The Arts Community Alliance (TACA) announced its 2025 Catalyst Grants, supporting 50 Dallas County arts organizations with a total of $650,000. These grants continue TACA’s more than 50 years of investment in the cultural life of North Texas.
The Catalyst Grants support arts organizations of various sizes and a multitude of disciplines, including music, theater, dance, visual arts, and the spoken word.
Sharen Bradford
Sharen Bradford
Avant Chamber Ballet Is a Catalyst Grant recipient.
“In a rapidly changing world, Dallas’ arts organizations are meeting the moment with ingenuity, grit and boundless creativity,” said Maura Sheffler, Donna Wilhelm Family President and Executive Directorof TACA. “Through Catalyst Grants, TACA ensures they have the resources and flexibility to lead — on their terms. Our commitment is clear: empower the institutions that make Dallas a place of inspiration, innovation, and belonging.”
Unlike project-specific grants, Catalyst Grants are intentionally unrestricted, meaning recipients have the flexibility to direct funds where they are needed most, whether to launch bold new programming, retain artistic talent, expand access, or simply stabilize their foundation.
This year’s total brings TACA’s cumulative general operating investment to more than $32 million since the organization’s founding, alongsidethe TACA New Works Fund, Pop-Up Grants and strategic arts-specific professional development programs like the Arts Accelerator and the Amplifier Workshops.
“In a city that is growing in both size and artistic ambition, these funds are essential infrastructure,” Sheffler said.
Generous TACA donors, foundations and sponsors – both longtime and new – made the 2025 Catalyst Grants are possible. Continuous support helps create a more resilient cultural sector.
Photo courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art
Photo courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art is a Catalyst Grant recipient.
Some arts organizations have been receiving Catalyst Grants for many years, and the funds have become reliable financial support in unpredictable times.
“Soul Rep Theatre Company has been a beneficiary of TACA Catalyst Grant funding for the last several years. These unrestricted grants have enabled Soul Rep to invest where we’ve needed it most, whether it be overhead costs, administrative salaries, artists’ stipends, or production costs. TACA’s consistent confidence and support have also significantly impacted our steady growth and expanded reach in the community since the pandemic. We see TACA, not as a funder, but as a true partner in our important work,” said Anyika McMillan-Herod, Soul Rep Theatre Company’s Executive Director.
Newer recipients appreciate the investment in their future.
“As a new recipient, Dallas Film Society is honored and grateful to be among the arts organizations in Dallas County to receive vital unrestricted funding through a TACA Catalyst Grant. This grant will empower us to strengthen our year-round film programming with the freedom to apply funds where they are needed most toward our mission of building community through the art of film,” said Beth Wilbins, CEO of Dallas International Film Festival.
Dallas Chamber Symphony
Dallas Chamber Symphony
Dallas Chamber Symphony is a Catalyst Grant recipient.’
TACA’s 2025 Catalyst grantees include the following, listed in alphabetical order:
Arts Mission Oak Cliff
AT&T Performing Arts Center
Avant Chamber Ballet
Basically Beethoven
Bishop Arts Theatre Center
Bombshell Dance Project
Broadway Dallas
Bruce Wood Dance
Cara Mía Theatre
The Cedars Union
Dallas Chamber Symphony
Dallas Children’s Theater
Dallas Film Society
Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Opera
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Theater Center
Dallas Winds
Deep Vellum Publishing
Echo Theatre
The Firehouse Theatre
Greater Dallas Choral Society
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
Junior Players Guild
Kitchen Dog Theater Company
kNOwBOX Dance
Nasher Sculpture Center
New Texas Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of New Spain
Orpheus Chamber Singers
OutLoud Dallas
Over the Bridge Arts
Pegasus Contemporary Ballet
Pegasus Media Project
Lone Star Wind Orchestra
Prism Movement Theater
Sammons Center For The Arts
Second Thought Theatre
Shakespeare Dallas
Soul Rep Theatre Company
Teatro Dallas
Texas Ballet Theater
Texas Winds Musical Outreach
Theatre Three
TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND
Undermain Theatre
Uptown Players
Verdigris Ensemble
The Women’s Chorus of Dallas
The Writer’s Garret
Learn more: TACA