Nonprofit Organization Grantees

The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation provides grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations whose innovative projects and original ideas will advance scholarship, education, and public engagement in the arts. Learn more about our previous nonprofit grantees below.

Interested in applying on behalf of a nonprofit organization? Inquiries about our grant opportunities should be sent to grants@thomafoundation.org. All grant requests must be submitted online through our online grants portal.

Creative Startups

Native American artists and creative entrepreneurs are challenged to make a living more than ever given the COVID-19 shutdown of art festivals and markets. But these challenges are not new: Native entrepreneurs ...

Education

Nonprofit Organization Grantees

Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain

Oklahoma Arts Institute (OAI) is a private, non-profit organization with a mission to provide exceptional multidisciplinary arts experiences that develop individual talent and inspire a lifelong passion for the arts. Since 1977, ...

Digital Changemaker Grant

Nonprofit Organization Grantees

Asia Society Texas Center

In 2021, the Thoma Foundation awarded a $100,000 Digital Changemaker Grant to the Asia Society Texas Center, an educational institution promoting cultural exchange across the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and ...

Digital Changemaker Grant

Nonprofit Organization Grantees

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

In 2021, the Thoma Foundation awarded a $100,000 Digital Changemaker Grant to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, the single largest repository of O’Keeffe’s work and the only museum in the United States dedicated ...

Digital Changemaker Grant

Nonprofit Organization Grantees

Snow City Arts

In 2021, the Thoma Foundation award a $100,000 Digital Changemaker Grant to Snow City Arts, an arts education provider to children in youth in hospitals. Snow City Arts will expand its virtual ...

Digital Changemaker Grant

Nonprofit Organization Grantees

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

In 2021, the Thoma Foundation awarded a $100,000 Digital Changemaker Grant to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. The IPCC is a cultural center and museum dedicated to preserving and perpetuating Pueblo culture ...

Digital Changemaker Grant

Nonprofit Organization Grantees

Flagstaff Arts Center

In 2021, the Thoma Foundation awarded a $100,000 Digital Changemaker Grant to the Flagstaff Arts Center to support the “Creative Flagstaff Digital Resource & Education Center.” This local arts agency is focused not ...

Education

Nonprofit Organization Grantees

Central New Mexico Community College Ingenuity

CNM Ingenuity partnered with the Thoma Foundation to deliver a UX/UI Deep Dive coding bootcamp to young adults in rural parts of New Mexico and Texas in 2021. This part-time bootcamp covered ...

Education

Nonprofit Organization Grantees

High Plains Regional Education Cooperative & NS4ed

During the 2020-2021 school year, Thoma Foundation’s grant to HPREC covered the cost of a virtual, three-part series for counselors, teachers, and Early College High School leaders on Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) as ...

Education

Nonprofit Organization Grantees

Moving Arts Española

In 2020, the Thoma Foundation awarded Moving Arts Española a $100,000 matching grant to expand services and programming for older teens by creating additional space within their existing campus. This expansion will ...

Categories