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Downtown Tucson For Everyone

Grant Program

Downtown Tucson for Everyone is a series of Downtown Tucson Partnership (DTP) and HSL Properties sponsored programs and events. DTP's Social Justice Committee will review and award grants to programs/events presented in Downtown Tucson that demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and reach underserved communities.

The window for fiscal year 2023-2024 (July '23-June '24) events/programs is now closed. See the 2023 and 2024 awardees below!

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Spring 2024 sponsors: HSL Properties & Downtown Tucson Partnership

The DTP's Social Justice Committee is excited to announce the 13 awardees of the Downtown Tucson for Everyone grant program for 2024. This year's grant program was co-sponsored by HSL Properties and the DTP.

  1. 2024 Celebrate Kindness Day (CKD)
  2. Agave Heritage Festival
  3. Arizona International Film Festival
  4. Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Tucson! (more info coming soon)
  5. Día Internacional de los Bosques en Tucson (more info coming soon)
  6. El Presidio Historic Neighborhood Home Tour
  7. Fox Tucson Theatre KITT (Kids in The Theatre) Literacy Event
  8. Fuerza Local Fiesta (more info coming soon)
  9. Tucson Folk Festival
  10. Tucson Tome Gnome: Monthly Book Hiding & Scavenger Hunt
  11. Our Blackness Our Heritage Step Show/Black History Month Celebration (more info coming soon)
  12. Queens of the Desert
  13. Artist talks and workshop series: Sharing place based knowledge and creative resilience in a warming planet (more info coming soon)

 

 

Fall 2023 sponsors: HSL Properties & Downtown Tucson Partnership

The DTP's Social Justice Committee is excited to announce the seven awardees of the Downtown Tucson for Everyone grant program for 2023. This year's grant program was co-sponsored by HSL Properties and the DTP.

  1. ¡Hola!: A Tucson Block Party
  2. Cinema Tucsón
  3. Tucson Chinese Chorizo Festival
  4. Stories that Soar! at the Procession of Little Angels
  5. Startup Tucson Downtown Holiday Market
  6. Meet Me at Maynards
  7. Rock The Spot

 

 

Previous Years

Spring 2022 sponsor: Downtown Tucson Partnership

With $10,000, DTP sponsored the first ever round of Downtown Tucson For Everyone grants in the Spring of 2022. DTP's Social Justice Committee awarded six organizations with grants between $1,400-$2,000, which supported eight total events:

  1. Black Renaissance: Hip Hop Jazz Fusion Night at Thunder Canyon Brewery | February 18, 2022 | Learn More →
  2. Tucson Urban League Inc.:
    • Book Drive & Craft Day at Tucson Museum of Art | February 20, 2022 | Learn More →
    • Lecture Series: KIRK D. MCKOY IMAGES OF CHAOS at Tucson Museum of Art | February, 22, 2022 | Learn More →
  3. A Street Productions: Cinema Tucsón | March 20, 2022 | Learn More →
  4. Living Streets Alliance: Cyclovia Tucson | March 27, 2022 | Learn More →
  5. Stews Shoes:
  6. Arizona International Film Festival | 30th AzIFF | April 20-30 | Learn More →

 

 

This program is a result of SMART Goal #3 in DTP's Strategic Diversity Plan.