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Tacoma Creates awards $6.4 million to 80 local organizations for 2025–26 cycle

5442831 · July 22, 2025
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Summary

Tacoma Creates announced $6,400,000 in funding to 80 local organizations for the 2025–26 programming cycle, supporting arts, culture, heritage and science events citywide.

Tacoma Creates will fund 80 local organizations with a combined $6,400,000 for the 2025–26 programming cycle, the city announced.

Now in its sixth year, Tacoma Creates supports arts, culture, heritage and science programs across the city, ranging from youth workshops to public events. The broadcast said that since 2020 the initiative has helped bring more than 5,000 programs to over 4,000,000 participants.

The funded programming will run from July 2025 through June 2026, according to the announcement. Details on individual grant recipients, award amounts by organization and funding sources were not provided in the segment; residents were directed to tacomacreates.org for more information.

City staff said the program provides recurring support for community arts and cultural groups and emphasized the program’s role in sustaining citywide programming.