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FY 2025 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.

Organization Ward Award Amount
100Reporters 2 $79,888
1882 Project Foundation 2 $15,000
51 Steps to Freedom 2 $64,726
826DC 1 $138,060
Actors Center Inc 2 $56,504
African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation 1 $15,000
Alliance for New Music-Theatre 2 $65,524
Ally Theatre Company, Incorporated 6 $59,954
American Poetry Museum 5 $51,674
An Open Book Foundation 4 $122,454
The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company 2 $133,272
Angels of Hope Ministries, Inc. 8 $17,778
ARCH Development Corporation 8 $133,394
ART ENABLES 5 $138,024
Artbae Foundation Incorporated 7 $15,000
Arts Club of Washington 2 $50,014
Atlas Performing Arts Center 6 $163,634
Avalon Theatre Project, Inc 3 $53,126
BLACK WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS GROUP 5 $15,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington 7 $60,140
Building Bridges Across the River t/a THEARC 8 $166,082
Canady Foundation for the Arts 4 $60,354
CAPITAL CITY SYMPHONY 6 $57,166
CAPITAL FRINGE INC 6 $130,698
The Capital Hearings 3 $48,442
Capital Hill Boys Club 8 $49,068
CapitalBop, Inc. 1 $25,906
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 6 $143,846
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation 6 $19,234
Capitol Movement, Inc. 6 $60,506
Capoeira Barro Vermelho USA 1 $15,000
CapoeiraDC 5 $80,000
Cathedral Choral Society of Washington DC 3 $136,840
Center for Creative Change 3 $51,598
Central Community Development Corporation 8 $19,914
Chamber Dance Project Inc. 2 $111,136
Chiarina 6 $60,078
Children's Art Studio 1 $98,286
Children's Chorus of Washington 3 $120,972
Children's Complex Inc 2 $60,908
Childrens Legacy Theater Inc 8 $66,132
Chloe and Maud Foundation 3 $63,046
The Choral Arts Society of Washington 3 $59,692
CityDance Ensemble Inc 1 $155,154
CityDance Productions Inc 3 $50,922
COLLECTIONS & STORIES OF AMERICAN MUSLIMS 8 $82,366
Company E, Inc. 1 $122,852
CONGRESSIONAL CHORUS 2 $78,152
Consortium for Sustainable Workforces 6 $15,000
Constellation Theatre Company 1 $122,876
Corazon Folklorico DC 5 $61,092
Counterpoint Concerts 2 $55,982
Critical Exposure 1 $142,598
Cultural Development Corporation 1 $130,204
Dance Institute of Washington Inc 1 $150,000
Dance Place 5 $157,662
David Lloyd Kreeger Foundation 3 $134,694
Day Eight 4 $83,970
DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative 6 $130,000
DC Creative Writing Workshop 8 $65,000
DC Independent Film Festival 4 $62,228
DC Jazz Festival 6 $144,734
DC Music Summit 1 $15,000
DC Preservation League 3 $134,182
DC Strings Workshop 8 $96,382
DC Theater Arts Collaborative 8 $120,000
DC YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM 4 $143,468
DC'S DIFFERENT DRUMMERS 6 $51,294
DCenter 2 $86,196
District of Columbia Arts Center Inc 1 $73,054
DMV Music Alliance 5 $15,000
Do The Write Thing Foundation of DC 5 $118,568
Dumbarton Arts & Education 2 $137,720
East of the River Boys and Girls Steelband 7 $71,634
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC 2 $155,988
ELLINGTON FUND 2 $146,734
Empowerment Enterprise II 7 $66,320
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital 2 $49,674
The Essential Theatre 8 $59,688
ExPats Theatre 1 $50,574
Faction of Fools Theatre Company, Inc. 6 $61,220
Federal City Performing Arts Association, Inc. 2 $137,208
Ford's Theatre Society 2 $196,888
Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film Inc 5 $15,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop 1 $146,614
Friday Morning Music Club 2 $39,214
Friends Of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens 7 $71,056
Friends of Peirce Mill 3 $59,368
GALA INC, Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos 1 $163,262
Girls Rock! DC 1 $58,358
Hamiltonian Artists 1 $81,026
Henson Arts In Learning 4 $15,000
The Heritage Signature Chorale 2 $15,000
Heurich House Foundation 2 $109,078
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens 3 $183,862
Historical Society of Washington, DC 2 $145,996
Hola Cultura 1 $61,522
Home Rule Music and Film Preservation Foundation 4 $50,812
Honestly Speaking, Inc. 7 $58,230
Horizons Greater Washington Inc 3 $122,316
Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute 1 $64,056
Imagination Stage of Washington DC Inc 6 $86,574
The In Series, Inc. 1 $121,810
The Inner Loop, Inc. 1 $64,200
International Arts & Artists 2 $63,020
International Consortium for Advancement in Choreography dba DanceICONS 3 $51,136
International Spy Museum 6 $72,070
Jah Kente International, Inc. 4 $28,998
James Renwick Alliance 3 $35,356
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2 $193,776
Joy of Motion Dance Center 6 $125,176
KanKouran West African Dance Company 5 $87,186
The L'Enfant Trust 2 $84,934
Levine Music, Inc. 3 $175,794
Life Pieces To Masterpieces 7 $158,876
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum 6 $126,796
Live It Learn It 6 $130,000
Long Live GoGo Foundation 1 $18,504
March on Washington Film Festival 2 $48,926
The Metro DC Community Center, Inc. (The DC Center for the LGBT Community) 1 $78,380
Metro Urban Industries Inc 8 $45,000
Mosaic Theater Company of DC 6 $155,558
MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet Inc 4 $113,340
Moving Forward: Contemporary Asian American Dance Company/ Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company 3 $136,950
Multi-Media Training Institute 7 $70,324
The MusicianShip, DC 6 $145,196
National Black Movie Association 3 $15,000
National Bonsai Foundation, Inc 5 $108,550
National Building Museum 6 $168,940
National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. 2 $156,902
National Children's Museum 2 $153,462
National Museum of Women in the Arts 2 $192,046
National Symphony Orchestra Association 2 $148,764
National Theatre Foundation (formerly National Theatre Corporation) 2 $132,814
National Women's Foundation 2 $96,354
NGOMA CENTER FOR DANCE 4 $28,882
The Nicholson Project 7 $61,426
Northeast Performing Arts Group 7 $66,394
Nu Sass Productions 7 $59,030
O STREET MUSEUM FOUNDATION 2 $15,000
Ocean Ana Rising, Inc. 6 $15,000
Old Naval Hospital Foundation 6 $143,724
One Common Unity, Inc. 2 $153,066
One World Education 3 $138,980
Only Make Believe, Inc 4 $118,308
Opera Lafayette 6 $52,374
Oyé Palaver Hut, Inc. 8 $63,574
Pan American Symphony Orchestra 2 $68,104
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation 4 $135,022
The Phillips Collection 2 $192,853
Pictures on Silence 3 $54,506
PLOE Placing Love Over Everything 7 $15,000
POST CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE INC 3 $49,236
President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home 4 $137,856
Project Create 8 $130,420
Public Access Corporation of the District of Columbia 5 $125,294
Recreation Wish List Committee 8 $55,602
RhizomeDC, Inc 4 $29,994
Rhythm Visions Production Company, Inc. 8 $62,446
Rorschach Theatre 6 $86,362
Sephardic Heritage International 2 $62,938
Sewing Opportunity Never Ending (SONE) 6 $45,000
The Shakespeare Theatre 6 $189,510
Shaw Community Ministry 2 $144,716
Shout Mouse Press, Inc. 2 $113,878
Sitar Arts Center 1 $168,862
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue 1 $159,274
Smithsonian Institution 7 $163,138
Social Art and Culture 8 $58,260
Solas Nua 2 $81,726
SoulLife Foundation 5 $15,000
Split This Rock, Inc. 2 $53,964
Spooky Action Theater Company 2 $63,986
STABLE 5 $34,338
Step Afrika! USA Incorporated 6 $160,000
Story District 2 $119,710
The Story of Our Schools 7 $76,206
Street Sense Inc. 2 $92,958
Studio Acting Conservatory 1 $120,000
STUDIO THEATRE INC 2 $184,784
Swaliga Foundation 8 $64,110
Taffety Punk Theatre Company 6 $63,146
Tango Mercurio Inc 2 $63,308
Teatro de la Luna 4 $97,134
TEXTILE MUSEUM OF D C 2 $138,692
Theater Alliance of Washington DC 8 $111,936
Theatre 202 6 $45,000
Theatre Downtown, Inc., t/a The Washington Stage Guild 4 $117,780
Theatre Lab, Inc. (The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts) 2 $143,604
theatreWashington 2 $144,162
Thomas Circle Singers 2 $55,920
The Thirteen 2 $36,296
TONIC THEATER COMPANY 1 $17,124
Transformer, Inc 2 $123,306
The Trustees of Amherst College (Folger Shakespeare Library) 6 $196,250
Tudor Place Foundation, Inc. 2 $58,124
Visionaries of the Creative Arts 6 $71,600
Vocal Arts Society 2 $43,056
Washington Architectural Foundation 2 $93,288
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts 2 $23,702
Washington Bach Consort 2 $137,208
The Washington Ballet 3 $193,890
The Washington Chorus 2 $137,652
Washington Concert Opera 1 $47,194
Washington DC Film Festival Inc. (The Washington, DC International Film Festival) 1 $102,144
Washington Drama Society, Inc. 6 $74,902
WASHINGTON IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER CO 1 $134,710
The Washington Jazz Arts Institute 4 $15,000
Washington Master Chorale Inc 4 $38,050
THE WASHINGTON MENS CAMERATA INC 2 $22,590
Washington Performing Arts Society 2 $175,740
Washington Project for the Arts, Inc. 1 $129,302
Washington Studio School 2 $117,996
The Washington Writers' Publishing House 5 $63,892
We Happy Few Inc. 6 $53,860
Women in Film & Video 2 $71,278
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 2 $197,350
Words Beats and Life Inc 1 $148,154
Yellow Tree Project 5 $15,000
Young Playwrights' Theater 4 $134,686
Youth Entrepreneur Institute 8 $66,226
Zenith Community Arts Foundation 4 $59,092
The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation 8 $55,270
TOTAL $20,201,255

View FY 2024 GOS grantees