The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council has awarded 36 Southwestern Pennsylvania organization a total of $180,000 to support arts and culture work and programming as part of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ Creative Sector Flex Fund grant program.

The grant program provides $5,000 grants to organizations in Allegheny, Beaver, Greene and Washington counties, with average annual revenues between $10,000 – $200,000.

Grantees include Pittsburgh’s first Asian American & Pacific Island (AAPI) artist collective, a hip-hop orchestra inspiring and nurturing the curiosity of youth, a dance troupe preserving Indian classical dance styles, a one-of-a-kind global music festival, and more.

“The Creative Sector Flex Fund provides crucial support for organizations providing artistic programming throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania,” says Mona Wiley, Grantmaking Manager at the Arts Council. “These organizations play a vital role in our communities, and we’re excited to offer this funding to support their important work.”

The 2024-2025 Creative Sector Flex Fund grantees include:

• Art All Night
• Arts Excursions Unlimited
• Belle Voci
• Confluence Ballet Co.
• Corningworks
• Creative Citizen Studios
• East Winds Symphonic Band Association
• Guardians of Sound Inc.
• Handmade Arcade
• Irma Freeman Center for Imagination
• JADED-Organization of Chinese Americans Inc – Pittsburgh Chapter
• Kamratōn
• Millvale Community Development Corporation
• Mon River Arts
• Mon Valley Academy for the Arts
• Mon Valley Performing Arts Academy
• Munhall Community Band
• Nandanik Dance Troupe
• Offroute Art
• Pittonkatonk
• Pittsburgh Chinese Cultural Center
• Pittsburgh Concert Chorale
• Pittsburgh Lesbian and Gay Film Society / Reel Q
• Pittsburgh Public Media
• Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks
• Pittsburgh Sound and Image
• RealTime Interventions
• Renaissance City Choir
• Renaissance City Wind Music Society
• Resonance Works
• South Hills Chorale
• South Park Theatre
• Stage 62
• The Genesis Collective
• The Sonny Pugar Memorial, Inc.
• Tuesday Musical Club

The Creative Sector Flex Fund, now in its second year, is a grant program funded statewide by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency under the Office of the Governor, and administered regionally by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, PCA’s statewide network of re-granting partners. The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council is the PPA Partner for Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties. 

The next round of Creative Sector Flex Fund grants will open for applications in Fall 2025. For more information on additional Greater Pittsburgh Art Council grant programs, visit pittsburghartscouncil.org/programs/grants.

Source: Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Categories: Arts Funding

Tags: Arts Grants, Creative Sector Flex Fund, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts