Have an arts education program that you need to fund? Looking for an award to recognize your arts education efforts? Scroll down to see the latest arts education funding and award opportunities, compiled by ArtsEd Washington on a regular basis.

If you have a funding or award opportunity you would like us to post, please use this form to send a listing to Christine Bateman, Communications & Membership Manager. We currently accept opportunities with deadlines on or before June 30, 2009.


Motorola Grants to Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth
Deadline: July 30, 2008
The Motorola Foundation and the Chicago History Museum are commemorating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth by identifying projects developed by civic, educational and cultural organizations that actively engage the public in lessons from Lincoln's life. The grant program will focus on the themes of Bringing History into the Future, Engaging in Current Events, and Leadership Skills. Maximum Award: $25,000. Details

Grants for After-School Music Programs
Deadline: August 1, 2008
The Mr. Holland's Opus Special Projects Program provides musical instruments and instrument repairs to existing K-12 school music programs that have no other source of financing to purchase additional musical instruments and materials. Eligibility: After-school music programs that are at least three years old or have a music-related umbrella organization that is at least three years old. Maximum Award: $8,000. Details

Mockingbird Foundation Offers Support for Children's Music Education Programs
Deadline: August 1, 2008 (Letters of Inquiry)

The Mockingbird Foundation (http://www.mbird.org/) offers competitive grants to schools and nonprofit organizations in support of music education for children. Mockingbird is particularly interested in projects that encourage and foster creative expression in any musical form (including composition, instrumentation, vocalization, or improvisation), but also recognize broader and more basic needs within conventional instruction. The foundation encourages applications associated with diverse or unusual musical styles, genres, forms, and philosophies.

Grants range in size from $50 to $5,000. Deadline for the Letter of Inquiry is August 1, 2008. Please visit the Mockingbird Foundation website for complete application information.

The Sullivan Foundation Awards for Exceptional Young Singers
Deadline: September 15, 2008
Since 1956, the Sullivan Foundation has offered a series of career grants to young professional singers. Through annual auditions in New York, the Foundation gives a number of $10,000 cash awards to gifted singers in the early stages of professional careers, to be used for any career-related purpose. Winners may also receive role preparation assistance for a period of five years, to help defray expenses incurred in musical, dramatic, vocal, and language coaching for specific professional engagements. Details

Tommy Hilfiger Education Grants
Deadline: October 1, 2008
Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation Education Grants support programs/partnerships that promote educational opportunities for diverse populations in the United States. Maximum Award: $25,000. Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations. Details

American School Board Journal Magna Awards
Deadline: October 15, 2008
The American School Board Journal is accepting nominations for its 2009 Magna Awards, which recognize programs that have been important in promoting the district's mission and advancing student learning; capable of being replicated by other school boards with similar conditions and resources; and the result of collaboration between the school board and others. Maximum Award: $3,500. Eligibility: programs developed or actively supported by school boards. Details

NEA Foundation Learning & Leadership Grants
Deadline: October 15, 2008
Learning & Leadership Grants provide opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to engage in high-quality professional development and lead their colleagues in professional growth. The grant amount is $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups engaged in collegial study. The next application deadline is October 15, 2008. Details

The Surdna Foundation Fellowships to High School Arts Teachers
Deadline: November 14, 2008 (Letter of Intent to Apply)
The Surdna Foundation is pleased to announce the ninth round of the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers. We have expanded our eligibility guidelines and awards this year: arts teachers working in specialized public arts high schools AND arts-focused magnet and charter high schools can apply for grants of up to $5,500 in support of artistic growth, with a complementary grant of $1,500 provided to each Fellow’s school for post-fellowship activities. Twenty awards will be made.

Surdna's goal is to help arts teachers in public arts high schools increase their effectiveness as they guide and train young people for careers or advanced study in the visual, performing, and literary arts. The Foundation believes that if teachers can immerse themselves in their own creative work and interact with professional artist/colleagues, they will bring new ideas and practices into the classroom.

Letters of Intent to Apply are due by November 14, 2008. Click here for complete program information. Interested applicants may also contact Kimberly Bartosik, Program Director, at artsfellowship@surdna.org.

Guitar Center Music Foundation Offers Support for Music Instruction
Deadline:Open
The Guitar Center Music Foundation's mission is to aid nonprofit music programs across America that offer music instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music. The Guitar Center Music Foundation accepts grant applications throughout the year from 501(c)(3) organizations. Qualifying applicants are established, ongoing, and sustainable music programs across the United States that provide music instruction to people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music. The grant committee reviews all applications three times yearly, and grant awards range from $500 to $5,000 each. Details

Surdna Foundation Announces Request for Proposals for Creative Writing Residencies for Teens
Deadline: Ongoing
The Surdna Foundation's Arts program, which funds organizations that provide intensive art-making experiences for teens, is launching a new initiative in support of young creative writers and seeks proposals to develop a summer creative writing retreat program for teens. All eligible artists' communities that have historically welcomed creative writers are encouraged to apply. To submit a letter of inquiry for this initiative, first contact Lynn Stern, Program Officer for the Arts at (212) 557-0010, ext. 254 or send e-mail to discuss program possibilities.


The Target Field Trip Grant Program
Deadline: Ongoing
The Target Field Trip Grant program will award grants to schools across the United States for field trips in the spring of 2008. Learn more


Arts Education Grants from Airborne
Deadline: Ongoing
The Airborne Teacher Trust Fund has expanded to cover Washington and invites elementary and middle school teachers to submit proposals for art and music programs that their schools are unable to fund. Details


UPS Foundation Education Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
UPS Foundation Education Grants fund high impact philanthropic programs that raise the level of educational instruction, family learning opportunities, and school involvement projects. Maximum Award: varies. Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations. For more information and an application


Qwest Western States Teaching and Technology Grant Program
Deadline: Ongoing
The Denver-based Qwest Foundation has announced the launch of the Qwest Teachers and Technology grant program, which will award a total of $900,000 in technology to teachers in twelve Western states including Washington. Details


Dana Foundation Support for Arts Education PD in Rural Areas
Deadline: Ongoing
Through its arts education grants program, the Dana Foundation supports innovative professional development programs leading to improved teaching of the performing arts in public schools. Beginning in 2007, the foundation will award grants to professional development programs in rural communities in the United States. Details


Culture for Kids Grant Program to Cover Field Trip Travel Costs
Deadline: Ongoing
The Patron Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that children have greater access to cultural and educational opportunities. During 2006, the organization says it will be making its Culture for Kids grant program available in communities nationwide. To receive information about how Culture for Kids can subsidize field trips in your community, please register to receive program updates at the website. Details


Mr. Holland's Opus Music Foundation Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
Mr. Holland's Opus Music Foundation Grants have two programs, The Melody Program that targets qualified school music programs in need of assistance, and The Special Projects Program that targets community schools of the arts, after school programs and youth orchestras in need of assistance. Maximum Award: Programs fund instrument repair and the acquisition of new instruments; no cash grants. Eligibility: school music programs K-12; community schools of the arts, after-school programs, and youth orchestras. Details


Grants for Arts Education and Health Projects
Deadline: Ongoing
The Milagro Foundation seeks grants applications from community-based, grass-roots organizations that work with underprivileged children and youth in the areas of arts, education, and health. Maximum award is $5000 and restricted to 501(c)3 organizations in the United States. Details


Green Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals
Deadline: Ongoing
The Foundation is dedicated to supporting institutions that focus on arts outreach and education and we continue to encourage growth in all areas of the arts. Priority is given to those institutions that promote the expansion of community arts programs and/or support youth and adult creativity in their regular schedules. Details


Classics for Kids Foundation provides matching grants
Deadline: Ongoing
Classics for Kids Foundation helps bring new, exceptionally fine stringed instruments and mentoring with world-renowned musicians to children while strengthening local community support for music education. Matching grants are open to new and established music programs nationally that serve children grades 3 through 12. Matching instrument grants typically range from $5,000-$40,000. Complete guidelines and applications can be provided by contacting the Foundation at cfkids@classicsforkids.org


Grants to Support Education, Child Advocacy, Medical Research & the Arts
Deadline: Ongoing
The Charles Lafitte Foundation Grants Program awards funds to help groups and individuals foster lasting improvement on the human condition by providing support to education, children's advocacy, medical research and the arts. Maximum award varies. 501(c)3 institutions are eligible. Details


Show Me the Money: Tips & Resources for Successful Grant Writing
Many educators have found that outside funding, in the form of grants, allows them to provide their students with educational experiences and materials their own districts can't afford. Learn how they get those grants -- and how you can get one too. Included: Practical tips to help first-time grant writers get the grants they need. Details

Free Grants Search from The NonProfit Times
The NonProfit Times launched an online portal that gives free access to corporate donation data for fundraising research to nonprofit grant writers and others researchers. The portal’s address is www.nptgrantsearch.com. The research portal was launched with more than 4,300 searchable records of corporate donations valued at $1 million or more to U.S. charities.

The only free service of its kind, users can search, view, and save information about the corporate donor, recipient organization, size of gift, and year of donation. Nonprofits can research current donors and create customized prospect lists to assist in solicitation planning. Access is available immediately at www.nptgrantsearch.com or from NPT’s home page.