Federal grants to Detroit Opera
Detroit Opera in Detroit, Michigan received $1.1 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 7 awards. Its largest program was Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants, with $750,000. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $40,000.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.1 million
- Awards7
- Awarded in FY 2025$40,000
- Largest award$750,000
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 1 | $40,000 |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $200,000 |
| FY 2023 | 2 | $795,000 |
| FY 2024 | 1 | $35,000 |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $40,000 |
Programs that fund Detroit Opera
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants | 1 | $750,000 |
| Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | 6 | $360,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Endowment for the Humanities | 1 | $750,000 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | 6 | $360,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit opera house, infrastructure revisions to improve accessibility and enhance educational spaces [Michigan opera theatre seeks neh challenge funds to support renovations of the detroit opera house, a modified 1922 movie palace in downtown detroit that serves 250,000 visitors annually with cultu | Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants | March 27, 2023 | $750,000 |
| Purpose: to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | March 3, 2022 | $150,000 |
| Purpose: to support a new production of x: the life and times of malcolm x by pulitzer prize-winning composer anthony davis and librettist thulani davis. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | March 15, 2022 | $50,000 |
| Purpose: to support a new co-production of ainadamar (fountain of tears) by composer osvaldo golijov and librettist david henry hwang. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | February 21, 2023 | $45,000 |
| Purpose: to support performances of pulitzer prize-winning opera the central park five by composer anthony davis and librettist richard wesley. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | January 7, 2025 | $40,000 |
| To support performances of blue by tony award-winning composer jeanine tesori and librettist tazewell thompson. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | April 23, 2021 | $40,000 |
| Purpose: to support performances of the cunning little vixen by composer leoŠ janÁcek with associated outreach programming. | Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | January 4, 2024 | $35,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Detroit Opera get?
$1.1 million in 7 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Detroit Opera the most?
The National Endowment for the Humanities, with $750,000 in 1 award. The National Endowment for the Arts follow.
What is Detroit Opera's largest federal grant?
$750,000 under Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants, with its first action in the period on March 27, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Detroit Opera?
Its largest are Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants and Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals.
Other grant recipients in Detroit
- City of Detroit
- Wayne State University
- Wayne County Airport Authority
- City of Detroit
- Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation
- Matrix Human Services
- Detroit Housing Commission
- Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency
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