The City of Austin is no longer accepting applications for the Nexus Grant. The deadline for submission expired on August 15 at 5 p.m. Applications will open again in Early 2024. Visit the Cultural Funding page for other cultural funding opportunities.
The Nexus Grant offers $5,000 grants for new and emerging local small organizations, individual artists, and small arts businesses to produce creative public projects.
2023-2024 Nexus Grant Awardees
Almost 200 applications were reviewed and scored by City of Austin Employees. After the panel review, the top 50 scoring applications were recommended for funding. Read more about the grant in the Nexus Grant Guidelines (PDF, 1.1 MB).
Thrive, Elevate, and Nexus cultural funding programs were developed in consultation with Austin’s creative community over the past 3 years. Funding will prioritize equity through a combination of seed funding, broad sector support, and targeted investment. Read the Cultural Funding Report (PDF, 1.8 MB), El camino hacia la equidad cultural (PDF, 2.2 MB).
- Nexus Fall/Winter 2023-2024 Awardees
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Company Name
Award Amount
“Struggle to Strive” “Batalla pa’delante”
$5,000.00
3 Generations Together $5,000.00 Aboubacar Sylla $5,000.00 Amy Produces LLC $5,000.00 Antumbrae Intermedia Events + Installations $5,000.00 Art and Flow Institute $5,000.00 ArtUs Co $5,000.00 Asian In Austin $5,000.00 Austin Moonflower Performing Arts Group $5,000.00 Austin Sister Cities International (ASCI) $5,000.00 Autumn Heat $5,000.00 Ayuma Healing Arts $5,000.00 Bloodbath Studio $5,000.00 Candy Kuo $5,000.00 Chantal Lesley $5,000.00 Comal Theater Group $5,000.00 Connie Arismendi $5,000.00 Coronado printstudio $5,000.00 Danza Ollinyollotl $5,000.00 Darcie Book $5,000.00 DJ Hierba Malita $5,000.00 Experimental Response Cinema $5,000.00 Fairygodmother Ninja Productions $5,000.00 Flores Market $5,000.00 Flourish Sanctuary $5,000.00 Friends of the MACC (FMACC) $5,000.00 Heirs Who $5,000.00 Hindu Students Association $5,000.00 Historical African Martial Arts Association $5,000.00 HOME: Vexillology Workshop $5,000.00 Jamie McKenzie $5,000.00 Legend Already Made $5,000.00 Legends of the South Car Club $5,000.00 MAS Cultura $5,000.00 Mi Archicraft $5,000.00 Miguel Angel Marroquin $5,000.00 Pinoy Potluck ATX $5,000.00 Poetic Vows $5,000.00 Ricardo J. Rivera $5,000.00 Ruido/Noise $5,000.00 Samuel Mayer $5,000.00 Sequence 8 $5,000.00 Shine City Makers $5,000.00 Sustainable Humane Earth $5,000.00 The Artful Resistance $5,000.00 The Burden of Legacy, a narrative fantasy audiodrama $5,000.00 Tuff Enuff: The Real Story of the Fabulous Thunderbirds $5,000.00 Wiley Dance Design $5,000.00 Yearning, Every Dawn $5,000.00