One of the responsibilities assigned to the Fishers Arts & Culture Commission is to evaluate funding requests from local organizations to finance projects related to the arts.  Thursday evening, the commission approved the funding requests for 11 local groups.

A rubric template was established and each commission member judged each request using that measure.  11 of the 13 grant applications were approved, providing the funding requested.  The Commission did not pass out the entire amount in the 2025 budget of $75,000 and will decide later how to handle the money remaining.

Below is a listing.

These 11 were approved.

Forward Motion           $5,400       Music performance project

Noblesville Creates    $2,500       Quarterly art exhibits

Lantern Islamic Theater Company    $7,500   8 theater productions

Emerging Pearls Foundation  $7.500    Art, Kulture and Appetizers 2025

Hamilton County Artists Assoc.  $2,000  “All Our Best” art exhibit

Fishers Music Works  $7,500   10 cultural concerts

Art by Johnson Simon  $7,500  Art project

Brandon Meeks Music  $7,500    Jazz workshop

Ji-Eun Lee Academy  $4.000  Silver Music & Movement classes

Indianapolis Children’s Choir  $1,700  Local library programs

HSE Schools  $4,500  City of Fishers International Fair

Two requests scored lowest on the rubric and were not funded.  They were from Josserb Consulting and Eat Here Indy.