Youth Arts Project (YAP) grants fund high-quality, experiential educational opportunities in the arts for students pre-K through 12th grade.
Donor Name: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA)
State: New Hampshire
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/18/2025
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.
A Teaching Artist is a practicing professional artist who helps educators and community leaders achieve a wide variety of learning goals in, through, and about the arts, with a wide variety of learners.
Funding Information
Funding requests may be made for $1,000 – $8,000.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
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; New Hampshire state, federal, county, municipal, or government agency; or unit of a post-secondary 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.
For more information, visit NHSCA.
