Youth Arts Project (YAP) Grants fund high-quality and experiential educational opportunities in the arts.
Donor Name: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA)
State: New Hampshire
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/12/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Arts learning fosters positive social and emotional skills and bolsters creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. YAP grants broaden access to diverse forms of artistic and cultural practices and can engage youth in contributing to community goals. Grants fund programs in all arts disciplines including dance, theatre, media, music, visual arts, craft, and creative writing. NHSCA is committed to sustaining the capacity of teaching artists and supporting their impact on local communities. Engaging teaching artists to lead the arts learning is a core element of this program.
Funding Information
- Funding requests may be made for $1,000 – $8,000.
- July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
Requirements
Projects in this category are required to:
- Clearly articulate a plan for making the program accessible for youth of all abilities, one that is intentionally welcoming and inclusive.
- Identify core participants, consult with special education professionals if applicable, and develop accommodations as needed.
- Engage professional artists and compensate them at a professional level.
- Describe how the program is responsive to the academic and cultural needs of the youth being served. For example, the program may:
- Provide experiences in diverse artistic disciplines
- Reflect the racial, cultural, and aesthetic background of the youth population
- Broaden access to artistic disciplines from diverse cultural traditions o Be designed with input from the youth being served o Prioritize student voice and youth development
Projects funded in this category are strongly encouraged to:
- Foster deep connections within the community by establishing partnerships and collaborations between organizations, artists, youth, and schools.
- Work with New Hampshire artists as teachers and mentors
- Develop projects with arts integrated approaches to interdisciplinary studies that include other subjects, such as STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), history and social studies.
Eligibility Criteria
Any organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the IRS and not-for-profit incorporation in the State of New Hampshire; state, federal, county, municipal, or government agency; or unit of a postsecondary educational institution that meet the following conditions:
- Make all programs and facilities accessible to people with disabilities
- Have submitted all required reports on past State Arts Council grants
- Good standing with the N.H. Secretary of State’s Office and the N.H. Attorney General’s Office
- Arts organizations only: at least one-year of arts programming prior to the application deadline
- All awardees will be required to submit a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) issued through SAM.GOV.
For more information, visit NHSCA.
