, Portland: $7,025
Friends of Noise, Portland: $7,025
All Classical, Portland: $12,000
Architectural Foundation of Oregon, Portland: $7,025
Art in Oregon, Portland: $5,000
Art in the Pearl, Portland: $5,000
Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland: $7,115
Clackamas County Arts Alliance, Oregon City: $5,000
A-WOL Dance Collective Inc, Portland: $5,025
Bag & Baggage Productions, Hillsboro: $5,250
The Beaverton Arts Foundation, Beaverton: $10,000
Beaverton Symphony Orchestra, Beaverton: $5,000
BodyVox Inc, Portland: $7,115
Boom Arts, Portland: $5,000
Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Tigard: $10,000
Caldera, Portland: $10,000
Cappella Romana Inc, Portland: $7,015
Chamber Music Northwest, Portland: $8,000
Clackamas Repertory Theatre, Oregon City: $5,025
CoHo Productions, Portland: $5,000
Corrib Theatre, Portland: $5,000
Cracked Pots, Portland: $5,000
Curious Comedy Productions, Portland: $5,115
CymaSpace, Portland: $5,115
Echo Theater Company, Portland: $7,025
Choral Arts Ensemble, Portland: $5,000
Ethos Inc, Portland: $7,025
Experience Theatre Project, Beaverton: $5,000
Film Action Oregon, Portland: $12,000
Friends of Chamber Music, Portland: $6,025
Gather:Make:Shelter, Portland: $5,025
Hand2Mouth, Portland: $5,000
Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum, Portland: $5,000
Imago the Theatre Mask Ensemble, Portland: $5,015
In a Landscape, Portland: $7,025
Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland: $5,000
Lakewood Theatre Company, Lake Oswego: $8,000
Literary Arts Inc, Portland: $12,000
Live Wire Radio, Portland: $5,250
MetroEast Community Media, Gresham: $7,525
Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Portland: $7,025
Miracle Theatre Group, Portland: $5,025
Montavilla Jazz Festival, Portland: $5,000
My Voice Music, Portland: $6,025
New Expressive Works, Portland: $5,000
North Pole Studio, Portland: $5,000
Northwest Children's Theater & School Inc, Portland: $10,000
Northwest Professional Dance Project, Portland: $7215
Old Church Society Inc, Portland: $5,250
Open Hearts Open Minds, Portland: $5,000
Open Space, Portland: $5,025
Oregon ArtsWatch, Portland: $5,015
Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland: $15,000
Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestras, Portland: $7,015
Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, Portland: $5,025
Oregon Children's Theatre Company, Portland: $7,075
Oregon International Ballet Academy, Portland: $5,000
Oregon Repertory Singers, Portland: $5,115
Oregon Society of Artists, Portland: $5,025
Oregon Symphony Association, Portland: $18,000
OrpheusPDX, Portland: $5,000
Outside the Frame, Portland: $6,075
Pacific Youth Choir, Portland: $5,015
PassinArt: A Theatre Company, Portland: $5,000
Phame Academy, Portland: $6,025
Play It Forward, Beaverton: $5,500
PlayWrite, Portland: $5,000
Portland Art Museum, Portland: $18,000
Portland Baroque Orchestra, Portland: $7,000
Portland Center Stage, Portland: $15,000
Open Signal, Portland: $1,000
Portland Cultural Dance Collective, Portland: $5,015
Portland Drama Club, Portland: $5,000
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble, Portland: $5,015
Portland Gay Men's Chorus, Inc, Portland: $5,250
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland: $8,000
PDX Jazz, Portland: $7,075
Portland Lesbian Choir, Portland: $5,000
Portland Opera Association Inc, Portland: $13,000
Portland Piano International, Portland: $5,025
Portland Playhouse, Portland: $7,775
Portland Revels, Portland: $5,000
Portland Street Art Alliance, Portland: $7,015
Portland Taiko, Portland: $5,000
Portland Youth Philharmonic, Portland: $7,525
Profile Theatre Project, Portland: $6,000
Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland: $1,000
Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theater, Portland: $5,000
Resonance Ensemble, Portland: $5,000
Scarlet Sails Cultural Foundation, Beaverton: $5,000
SCRAP Creative Reuse, Portland: $7,115
Shaking the Tree Theatre, Portland: $5,000
STAGES Performing Arts Youth Academy, Hillsboro: $5,000
Sticky Culture, Portland: $2,000
Street Books, Portland: $5,000
Stumptown Stages, Portland: $5,025
Synth Library Portland, Portland: $2,250
The Portland Ballet, Portland: $6,025
The Vanport Mosaic, Portland: $5,000
Third Angle New Music Ensemble, Portland: $5,000
Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland: $5,025
Tilikum Chamber Orchestra, Portland: $1,000
Vibe of Portland, Portland: $5,000
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation, Portland: $7,025
White Bird, Portland: $7,025
Willamette Light Brigade, Portland: $6,025
Willamette Writers, Portland: $5,000
Write Around Portland, Portland: $5,000
Arts for Learning Northwest, Portland: $7,525
Young Musicians & Artists, Portland: $5,500
Youth Music Project, West Linn: $8,000
Mid-Valley
Yamhill, Polk and Marion counties
Group A
Arts Alliance of Yamhill County, McMinnville: $2,000
Focus on Book Arts, Monmouth: $1,000
Keizer Homegrown Theatre, Keizer: $1,000
McMinnville Film Festival Foundation, McMinnville: $2,250
Oregon Artists Series Foundation, Salem: $1,000
Oregon Community Theatre Alliance, McMinnville: $1,000
Salem Big Band, Salem: $1,000
Salem Orchestra, Salem: $1,000
Salem Pops Orchestra, Salem: $1,000
Salem Youth Symphony Association, Salem: $2,500
Silverton Arts Association, Silverton: $2,000
Oregon Spirit Chorus, Salem: $2,500
The Moxie Initiative, Salem: $1,000
Oregon Symphony Association in Salem, Salem: $5,000
Western Oregon University Development Foundation, Monmouth: $2,000
Theatre 33 of Willamette University, Salem: $2,500
Group B
Chehalem Center Association, Newberg: $7,025
Historic Elsinore Theatre, Salem: $7,025
Pentacle Theatre, Salem: $5,175
Salem Art Association, Salem: $5,500
Oregon Symphony Association in Salem, Salem: $5,000
Willamette Master Chorus, Salem: $5,000
Yamhill Enrichment Society, McMinnville: $5,025
North Central
Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman counties
Group B
Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River: $5,000
Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association, Hood River: $5,000
North Coast
Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook counties
Group A
Arts Council of Clatsop County, Astoria: $1,000
Astoria Arts and Movement Center, Astoria: $2,500
Astoria Visual Arts, Inc, Astoria: $2,250
Columbia Chorale of Oregon, Warren: $1,000
North Coast Chorale, Astoria: $1,000
The Writer's Guild, Astoria: $2,000
Tolovana Arts Colony, Cannon Beach: $2,500
Trail's End Art Association, Gearhart: $1,000
Group B
Hoffman Center, Manzanita: $2,500
Liberty Restoration Inc, Astoria: $7225
Ten Fifteen Productions, Astoria: $5,000
Northeast
Wallowa, Union and Baker counties
Group A
Eastern Oregon Film Festival, La Grande: $2,500
Grande Ronde Symphony Association, La Grande: $2,250
Group B
Crossroads Creative and Performing Arts Center Inc, Baker City: $5,115
Art Center East, La Grande: $5,000
Fishtrap Inc, Enterprise: $5,015
Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, Joseph: $5,250
South Central
Klamath and Lake counties
Group A
Klamath Music, Klamath Falls: $2,000
Group B
PLAYA, Summer Lake: $5,015
South Coast
Douglas, Coos and Curry counties
Group A
Bay Area Community Concert Band, Coos Bay: $1,000
Dolphin Players Inc, Coos Bay: $1,000
Oregon Coast School of Art, Gardiner: $5,000
Redfish Music Festival, Port Orford: $1,000
South Coast Folk Society, Coos Bay: $1,000
Wild Rivers Coast Foundation for Dance, Brookings: $2,500
South Valley/Mid Coast
Lincoln, Benton, Linn and Lane counties
Group A
Applegate Regional Theatre Inc, Veneta: $2,000
Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene, Eugene: $2,500
Coastal Voices, Newport: $1,000
Corvallis Guitar Society, Corvallis: $1,000
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon, Eugene: $2,500
Eugene Gay Men's Chorus, Eugene: $2,000
Eugene Springfield Community Orchestra, Eugene: $1,000
Florence Regional Arts Alliance, Florence: $5,000
Free Shakespeare in the Park Theatre Company, Eugene: $1,000
New Zone Gallery, Eugene: $2,500
Oregon Brass Society, Eugene: $1,000
Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival Association, Newport: $2,000
Radical Alternative Development, Elmira: $1,000
Santiam Hearts to Arts, Mill City: $1,000
Springfield Community Concert Band, Springfield: $1,000
Generations Arts Academy, Harrisburg: $1,000
Willamette Valley Symphony, Eugene: $1,000
Group B
Radiant Community Arts, Eugene: $5,000
Ballet Fantastique, Eugene: $5,500
Children's Repertory of Oregon Workshops, Florence: $5,000
Community Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene: $6,025
Comunidad y Herencia Cultural, Springfield: $5,000
Corvallis Arts Center Inc, Corvallis: $5,250
Corvallis Fall Festival, Corvallis: $5,000
Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center, Corvallis: $5,000
Corvallis Youth Symphony Association, Corvallis: $5,000
Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove: $5,025
Eugene Ballet, Eugene: $1,000
Eugene Concert Choir, Eugene: $5,025
Eugene Opera, Eugene: $5,025
Eugene Symphony Association Inc, Eugene: $1,000
#instaballet, Eugene: $5,000
Lane Arts Council, Eugene: $7,025
Lincoln City Cultural Center Inc, Lincoln City: $5,250
Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts, Eugene: $5,000
Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene: $5,015
Maxtivity, Philomath: $5,000
Music Education & Performing Artists Association, Eugene: $5,000
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis: $8,000
Orchestra Next, Eugene: $5,000
Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, Newport: $7,025
Oregon Contemporary Theatre, Eugene: $5,250
Oregon Mozart Players, Eugene: $5,000
Siletz Bay Music Festival, Lincoln City: $5,000
University of Oregon - Oregon Folklife Network, Eugene: $5,000
Southern
Josephine and Jackson counties
Group A
Women's Choral Society, Phoenix: $5,000
Art Presence Inc, Jacksonville: $2,250
Ashland Children’s Theatre, Ashland: $2,000
Ashland New Plays Festival, Ashland: $2,500
Guitar Society of Southern Oregon, Ashland: $1,000
Ashland Flute Circle, Medford: $1,000
Oregon Art on a Mission, Talent: $1,000
Rogue Valley Symphonic Band, Talent: $1,000
Siskiyou Singers Inc, Ashland: $2,000
Ashland Independent Film Festival, Ashland: $5,000
Southern Oregon Guild, Cave Junction: $2,000
Group B
Storytown, Ashland: $5,000
Camelot Theatre Company, Talent: $7,025
Collaborative Theatre Project Inc, Medford: $5,000
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass: $5,000
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association, Ashland: $18,000
Peter Britt Gardens Arts and Music Festival Association, Medford: $18,000
Rogue Valley Art Association, Medford: $5,000
Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, Ashland: $5,000
Southern Oregon University Foundation - Chamber Music Concerts, Ashland: $5,000
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon, Medford: $5,000
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