Through the Request for Proposal process, the Sacramento Region Community Foundation is seeking to support organizations that have a strong history of providing quality performing arts instruction to area youth through their in-house programming.
Donor Name: Sacramento Region Community Foundation
State: California
County: Sacramento County (CA), Placer County (CA), Yolo County (CA) and El Dorado County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/10/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $5,000
Details:
The purpose of the fund is to support access to performing arts education, training, and apprenticeship and/or internship opportunities for underserved youth in the Sacramento region.
- Performing arts are defined as instrumental, vocal, theater, or dance art forms.
- Underserved youth are defined as low-income, or coming from communities of color that have not had affordable access to private training and education programs in the performing arts.
- Youth is defined as children ages 8 – 17 years old.
This funds seeks to support established in-house youth training programs for arts, cultural, and/or nonprofit organizations whose mission is to advance the performing arts.
Applications should address the following goals:
- Develop long-term, in-depth partnerships between schools, local arts organizations and local teaching artists to help identify young performing artists that are in need of financial assistance for continued instruction.
- Develop the artistic abilities and creativity of students through sequential, hands-on performing arts learning.
- Continue to provide future opportunities for low-income students to benefit from quality performing arts training.
Funding Information
Requests for support may be made for up to $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations that apply must:
- Be located and serve the four-county region of Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, and El Dorado counties.
- Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in good standing with the IRS.
- Be a nonprofit that includes the performing arts as a major component of its programming.
- Have a current profile on the region’s nonprofit database, GivingEdge.
Programs funded can include any of the following elements of performing arts education and training, and are not limited to:
- Basic fundamental, intermediate, or advanced performing arts skills and content training for instrument, voice, theater, dance or spoken word.
- Experiential, practical, and peer learning opportunities
- Workshops, forums, or field trips to performing arts events
- Access to professional artists as trainers, teachers, or mentors
- Opportunities for continued learning opportunities through apprenticeships, internships, or auditions in the performing arts
- Typical “front of house” and “back of house” training and education about other elements in the performing arts, such as business planning, marketing, production, set design, costume design, etc.
Selection Criteria
Proposal Request/Program Description (60%)
- The proposal as outlined in the grant application:
- Reflects a clear purpose and meets the mission of your organization
- Incorporates clear and measurable project objectives that directly address need as outlined in the purpose and grant overview.
- Possesses a sound, practical, and effective program strategy with built-in evaluative measures for continuous quality improvement
Fiscal Management (40%)
- The grant applicant demonstrates sound fiscal practices by providing:
- A detailed budget that reflects the project in a realistic and fiscally judicious manner
- Evidence that the organization is actively seeking other sources of funding for a diversified revenue stream and for program sustainability
- Demonstration of past fiscal responsibility with no significant budget deficits or cash-flow issues
For more information, visit SRCF.
