The Arts Council for Wyoming County is inviting applicants for its Arts Education grants to support arts education projects in K-12 public schools and after-school settings, and partnerships with community-based organizations (such as senior centers, scouts, clubs, etc.).
Donor Name: Arts Council for Wyoming County
State: New York
County: Wyoming County (NY), Allegany County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $5000
Details:
These grants are meant to build the capacity of local artists and nonprofit arts organizations while providing public school-aged students, adults, and seniors with high-quality artistic learning experiences. Projects should draw on arts education practices to engage participants in the creation and interpretation of artistic works. Instruction must be sequential, age- and skill-based, and focused on the exploration of art and the artistic process. Emphasis is placed on the depth and quality of the creative process through which participants learn through, or about, the arts. Arts Education projects must take place in Wyoming or Allegany County, respectively. Schools may not apply directly for this grant.
Priorities
Applicants are encouraged to highlight their program’s strengths while keeping these priorities in mind:
- Projects that engage Allegany or Wyoming County resident artists in their home counties.
- Projects that strengthen support for arts programs in schools or other community groups and centers in Allegany or Wyoming County.
- Projects that offer opportunities for educators to grow in creativity and to engage in the arts in inter-curricular ways.
- Projects that offer opportunities for engagement with families in school settings
Funding Information
- Minimum Grant Amount: $1000
- Maximum Grant Amount: $5000
Eligible Expenses
Statewide Community Regrants funds can fund the following expenses:
- Activities/Projects of local arts organizations including both live and virtual activities
- Artist fees
- Marketing/publicity costs
- Direct administrative expenses and/or planning and preparation expenses for a proposed event
- Supplies and materials needed to execute the proposed project. Individual items may not exceed $1,000. Examples: art supplies, sheet music, hardware, memory cards, and other consumable equipment
- Equipment, software, subscriptions, and training needed to execute the proposed project. Individual items may not exceed $1,000. Examples: cameras, lighting equipment, subscriptions, and training tools.
Eligibility Criteria
For School-Based or After-School Projects (A): Eligible applicants must be working with an eligible partner school for in-school programs.
For Community Based Learning Projects (B): Eligible applicants may apply directly for out-of school programs.
An Eligible Applicant is: ·
- A 501(c)(3) or New York State non-profit organization with an active board of trustees either incorporated in NY State or registered to do business in NY State
- A government or quasi-governmental entity, or Tribal Nation
- Individual artists, groups or collectives, and unincorporated entities who are working with an eligible partner school (for in-school programs, A); OR
- Who are working with an eligible fiscal sponsor or community partner approved by ACWC (for out-of-school programs, B).
Lead applicants must be 18 years of age at the time of submission and may not be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate degree program. Projects must take place in the same county as the fiscal sponsor or community partner. If an individual artist or unincorporated group is working with a public school that is out of their county of residence, the applicant must have a nonprofit fiscal sponsor in the county of the public school where the project is to take place.
All non-profit organizations must provide proof of non-profit status. This includes direct applicants and Fiscal Sponsors. The following documentation may be accepted: ·
- Letter of Determination from the IRS indicating tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) and registered with the Charities Bureau.
- Current NY State Bureau of Charities (Office of the Attorney General) filing receipt.
- Documentation of charter by the NY State Board of Regents under section 216 of the NY State Education Law
- Documentation of incorporation under Section 402 of the NY State Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
- Official authorization as an arm of local government (i.e., a formal letter on official stationery signed by the appropriate county, city, town or village executive)
- Authorization as a federally recognized Tribal Nation. Tribal Nations are exempt from the 3 request, $5,000 limit. Individual Tribal organizations within Tribal Nations are subject to the 3 request, $5,000 limit.
For more information, visit ACWC.
