Funding

Arts & Culture Funding

The Arts & Culture Department supports and sustains arts and culture in Santa Fe primarily through our funding programs. We support nonprofits arts organizations, creative placemaking initiatives in each city district, sponsor public events, and public arts projects through selective funding processes. The Department and these initiatives are funded entirely by Lodgers’ Tax revenues.

The NMSA Lodgers’ Tax Act (3-38-21) authorizes a municipality to use tax proceeds to defray costs of advertising, publicizing, and promoting tourism attractions within the area. Funding for this program is authorized by the City of Santa Fe Ordinance No. 1987-45, which earmarks Lodgers’ Tax for the Arts for the “promotion and advertising of nonprofit attractions and nonprofit performing arts in Santa Fe.” Therefore, eligible recipients must play a role in promoting tourism and apply the majority of funding received toward the project’s promotional, advertising, and marketing costs.