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CEDFA
Online Resource Center
Arts Funding Links
Contents:
Texas
Arts Councils
Please select an Arts Council Link from the drop-down menu
below.
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Texas-Based
Endowments,
Foundations, and Public Funding
Opportunities
Texas
Commission on the Arts
The Texas Commission on the Arts offers funding opportunities
to a diverse pool of arts organizations. Schools and school
districts are eligible for funding through TCA, and this link
provides both general and specific information regarding these
opportunities.
Brown
Foundation
The purpose of The Brown Foundation, Inc. is to distribute
funds for public charitable purposes, principally for support;
encouragement; and assistance to education, community service,
and the arts. By specifically targeting education and the
arts, the Brown Foundation appears interested in funding school-based
arts initiatives.
Communities
Foundation of Texas
The Communities Foundation of Texas serves as a conduit to
manage the philanthropic interests of donors who wish to contribute
to community initiatives. Though their website does not specifically
highlight school-based donations, the grant criteria for this
organization do not exclude the possibility of school-based
arts funding.
Meadows
Foundation
The Charitable Schools Program at the Meadows Foundation provides
$500 in project support for initiatives connected to community
service. Connecting an arts-based project to a community outreach/service
initiative (an endeavor that seems closely intertwined) can
strengthen student knowledge of the arts and the school's
connection with the larger community.
Moody
Foundation
Though the Moody Foundation currently focuses the majority
of its funding on the continued development of the Moody Gardens,
funding may be available for other projects as well. In addition,
the Foundation has traditionally focused funding on the Austin,
Dallas, and Galveston communities. Those factors taken into
consideration, the Moody Foundation does support education
and arts-related initiatives.
Swalm
Foundation
The Swalm Foundation focuses on human/social services concerns;
however, their commitment to funding initiatives in underserved
Texas communities makes them a candidate for funding art-based
initiatives in areas not served by urban center philanthropies.
Texas
Instruments Corporation Tech Smart Big Heart Program
Primarily focused on technology-related interests,
The Texas Instrument Corporation also provides funding for
arts-based activities where Texas Instruments facilities are
located.
HEB
Community Investment Program
The HEB Community Investment Program is designed
to provide funding opportunities for schools in communities
surrounding HEB stores.
Listing
of Current State Grants Available
Though not specifically arts-related funding, this site lists
current state level public funding opportunities. It may be
possible to employ the arts to achieve the goals of the state
grant criteria.
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National
Endowments, Foundations, and Public Funding Opportunities
The
National Endowment for the Arts
As the
primary federal entity charged with supporting the arts within
the United States, The National Endowment for the Arts serves
both as a grant-offering entity and clearinghouse for other
federal funding sources.
NEA
Fine Arts Grant Program
On behalf of the National Education Association (NEA), The
NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) offers,
for the second year in a row, Fine Arts grants to NEA members.
Available to secondary (grades 6-12) school art specialists
through local NEA affiliates, the grants allow fine arts educators
to create and implement programs that promote learning among
students at risk of school failure. For
information visit: http://www.nfie.org/programs/finearts.htm
The
NEA Foundation's Innovation Grant
and Learning & Leadership Grant
The NEA Foundation's next round of Innovation Grant and Learning
& Leadership Grant applications will be reviewed beginning
June 1, 2005. Applications for these grants are accepted on
an ongoing, year-round basis, so it's never too late to apply.
Grants fund activities for 12 months from the award date.
Innovation Grants and Learning & Leadership Grants are
funded in part by Staples Recycle for Education. The NEA Foundation's
grants are available for all subjects, including the arts,
literacy, science, and technology. Read about recent projects
on the foundation's website, then submit your own idea. All
U.S. practicing K-12 public school teachers, education support
professionals, and higher education faculty and staff at public
colleges and universities are eligible to apply.
School
Grants.Org
This site
lists funding possibilities for school-based projects available
from both private and public resources. The easily navigated
site links to a variety of funding sources that allow teachers
and other educators to match their circumstances and needs
with the information provided on the site.
The
Foundation Center
This Foundation
Center communicates sources of available funding (both public
and private), fund-raising training, and general information
on the field of philanthropy.
The
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation is a non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting instrumental music nationwide
by partnering with businesses, schools, and communities to
provide new and refurbished musical instruments to qualified
schools and individual students.
Graphic
Arts Education and Research Foundation Grants
The
Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation will offer
financial support to education and research projects designed
to promote careers in graphic arts and communications. Both
one-year grants and continuing grants are available. Additionally,
the Foundation offers "mini-grants" of $2,500 each. All graphic
arts teachers, institutions and students are eligible to apply.
Application Deadline: 5/30/2005 for full grants; no deadline
for mini-grants.
Target
Arts in Education Grants
The Target Corporation has developed a program
to encourage the arts in schools. Teachers can go to local
Target stores and find application materials. Grants are generally
small in scope and provided for specific programs.
Barnes
& Noble Corporate Contributions Program
Barnes & Noble's corporate contributions program supports
non-profit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts
or education (K - 12). They do not make donations to scholarship
or grant programs, religious organizations, sports teams or
events, political organizations, or medical and health-related
causes. Funding is limited.
The
Dana Foundation
The Dana Foundation is a private, philanthropic foundation
that has broadened its interest in education through the addition
of grant programs that support professional development opportunities
for dance, music, and theatre teachers in public schools.
While primarily interested in projects that will be either
imported or exported to Washington D.C., New York, or Los
Angeles, applicants throughout the U.S. may apply for funding.
The
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities offers a wide variety
of grants for public schools as well as projects that foster
collaborations with museums and organizations within communities.
Although not targeted specifically for fine arts initiatives,
teachers in art, dance, music, and theatre who are developing
projects that overlap an area of study in the humanities might
want to consider the Schools for a New Millennium program.
Kraft
Cares
Kraft Foods supports school-linked arts education programs
with an emphasis on innovative programs that advance strategies
for arts integration with school curricula. The Kraft Foods
Arts Access Grant serves to strengthen partnerships between
schools and cultural institutions in order to provide districts
with resources for supporting arts programs.
SBC
Communications Foundation
Since the foundation's creating in 1984, SBC Communication
Foundation has funded projects in education, technology, community
economic development, health and human services, and cultural
arts programs. The Foundation supports programs in education
that enhance student achievement, support at-risk children,
and integrate technology into instruction. Specific arts funding
programs target projects that involve partnerships between
community resources that broaden student access to the arts.
AT&T
Learning Network
The AT&T Foundation's Learning Network Grants support education
programs that focus on the use of technology to enhance teaching
and learning. Open to all accredited public and private elementary
and secondary schools, this program pays special consideration
to projects that strive to promote family involvement in learning,
expand professional development opportunities for teachers,
and develop and implement plans for life-long learning and
community collaboration.
Milagro
Foundation
Focusing
on serving at-risk, underrepresented and disadvantaged youth
through educational programs and health services, the Milagro
Foundation also supports artistic and cultural programs that
strengthen youth and communities. Grant amounts range between
$2,500 and $5,000. Precedence in consideration is given to
creative programs from grassroots organizations working with
and for underrepresented and underprivileged children.
Mockingbird
Foundation, Inc. (MFI)
The
Mockingbird Foundation offers support to schools and non-profit
organizations working to improve music education. MFI funds:
1) Music programs in either composition, instrumentation,
vocalization, or improvisation, 2) Music initiatives focused
on either the acquisition of instruments and texts; on the
improvements to music facilities or practice spaces; or on
the support of instructors or instruction methods, and 3)
Music programs working with youth ages 18 and younger, particularly
those serving disenfranchised groups. MFI grants range from
$50 to $5,000.
ASCAP
Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards
The ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards are granted
annually to encourage talented young jazz composers. Applicants
must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States
who have not reached their 30th birthday by December 31st.
Applicants must submit a completed application form (available
via the link below); the notated score of one composition;
biographical information listing prior music studies, background
and experience. Applicants must also submit a cassette or
CD of the composition submitted, if available. This program
was initiated in 2002 with support from the Joseph and Rosalie
Meyer Fund. Application deadline: December 1, 2005.
eSchool
News School Funding Center
This online
funding center provides information on how to find resources,
write grants, and gather up-to-the-minute information on available
funding opportunities for schools.
Federal
Resources for Educational
Excellence (FREE)
In 1997, 30 government agencies formed the FREE website to
provide educators access to hundreds of federal funding opportunities.
Department
of Education Forecast of Funding
The Department of Education's Forecast of Funding web page
lists all current competitions for the fiscal year. The listings
are sorted by program office.
GrantsAlert
This website provides non-profit organizations that
specialize in education and collaborations with K-12 schools
access to state, regional, and federal funding resources.
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Format
and Identification of Sites:
- The
identified arts funding sites are organized from local/regional,
to state level, and then to national level opportunities.
- Site
listings are linked to the specific location where grant
information is provided.
- Sites
are identified through a search of Internet resources that
include arts advocacy organizations, arts educator professional
associations, arts information clearinghouses, national
and state funding entities, college/university websites,
and foundation/funding guides.
Criteria
for Sites:
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