WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - The Wichita City Council has voted to approve the Cultural Funding Committee's recommendations for 2024 grant funding totaling $432,708 to 24 different art organizations and funds to be reserved for the Artist Access grant program.

"Applications were evaluated based on quality of organization, financial stability, and community impact," the city's Communications Manager Megan Lovely said in a news release Tuesday.

Here is the list of organizations and the grants they will receive for the 2024 fiscal year:

  1. Exploration Place; $50,700
  2. Wichita Symphony Society; $41,200
  3. Mark Arts; $41,200
  4. Arts Partners, Inc.; $30,400
  5. Music Theatre Wichita; $38,800
  6. The Kansas African American Museum; $26,100
  7. Ulrich Museum; $26,100
  8. Orpheum Performing Arts Centre; $25,900
  9. Wichita Public Library Foundation; $14,400
  10. PBS Kansas; $13,600
  11. KMUW; $13,300
  12. Ballet Wichita; $22,700
  13. Friends of Great Plains Nature Center; $16,200
  14. Forum Theatre Company; $10,000
  15. Wichita Grand Opera; $9,700
  16. Regina Klenjoski Dance Company; $4,600
  17. Harvester Arts; $17,300
  18. Opera Kansas; $2,700
  19. Wichita Chamber Chorale; $2,300
  20. ARISE; $6,300
  21. Wichita Jazz Festival; $3,200
  22. Metropolitan Ballet; $2,600
  23. McCormick School Museum; $1,500
  24. MakeICT; $1,900