The City of Houston Awards $14.7M in Grants
The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) is proud to announce the award of $14,795,116 in grants to support 102 individuals and 156 nonprofit arts and culture organizations in 2025. These funds, awarded through the Support for Organizations, Festival, and Support for Artists and Creative Individuals grant programs, will fund public exhibitions, presentations, and performances that enrich Houston’s vibrant cultural landscape.
Administered by the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) and funded by a portion of the city’s Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT), these grants play an important role in sustaining Houston’s creative community. These grants emphasizes the City of Houston’s commitment to shaping a strong creative sector for our communities. For more details on this year’s grant recipients and the impact of these funds, please visit our website below this email or reach out to our email cultural.affairs@houstontx.gov.
The competitive grants programs begin with an annual improvement process in January of each year. All aspects of the competitions are updated based on community input and City of Houston goals. The updated competition process is launched each summer. HAA publicly launches each competition through various media channels like social media and a digital newsletter and then conducts several public workshops about the process and how to create a competitive application. Competitions are open to the public for a minimum of one month, during which HAA staff takes meetings and phone calls upon request and answers email questions from potential applicants.
