Arts in Education Collaboration (AIEC) is a grant program that provides up to $6,000 to arts organizations, schools, school districts, nonprofits, and government agencies to build collaborations and community partnerships that strive to increase access to high-quality, sustained arts education for K-12 North Dakota students.
Donor Name: North Dakota Council on the Arts
State: North Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $6,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
This includes collaborations between teachers or departments within a school, between multiple schools within a district, between multiple rural school districts, between a school and community arts resource (teaching artists or arts organizations) nonprofit, or for-profit organization. Projects may take place in-school (during regular school hours), after-school, during summer sessions, and during professional development in-services.
Program Goals
- North Dakota school and district leadership, arts organizations, and community members are focused on providing students and teachers with increased access to K-12 quality arts education.
- Encourage and support arts education partnerships, so partnership foundations will be strengthened, and work can be sustained into the future.
- Support identification and implementation of the “first steps” towards a vision of high quality, sustainable arts education programming.
- Support initiatives that incorporate a core strategy for working towards long-term, selfsustaining, participatory, and meaningful arts learning experiences for students.
Project Dates
- July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024
Funding Information
- $6,000 maximum request
- A 1:1 match is required
This Program Funds
- Fees for teaching artists (including travel expenses)
- Fees for an arts education consultant or provider of professional development (including travel expenses)
- Fee for a project coordinator
- Administrative fees, including printing costs for lesson plans or other documents, and other administrative costs related to project planning and delivery. Administrative fees may not exceed 10% of the total requested amount
- Fees for professional performing arts groups, student tickets, and transportation expenses for exhibitions and performances when there is a clear connection to the overall arts learning plan. Funds cannot be used to support stand-alone field trips or assemblies
- Materials and supplies required for lesson/project implementation
- Fees for performance or exhibition space
Eligibility Criteria
A North Dakota school district, government agency, nonprofit organization, or fiscally sponsored group is eligible to apply and serve as the lead partner and/or fiscal agent for the grant.
Applicants must be one of the following:
- Federally tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- Federally tax-exempt non-arts nonprofit organization – Arts budgets must be isolated from the larger entity’s budget.
- Public Entity such as a unit of state, local, or tribal government
- Public and non-public schools
- Fiscally sponsored groups with arts projects must be comprised of at least three people and have an advisory committee of at least three people that are responsible for oversight of project and grant funds. Fiscal sponsors must be a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization, unit of state or local government, or federally recognized tribal community or tribe.
All Applicants Must:
- Be physically located in North Dakota
- Have majority of arts programming, services, or activities take place in North Dakota
- Primarily serve and engage North Dakota audiences and participants
For more information, visit Arts in Education Collaboration Grant.
