Education Resource grants assist in the facilitation of partnerships between Delaware’s schools, arts organizations, and artists in providing standards-based arts learning experiences for Pre K-12 students statewide.
Donor Name: Delaware Division of the Arts
State: Delaware
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/02/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Education Resource projects focus on ways that Delaware arts organizations can serve as resources to Delaware schools before, during, and after the school day through:
- student engagement in the arts during the school day (working with an arts specialist in the classroom for hands-on programs where students are actively participating in arts activities designed to deepen and broaden learning)
- extended-time arts programs in the schools before or after the school day (curriculum- and standard-based arts programs designed to give students additional opportunities to create, produce, and learn through the arts)
- integration of the arts with other content areas and arts disciplines to provide collaborations between the arts and classroom teachers to reach mutual objectives
- development and implementation of standards-based curriculum and/or assessment models/tools.
Goals
The Division of the Arts has established three goals for Education Resource grants:
- Strengthen school-based arts education programs and activities that utilize the arts education resources of the Delaware arts community.
- Strengthen arts organizations’ capacity to provide arts resources for students and teachers in Delaware’s public schools.
- Encourage curricular programs with the potential to impact current and future instructional methods utilizing the arts.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to 30% of the direct cash expenses of their project, up to a maximum of $15,000.
Grant Period
September 1, 2026, and August 31, 2027.
Eligible Expenses
The following costs associated with the project may be reported as direct expenses, and may be used in determining the grant request:
- Fees paid to outside professionals, artists, or facilitators, working directly with the project
- School staff pay for planning purposes outside the regular school day
- Substitute teachers (for the purpose of teacher planning time during the school day)
- Supplies (consumables used exclusively for the project)
- Fees paid for third-party space rental.
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply for Education Resource funding:
- Nonprofit arts organizations with a commitment to arts learning, based and chartered in Delaware, that are eligible to apply for General Operating Support
- Delaware public schools with an established arts curriculum and staff, Pre-K through 12
- Delaware public school districts and/or consortia of public schools with an established arts curriculum and staff, Pre-K through 12.
For more information, visit Delaware Division of the Arts.
