Current Grantees | 2025-2026

General Support Grantees

Chamber Orchestra Ogden

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Proposal

To support the general operations of Chamber Orchestra Ogden, a professional community orchestra based at Peery's Egyptian Theater, for the 2025-2026 concert season.

Good Company Theatre

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Proposal

To support the general operations of Good Company Theatre during the 2025-2026 season, which includes the presentation of 5 works.

Imagine Ballet Theatre

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Proposal

To support the general operations of Imagine Ballet Theatre, a pre-professional ballet company, which hosts public performances and outreach activities throughout the company’s season.

Ogden Contemporary Arts

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Proposal

To support Ogden Contemporary Arts’ general operations which include free public art experiences, exhibitions, an artist-in-residence program, Artist Factory youth programs, youth classes, and community events.

Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music (OFOAM)

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Proposal

To support the general operations of Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music, including the 5th annual Día de los Muertos en Ogden, the 18th Ogden Music Festival, and the WILL & WAY instrument lending program with associated outreach events.

Onstage Ogden

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Proposal 

To support the general operations of Onstage Ogden during the 2025-2026 concert season which includes performances at The Monarch, Peery’s Egyptian Theater, and the Ogden Amphitheater, as well as community engagement, workshops, and more.

Treehouse Children's Museum

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Proposal

To support the general operations of Treehouse Children’s Museum which includes the creation of 3 new ParticiPlays®; artist engagements; performances; an Art Garden; summer workshops; and more.

Weber Community Foundation

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Proposal

To support the general operations of Ogden Musical Theatre (OMT), a semi-professional theatre program for its full season of performances at the Ogden Peery's Egyptian Theatre including concert style performances, musicals, and a two-week "Kids Act Up!" summer camp.

Weber State University String Project

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Proposal

To support Weber State String Project, an after school stringed instrument instruction program for children aged 3rd grade and up, which culminates in a free public concert in the Allred Theatre.

Project Support Grantees

Benjamin Zack

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Proposal

To support the “Ogden Camera Project,” a free community photo project that encourages the public to take picture of Ogden using communal cameras located at 10 temporary stations around Ogden. Disposable film cameras will be collected, the photos printed, and the images hosted in a free community exhibit at Weber State Downtown Bookstore.

Cultura & Craft

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Proposal 

To support Dia De Los Muertos Utah to be held October 25, 2025 at Ogden’s Historic Union Station which highlights community traditions through art installations, exhibits, performances, and food.

Historic 25th Street Foundation, DBA Ogden Downtown Alliance

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Proposal

To support Ogden Downtown Alliance’s continuation and expansion of arts programming provided throughout the 2025-2026 season.

LUPEC

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Proposal

To support LUPEC’s Celebrating Cinco De Mayo festival, a free public event featuring live music, folkloric dances, artisan showcases, a car show, and cultural cuisine from Mexico and Latin America.

Ogden Concert Band

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Proposal

To support Ogden Concert Band’s two free family-friendly performance held at Ogden High School in late fall 2025 and spring 2026.

Ogden Nature Center

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Proposal

To support Ogden Nature Center’s 2026 Earth Day Celebration to be held on April 18, 2026 and its associated the 22nd annual children’s Earth Day Art Poster Contest. The Earth Day celebration will include local performances, nature crafts, a poetry reading, and activities centered on sustainable practices uniting art and nature.

Ogden Pride

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Proposal

To support Ogden Pride’s monthly community-based arts initiative designed to support creative expression, connection, and well-being through inclusive and age-appropriate art programming. Programming will include poetry, photography, zine making, painting, dance and art therapy.

Ogden School Foundation

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Proposal

To support the annual Ogden School District Festival of the Arts to be held March - May 2026. Artwork will be displayed at the Eccles Community Art Center and Union Station and feature student musical performances.

Ogden Shakespeare Festival

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Proposal 

To support the Ogden Shakespeare Festival’s 2025-2026 season which includes 5 productions; a 2-week students workshop on stage combat, medieval dance, and classical acting technique; and outreach to local K-12 schools.

PARC Bloom Utah

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Proposal 

To support PARC’s “Bloom Utah,” a fully integrated art pilot held at The Monarch that allows artisans with significant disabilities to access art to increase creativity and expressive communication.


Railtown Readings

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Proposal

To support Railtown Readings, a local reading and open mic series featuring local and guest writers, held at Weber County Main Library.

The Banyan Collective

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Proposal

To support Van Sessions at The Monarch, a free live audience music and video podcast produced monthly during Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll.

The Boys & Girls Club of Weber-Davis

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Proposal

To support The Boys & Girls Clubs of Weber Davis’s Create @ The Club, an afterschool and summer art program featuring art classes and free music lessons.

The Local Artisan Collective

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Proposal

To support “Music at the Collective” a year-long live music series held at The Junction in confluence with Ogden’s First Friday Art Strolls.

Trails Foundation of Northern Utah

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Proposal 

To support the Trails Foundation of Northern Utah’s commission of an outdoor mural at the 27th Street trailhead.

Tribalovedancer

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Proposal

To support Tribalovedaner’s “Drum and Dance in Schools” outreach programming which provides instruction in djembe drum technique and dance rhythms from West Africa. Outreach will occur in Weber County and Ogden City schools, as well as Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Community workshops will be held at Weber County Library.

Utah Arts Alliance

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Proposal

To support the Utah Arts Alliance’s “Connect” event series, a free monthly event held at various venues in Ogden for emerging and established artists to showcase their work, develop professional skills, and engage with the local community.

Utah Neighborhood Connection

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Proposal

To support Utah Neighborhood Connection’s “The Arts Connecting Youth” program, a free year-round after-school and summer youth art development program for Highland Junior High students in grades 7-9. Offerings will include weekly visual art classes and music lessons, as well as quarterly arts and culture field trips.

Weber State University Native American Student Association

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Proposal

To support the Weber State University Native American Student Association’s 46th Annual Indigenous Voices Pow Wow, a free public cultural dance and music event to be held in spring 2026.

Youth Impact

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Proposal

To support Youth Impact’s “Championing Art for Ogden Youth” programming which includes ballet folklorico, pottery, jewelry making, stained glass, music, painting, theater, digital arts, and more; public art exhibits; and cultural event performances.