Education Resource grants assist in the facilitation of partnerships between Delaware’s schools, arts organizations, and artists in providing standards-based arts learning experiences for Pre K-12 students statewide.
Donor Name: Delaware Division for the Arts
State: Delaware
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Education Resource projects focus on ways that Delaware arts organizations can serve as resources to Delaware schools before, during, and after the school day through:
- student engagement in the arts during the school day (working with an arts specialist in the classroom for hands-on programs where students are actively participating in arts activities designed to deepen and broaden learning)
- extended-time arts programs in the schools before or after the school day (curriculum- and standard-based arts programs designed to give students additional opportunities to create, produce, and learn through the arts)
- integration of the arts with other content areas and arts disciplines to provide collaborations between the arts and classroom teachers to reach mutual objectives
- development and implementation of standards-based curriculum and/or assessment models/tools.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to 30% of the direct cash expenses of their project, up to a maximum of $20,000.
Grant Period
Funding awarded in the FY2026 grant cycle must be spent on projects taking place between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2026.
Eligible Expenses
- Allowable Direct Expenses for Education Resource Projects
- The following costs associated with the project may be reported as direct expenses, and may be used in determining the grant request:
- Fees paid to outside professionals, artists, or facilitators, working directly with the project
- School staff pay for planning purposes outside the regular school day
- Substitute teachers (for the purpose of teacher planning time during the school day)
- Supplies (consumables used exclusively for the project)
- Fees paid for third-party space rental (Note: space owned or managed by a partner may not be included)
- The following costs associated with the project may be reported as direct expenses, and may be used in determining the grant request:
- Allowable Indirect Expenses for Education Resource Projects
- The following costs associated with the project should be reported under indirect expenses as real costs associated with the project, but may not be used in determining the grant request:
- Transportation to/from curriculum-based events and meetings taking place within Delaware
- Pro-rated arts organization staff salaries for time allocated specifically to the project
- In-house production costs for exhibitions/ performances specifically associated with the education project.
- The following costs associated with the project should be reported under indirect expenses as real costs associated with the project, but may not be used in determining the grant request:
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply for Education Resource funding:
- Nonprofit arts organizations with a commitment to arts learning, based and chartered in Delaware, that are eligible to apply for General Operating Support
- Delaware public schools with an established arts curriculum and staff, Pre-K through 12
- Delaware public school districts and/or consortia of public schools with an established arts curriculum and staff, Pre-K through 12.
For more information, visit DDA.
