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 grant application is now closed. We’re excited by the incredible response, which is the most applications we’ve ever received. Stay tuned for an announcement of the awardees.
This Years Awardees
Spring 2025 sponsor: HSL Properties
The DTP's Social Justice Committee is excited to announce the initial 18 awardees of the Downtown Tucson for Everyone grant program for spring 2025. Additional grants will be awarded and announced soon. This year's grant program was sponsored by HSL Properties and the DTP.
- 2025 Celebration of Kindness (CKD)
- 40th Annual Tucson Folk Festival
- Agave Renaissance Summit
- Cash Lansky
- Chocolate Box Burlesque
- Cinema Tucsón
- Creative Futures: A Teen/Youth Art & Entrepreneurship Workshop
- Earth Day Festival 2025
- Mestizo Mercado
- Open Studios/Art Walk
- Playful Milestones
- Soul Food Sundays
- Speakeasy x Koyaanisqatsi Screening / Bar Clandestino x Proyección de Koyaanisqatsi
- TENWEST
- TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Night Run/Walk and Festival of Miles
- Tucson International Mariachi Conference
- We are One: Uniting to Confront Mental Illness Stigma, Shame, Suicide & Loneliness
- ignite520 Leadership Experience
Previous Years
Spring 2024 sponsors: HSL Properties & Downtown Tucson Partnership
The DTP's Social Justice Committee is excited to announce the 12 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.
- 2024 Celebrate Kindness Day (CKD)
- Agave Heritage Festival
- Arizona International Film Festival
- Día Internacional de los Bosques en Tucson
- El Presidio Historic Neighborhood Home Tour
- Fox Tucson Theatre KITT (Kids in The Theatre) Literacy Event
- Fuerza Local Fiesta
- Tucson Folk Festival
- Tucson Tome Gnome: Monthly Book Hiding & Scavenger Hunt
- Our Blackness Our Heritage Step Show/Black History Month Celebration
- Queens of the Desert
- Artist Talks and Workshop Series: Sharing Place Based Knowledge and Creative Resilience in a Warming Planet
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.
- ¡Hola!: A Tucson Block Party
- Cinema Tucsón
- Tucson Chinese Chorizo Festival
- Stories that Soar! at the Procession of Little Angels
- Startup Tucson Downtown Holiday Market
- Meet Me at Maynards
- Rock The Spot
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:
- Black Renaissance: Hip Hop Jazz Fusion Night at Thunder Canyon Brewery | February 18, 2022 | Learn More →
- 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 →
- A Street Productions: Cinema Tucsón | March 20, 2022 | Learn More →
- Living Streets Alliance: Cyclovia Tucson | March 27, 2022 | Learn More →
- Stews Shoes:
- Museum Night at Children's Museum Tucson | March 13, 2022 | Learn More →
- PLAYFORMANCE Party | April 23, 2022 (two parties) | Learn More →
- 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.