At its Monday meeting, the Richardson City Council approved $375,000 in grants for 22 area cultural and arts-related nonprofit organizations on recommendations from the City’s Cultural Arts Commission. Funded through the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund, the grants will support operating expenses and regular programming for the 2026-27 fiscal year. The recipients represent a wide range of artistic disciplines, including choral and orchestral music, theater, ballet, literature and visual arts.
Selection criteria for the grants include an organization’s focus on Richardson, overall community impact, and efforts to advance the City’s Cultural Arts Master Plan.
Art Grant Recipients include:
- Accolade Community Theatre
- Chamber Music International
- Chamberlain Ballet
- Classics Theatre Project
- Contemporary Chorale
- Core Theatre
- Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra
- Dallas Chinese Community Center
- OutLoud Dallas
- Premier Lone Star Wind Orchestra
- Repertory Company Theatre, Inc. (RCT)
- Richardson Civic Art Society (RCAS)
- Richardson Community Band
- Richardson Community Chorale
- Richardson Reads One Book
- Richardson Symphony Orchestra
- Richardson Theatre Centre, Inc.
- Rich-Tone Chorus
- Texas Winds Musical Outreach, Inc.
- Texins Jazz Band
- Town North Concert Band
- Tuzer Ballet, Inc.
