Photo: First Night Crowd

The mission of the Zoo, Arts and Parks Program is to stabilize, enhance, and support Salt Lake County's arts and cultural community.

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”.