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Local Arts Agency Program

A Local Arts Agency (LAA) is a municipally designated agency or nonprofit corporation responsible for supporting local arts and cultural activities within their community including presenting, grant making, planning, placemaking activities, community development through arts and culture, marketing and public relations, exhibitions, and other programs associated with artists and arts organizations in a community.

While many organizations may conduct programming on behalf of a community or geographic designation, a LAA is distinct in the relationship it holds with a municipality. This distinction is central to the LAA discipline, as it reflects a partnership-level commitment to delivering community-responsive programming with goals and priorities that align with overall municipal goals.

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2026 Grants for Advancing Local Arts Agencies

The Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Grants for Advancing Local Arts Agencies (GALAA) program provides one-time supplemental funding, on top of Tier II LAA funding, to support capacity-building projects that strengthen an LAA’s organizational, programmatic, financial, or operational infrastructure, as well as projects that enhance or expand meaningful community engagement.

Awards range from $2,500–$15,000 and are intended to help LAAs build sustainable practices that improve services that positively impact in their communities. Projects that include committed partnerships will be prioritized.

GALAA funding is intended to support ONE-TIME project-based requests.

Be sure to review the 2026 GALAA Guidelines for all information on the process, types of eligible projects, and application questions.