Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Endowment

Moody Fund for the Arts (MFA) Annual Grants

Who can apply: Applicant organizations must be based in or have a permanent office in the City of Dallas; have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and be classified as a Public Charity; be approved for or have successfully executed a program funded by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture; have an annual operating budget under $1 million; and demonstrate sustainability, effectiveness, credibility, and at least a three-year history of providing relevant work and services. Individual artists, fiscal sponsors, religious or faith-based programs promoting a specific religion, political or lobbying organizations, fundraising events, and activities primarily serving an organization’s own membership are ineligible. Organizations may submit one request per annual cycle, and prior recipients must have completed required outcome reporting.

Deadline: The 2027 application cycle opens at noon on January 19, 2027 and closes at noon on February 16, 2027. Grants are expected to be announced and distributed in July 2027. Applications for the 2026 cycle have closed.