The mission of the Zoo, Arts and Parks Program is to stabilize, enhance,
and support Salt Lake County's arts and cultural community.
Photo: First Night Crowd
Thank you residents of Salt Lake County
for your support of the ZAP Program!
In 2004 this voter-approved sales tax referendum passed
overwhelmingly by 71.30% of the voters
(227,608 of 319,232 people who voted on this issue).
Since 1997, Salt Lake County’s Zoo, Arts & Parks Program has provided much-need funding to cultural, zoological and botanical organizations. For the past decade Salt Lake County has collected one additional penny on every ten dollars spent within Salt Lake County for the Zoo, Arts and Parks Program. Those funds are distributed among local organizations and projects deemed qualified for funds by the Advisory Boards and Salt Lake County Council. Each organization that receives ZAP funding is the subject of a thorough application process. The applications are reviewed by either the Tier I or Tier II Advisory Board. In 2007, over 150 organizations recieved funding.
The various ZAP organizations reach an enormous number and cross section of citizens within the county and make a generous contribution to the vibrancy of the County. Each year the ZAP program accepts applications for funding. For more information about applying for funds go to the ZAP Recipients Application website.
2008 ZAP Recipients
Tier II
Alta Community Enrichment
Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry
Another Language Performing Arts
Artistic Resource For Teachers & Students, Inc.
Arts Council of Magna
Babcock Performing Readers
Bad Dog Rediscovers America
Brolly Arts
Canyonlands New Music Ensemble
Center for Documentary Arts
Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City
Children's Media Workshop
Children's Theatre & School of the Arts
Chinese Association for Sciences and Technology in Utah
Choral Arts Society of Utah
City Art
City of West Jordan / West Jordan Arts Council
Classical Greek Theatre Festival
Contemporary Music Consortium
Dance Theatre Coalition
Daylilly Arts Inc
Draper Arts Council
Draper Historical Society of the Draper Community Foundation
Draper Visual Arts Foundation
Eastern Arts
Festival Concerts
First Night, SLC
Fort Douglas Military Museum Association
Friends of Gilgal Garden
Gale Center of History & Culture/City of South Jordan
GAM Foundation/Jazz at the Sheraton
Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation
Great Salt Lake Audubon
Guest Writers Series Outreach Program
HawkWatch International
Heart & Soul
Herriman City Arts Council
Herriman City Historical Committee
Hibernian Foundation of Utah
Holladay Arts Council
India Cultural Center of Utah
Intermezzo Chamber Music Series
Intermountain Acoustic Music Association
Italian Center of the West
Jordan Valley Conservation Gardens Foundation
Jubilate
Kindred Spirits: Integrated Art
Lutheran Social Service of Utah
Madeleine Arts and Humanities Program
Midvale Arts Council
Mountain Jubilee Chorus
Mountain West Ballet
Murray Arts Council
Murray City in behalf of Murray Cultural Arts
Murray Symphony Orchestra
Music from the Heart Children's Orchestra
Native American Association of West Valley, Inc
Native American Celebration in the Park
Nihon Matsuri, Salt Lake Japantown
Nova Chamber Music Series
Opus: Chorus and Orchestra
Oquirrh Hills Performing Arts Alliance
Oratorio Society of Utah
Orchestra and Chorus of Sandy City
Park City Chamber Music Society
Phoenix Swinging Jazz Band
Pioneer Craft House
Plan-B Theatre Company
Pygmalion Productions Theatre Company
Riverton Arts Council
Riverton Children's Choir
Riverton Museum at the Crane House
Salt Lake American DBA Salt Lake American Muslim
Salt Lake Astronomical Society
Salt Lake Choral Artists
Salt Lake City Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society
Salt Lake City Film Center and Artists' Collaborative
Salt Lake Ethnic Arts
Salt Lake Film Society
Salt Lake Men's Choir
Salt Lake Scots & White Heather Dancers
Salt Lake Shakespeare
Salt Lake Symphonic Choir
Salt Lake Symphonic Winds
Salt Lake Symphony
Saltaires Men's Show Chorus
Saltgrass Printmakers
Sandy Arts Guild
SB Dance
Snowbird Renaissance Center
South Jordan City Public Art & Cultural Development Board
South Salt Lake Arts Council
StageRight Theater Company
Sundance Institute
Taylorsville Arts Council
Taylorsville Bennion Heritage Center
The Days of '47, Inc.
The I.J. and Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center
The Salt Lake Children's Choir
Theatre Arts Conservatory
This is the Place Heritage Park
TRASA urban arts collective/ the Pickle Company
Tree Utah
Utah Arts Alliance
Utah Asian Festival
Utah Chamber Artists
Utah Contemporary Theatre
Utah Cultural Alliance
Utah Cultural Celebration Center (West Valley City)
Utah Hispanic Dance Alliance
Utah Old Time Fiddlers
Utah Tamil Sangam
Utah Youth Symphony
Visual Art Institute
VSA Arts of Utah
Wasatch Community Gardens
Wasatch Contras
Wasatch Theatre Company
West Jordan Historical Society
West Valley Symphony of Utah, Inc.
Westminster Players
Worldwide Association of Performing Artists dba Clog America
Writers @ Work
Young Artist Chamber Players, Inc.
YourStory: Record and Remember
Youth Theatre at the U
Tier I and Zoological
Ballet West
Discovery Gateway
Friends of Tracy Aviary
Grand Theatre
Hale Centre Theatre
Jazz Arts of the MountainWest
Kingsbury Hall Presents
Odyssey Dance
Pioneer Theatre Company
Red Butte Garden & Arboretum
Repertory Dance Theatre
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company
Salt Lake Acting Company
Salt Lake Art Center
Salt Lake City Arts Council
Spy Hop
The Living Planet Aquarium
U of U Tanner Dance
Utah Arts Festival
Utah Heritage Foundation
Utah Humanities Council
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Utah Museum of Natural History
Utah Symphony & Opera
Utah Zoological Society/Hogle Zoo
SLCo ZAP Program Wins
Top Grade From Auditors
Salt Lake County’s Zoo, Arts and Parks program got a vote of confidence today. The County Auditor’s Office completed a Performance Audit of the ZAP Program. The audit focused on a review of funding for zoological, cultural and arts organizations and did not include the recreational component. James Wightman, Director, Internal Audit concluded, “that the County’s ZAP Program is in compliance with pertinent regulations and procedures set forth in State Statute and County Policies and reached no findings to the contrary”.
