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FY 2026 Grantees - General Operating Support (GOS)

The General Operating Support (GOS) grant provides general operating support for arts, humanities and arts education organizations.

The grantees and award amounts listed on this page reflect funding that has been reviewed and approved by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. However, inclusion on this list does not guarantee that the award was accepted or disbursed. In some cases, funding may not be issued due to reasons we are unable to share publicly, including but not limited to grant award restrictions or noncompliance.

FY26 GOS Grantees fall into 1 of the following 3 categories:

  • Annual Support
  • Mult-Year Support
  • Capacity Building Support

Annual Support

Organization Ward Award Amount
51 Steps to Freedom 2 $51,708
Ally Theatre Company, Incorporated 6 $55,250
American Poetry Museum 5 $48,558
Artbae Foundation Incorporated 7 $36,068
Arts Club of Washington 2 $93,380
Avalon Theatre Project, Inc 3 $136,662
BLACK WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS GROUP 5 $44,192
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington 7 $43,032
Building Bridges Across the River t/a THEARC 8 $138,330
Canady Foundation for the Arts 4 $55,250
CAPITAL CITY SYMPHONY 6 $65,468
The Capital Hearings 3 $50,134
CapitalBop, Inc. 1 $58,188
Capoeira Barro Vermelho USA 1 $45,000
CapoeiraDC 5 $69,144
Cathedral Choral Society of Washington DC 3 $112,626
Center for Creative Change 3 $69,890
Center for Inspired Teaching 3 $96,784
Central Community Development Corporation 8 $46,458
The Choral Arts Society of Washington 2 $126,156
CityDance Productions Inc 3 $109,916
Consortium for Sustainable Workforces 6 $43,212
Corazon Folklorico DC 4 $53,508
Counterpoint Concerts 2 $46,340
Coyaba Dance Theater 5 $43,260
Darryl Chappell Foundation 2 $43,236
DC Creative Writing Workshop 8 $63,470
DC Music Summit 1 $46,516
DMV Music Alliance 5 $31,552
Dumbarton Arts & Education 2 $114,784
The Essential Theatre 8 $64,576
ExPats Theatre 1 $41,262
Extreme Lengths Productions, Inc 5 $47,930
Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film 5 $51,828
Girls Rock! DC 1 $71,920
The Go Go Museum 8 $71,960
Hamiltonian Artists 1 $103,876
The Heritage Signature Chorale 2 $52,196
Horizons Greater Washington Inc 3 $114,398
Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute 1 $61,438
International Arts & Artists 2 $44,618
International Child Art Foundation 2 $45,204
International Consortium for Advancement in Choreography dba DanceICONS 3 $47,932
International Spy Museum 6 $160,484
Jah Kente International, Inc. 4 $64,658
James Renwick Alliance 3 $93,012
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2 $98,644
The L'Enfant Trust 2 $76,500
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum 6 $136,412
Live It Learn It 5 $102,546
Long Live GoGo Foundation 1 $51,920
LOUIS DIENE FAYE FOUNDATION 1 $30,032
March on Washington Film Festival 2 $97,178
The Metro DC Community Center, Inc. (The DC Center for the LGBT Community) 1 $54,992
The Museum of the Palestinian People 2 $43,018
The MusicianShip, DC 6 $127,500
National Bonsai Foundation, Inc 5 $64,972
National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. 2 $142,498
National Symphony Orchestra Association 2 $103,628
NGOMA CENTER FOR DANCE 4 $119,000
Nu Sass Productions 7 $47,450
O STREET MUSEUM FOUNDATION 2 $68,240
Opera Lafayette 6 $100,458
Oyé Palaver Hut, Inc. 8 $72,414
Pictures on Silence 3 $48,922
PLOE Placing Love Over Everything 7 $31,730
Public Access Corporation of the District of Columbia 5 $124,488
RhizomeDC, Inc 4 $64,204
Sephardic Heritage International 2 $44,436
Sewing Opportunity Never Ending (SONE) 6 $45,000
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue 1 $125,238
Smithsonian Institution 8 $144,500
Social Art and Culture 8 $59,084
SoulLife Foundation 5 $45,000
The Story of Our Schools 7 $67,394
Street Sense Inc. 2 $106,224
Tango Mercurio Inc 2 $51,670
Theatre 202 6 $48,914
Theatre Downtown, Inc., t/a The Washington Stage Guild 4 $111,056
The Thirteen 2 $101,782
Tudor Place Foundation, Inc. 2 $134,910
Vocal Arts Society 2 $103,432
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts 2 $46,708
Washington Concert Opera 2 $110,556
Washington Drama Society, Inc. 6 $155,580
The Washington Jazz Arts Institute 4 $50,024
Washington Master Chorale Inc 4 $48,340
Washington National Opera 2 $100,348
The Washington Writers' Publishing House 5 $51,556
We Happy Few Inc. 6 $60,726
Yellow Tree Project 5 $52,374
Youth Entrepreneur Institute 7 $75,220
TOTAL $6,922,182

Multi-Year Support

Organization Ward Award Amount
100Reporters 2 $67,904
826DC 1 $117,350
Actors Center Inc 2 $48,028
Alliance for New Music-Theatre 2 $55,694
An Open Book Foundation 4 $104,086
The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company 2 $113,280
ARCH Development Corporation 8 $113,384
ART ENABLES 5 $117,320
Atlas Performing Arts Center 6 $139,088
Capital Hill Boys Club 8 $41,706
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 6 $122,268
Capitol Movement, Inc. 6 $51,430
Chamber Dance Project Inc. 2 $94,464
Chiarina 6 $51,066
Children's Art Studio 1 $83,542
Children's Chorus of Washington 3 $102,826
Children's Complex Inc 2 $51,772
Childrens Legacy Theatre Inc 8 $56,212
CityDance Ensemble Inc 1 $131,880
COLLECTIONS & STORIES OF AMERICAN MUSLIMS 8 $70,010
Company E, Inc. 1 $104,424
Constellation Theatre Company 1 $104,444
Critical Exposure 1 $121,208
Dance Institute of Washington Inc 1 $127,500
Dance Place 5 $134,012
David Lloyd Kreeger Foundation 3 $114,490
Day Eight 4 $71,374
DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative 6 $110,500
DC Independent Film Festival 4 $52,894
DC Jazz Festival 6 $123,024
DC Preservation League 1 $114,054
DC YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM 4 $121,948
DC'S DIFFERENT DRUMMERS 6 $43,600
District of Columbia Arts Center Inc 1 $62,096
Do The Write Thing Foundation of DC 5 $100,782
Dupont Underground 2 $73,266
East of the River Boys and Girls Steelband 7 $60,888
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC 2 $132,590
ELLINGTON FUND 2 $124,724
Empowerment Enterprise II 7 $56,372
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital 7 $42,222
Faction of Fools Theatre Company, Inc. 6 $52,036
Federal City Performing Arts Association, Inc. 2 $116,626
Ford's Theatre Society 2 $167,354
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop 1 $124,622
Friday Morning Music Club 2 $33,332
Friends Of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens 7 $60,396
Friends of Peirce Mill 3 $50,462
GALA INC, Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos 1 $138,772
Heurich House Foundation 2 $92,716
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens 3 $156,282
Historical Society of Washington, DC 2 $124,096
Hola Cultura 1 $52,294
Honestly Speaking, Inc. 7 $49,494
Imagination Stage of Washington DC Inc 6 $73,588
The In Series, Inc. 1 $103,538
Joy of Motion Dance Center 6 $106,400
KanKouran West African Dance Company 5 $74,108
Levine Music, Inc. 3 $149,425
Life Pieces To Masterpieces 7 $135,044
Mosaic Theater Company of DC 6 $132,224
MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet Inc 4 $96,340
Moving Forward: Contemporary Asian American Dance Company/ Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company 3 $116,406
Multi-Media Training Institute 7 $59,774
National Building Museum 6 $143,600
National Children's Museum 2 $130,442
National Museum of Women in the Arts 2 $163,238
National Theatre Foundation (formerly National Theatre Corporation) 2 $112,892
National Women's Foundation 2 $81,900
The Nicholson Project 7 $52,212
Old Naval Hospital Foundation 6 $122,164
One World Education 3 $118,132
Only Make Believe, Inc 4 $100,562
Pan American Symphony Orchestra 2 $57,888
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation 4 $114,768
The Phillips Collection 2 $163,925
POST CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE INC 3 $41,850
President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home 4 $117,178
Project Create 8 $110,856
Recreation Wish List Committee 8 $47,262
Rhythm Visions Production Company, Inc. 8 $53,078
Rorschach Theatre 6 $73,408
The Shakespeare Theatre 6 $161,084
Shaw Community Ministry 2 $123,008
Shout Mouse Press, Inc. 2 $96,796
Sitar Arts Center 1 $143,532
Solas Nua 2 $69,466
Split This Rock, Inc. 2 $45,868
Spooky Action Theater Company 2 $54,388
Step Afrika! USA Incorporated 6 $136,000
Story District 2 $101,752
Studio Acting Conservatory 1 $102,000
STUDIO THEATRE INC 2 $157,066
Swaliga Foundation 8 $54,492
Taffety Punk Theatre Company 6 $53,674
Teatro de la Luna 4 $82,564
TEXTILE MUSEUM OF D C 2 $117,888
THE WASHINGTON MENS CAMERATA INC 3 $19,202
Theater Alliance of Washington DC 8 $95,146
Theatre Lab, Inc. (The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts) 2 $122,062
theatreWashington 2 $122,538
Thomas Circle Singers 2 $47,532
Transformer, Inc 2 $104,810
The Trustees of Amherst College (Folger Shakespeare Library) 6 $166,812
Visionaries of the Creative Arts 6 $60,860
Washington Architectural Foundation 2 $79,294
Washington Bach Consort 2 $116,626
The Washington Ballet 3 $164,806
The Washington Chorus 2 $117,004
Washington DC Film Festival Inc. (The Washington, DC International Film Festival) 1 $86,822
WASHINGTON IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER CO 1 $114,504
Washington Performing Arts Society 2 $149,380
Washington Project for the Arts, Inc. 2 $109,906
Washington Studio School 2 $100,296
Women in Film & Video 6 $60,586
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 2 $167,746
Words Beats and Life Inc 1 $125,930
Young Playwrights' Theater 4 $114,482
Zenith Community Arts Foundation 4 $50,228
TOTAL $11,596,556

Capacity Building Support

Organization Ward Award Amount
The American Experience Foundation 2 $15,000
BE iCONiQ 5 $15,000
Black Artists of DC 4 $15,000
DC Arts Studios 4 $15,000
DC Legendary Musicians INC 1 $15,000
DC Metro Theater Arts, Inc. 3 $15,000
Diversify Ice Fellowship and Foundation 8 $15,000
Georgetown Heritage 2 $15,000
Mosaic Visions 5 $15,000
The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts 2 $15,000
The National Hip Hop Museum 2 $15,000
On the Ground News Productions 4 $15,000
Positive Productions 1 $15,000
Project Purpose 8 $15,000
Reach Education Incorporated 8 $15,000
SPILLING INK ARTS 4 $15,000
STUDIO GALLERY ASSOCIATION INC 2 $15,000
Tech Turn Up 7 $15,000
Washington Print Foundation 2 $15,000
The Watergate Museum Corporation 2 $15,000
Zakros Productions 3 $15,000
TOTAL $315,000

View FY 2025 GOS grantees