BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES ANNOUNCES CAPITAL PROJECT & PUBLIC ART GRANT AWARDS OF MORE THAN $305,000

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Awards totaling $305,250 were recently announced for six nonprofit organizations and six communities in Central Iowa. Bravo Greater Des Moines (Bravo) awarded the Capital Project Grant and Public Art Grant funds to support arts and culture projects and installations.

The Capital Project Grant program provides funding to arts, culture and heritage nonprofit organizations for capital projects that increase access to elevate the quality of arts and cultural experiences in Greater Des Moines. The Public Art Grant program was first introduced in 2019 to provide funding to Bravo’s local government partners for public art projects that generate more artistic and cultural expression in Greater Des Moines.

Click here to view the entire list of cultural partners currently receiving Bravo funding.

All Bravo grants are made possible by the 17 local government partners that contribute a portion of hotel/motel tax revenue for investment in arts and culture organizations and programs – Altoona, Ankeny, Bondurant, Carlisle, Clive, Des Moines, Grimes, Indianola, Johnston, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Polk City, Polk County, Urbandale, Waukee, West Des Moines and Windsor Heights.