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Attractions and Tourism Outside Agency Funding
Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2023/2024
FY 23-24 Funding available: $400,000.00/FY 23-24 Funding Requests $1,151,500.00
25 Agencies requested Funding/22 Agencies Awarded
Agency/Program/FY23-24 Recommendation
Arizona Media Arts Center/Arizona International Film Festival/$10,000.00
Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern AZ/Arts and Culture Programs/$21,800.00
International Sonoran Desert Alliance/Wayfinding and Signage for an Emerging Destination/$12,500.00
Jazz in January, d.b.a. Tucson Jazz Festival/Tucson Jazz Festival 2023-2024/$21,500.00
La Frontera Mariachi Conference, Inc./La Frontera Tucson Mariachi Conference/$13,167.00
Light Up Lives Charity Foundation, d.b.a. Rockin’ 4 Heroes/Rockin’ 4 Heroes/$10,000.00
Perimeter Bicycling Association of America, Inc./El Tour de Tucson/$36,000.00
Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc./Amado Chili Cook-Off/$14,000.00
Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, Inc./ Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area/$16,500.00
Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance/Oro Valley Holiday Festival of the Arts and Tree Lighting/$10,000.00
Southwest Folklife Alliance, Inc./Tucson Meet Yourself Folklife Festival/$30,000.00
St. Patrick’s Day Parade of Tucson, Inc./2024 Tucson St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival/$10,000.00
Tucson Audubon Society/Southeast Arizona Birding Festival 2023/$10,000.00
Tucson Botanical Gardens/FY22-23 Programs & Exhibits at the Tucson Botanical Gardens/$46,750.00
Tucson Children’s Museum/Museums for all, Discovery Nights and Art After Dark Programs/$42,833.00
Tucson City of Gastronomy/Tucson City of Gastronomy/$15,800.00
Tucson Juneteenth Festival Committee/ Tucson Juneteenth Festival Committee/$10.000.00
Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association/Tucson Folk Festival/$10,000.00
Tucson Pops Orchestra/Tucson Pops Orchestra 2023-2024//$10,000.00
Tucson Presidio for Historic Preservation/Heritage and History Events/$29,150.00
Tucson Rodeo Parade Committee, Inc./Tucson Rodeo Parade/$10,000.00
Tucson Symphony Society/TSO Special Concerts - Calexico, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Verdi’s Requiem/$10,000.00
GRAND TOTAL: $400,000.00