In Partnership with Orange County Public Schools, United Arts is excited to announce the 2026-2027 OCPS Arts In Education Fund.
Donor Name: United Arts of Central Florida
State: Florida
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Orange County Public Schools receives an annual pool of funding from the County with which to allocate to local partner programs to provide arts enrichment programming to the K-12 students across the district. United Arts has contracted with OCPS for over two decades to manage this funding stream. Partner programs that wish to be considered for an allocation decision by OCPS will need to submit a new proposal annually, along with all the necessary supporting information and documentation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations
- Nonprofit 501(c)3 in good standing with the Florida Division of Corporations and the IRS
- In good standing with any United Arts grant reporting
- Primary mission aligns with arts and culture, science or history
- Program(s) catered to K-12 students
- Completed one or more years of operation
- Eligible to work with students (cleared through the Lunsford Form, and if delivering programming in schools, will need to hold an OCPS Vendor Badge as well)
- United Arts is not responsible for fees incurred during the vendor badging process.
- Individual teaching artists
- Employed through an artistic based organization
- Bachelor’s degree in the discipline being taught
- Proven track record of artistic practice (i.e. an artist portfolio, website, testimonials, referrals)
- Program(s) catered to K-12 students
- Eligible to work with students (cleared through the Lunsford Form and if delivering programming in schools will need to hold an OCPS Vendor Badge as well).
For more information, visit UACF.
