The Dennis Mangers Fund for Young Performing Artists aims to ensure that all students who love to perform have opportunities to pursue their passions.
Donor Name: Sacramento Region Community Foundation
State: California
County: El Dorado County (CA), Placer County (CA), Sacramento County (CA), Yolo County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This fund seeks to support established in-house youth training programs for arts, cultural, and/or nonprofit organizations whose mission is to advance the performing arts.
- Performing arts are defined as instrumental, vocal, theater, or dance art forms.
- High-promise youth are defined as children between the ages of eight and 17 years old who come from communities of color and have not been given affordable access to private training and education programs in the performing arts.
Goals
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.
Program Eligibility
- 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.
- Programs funded can include any of the following elements of performing arts education and training, and are not limited to:
- Underwrite the full or partial cost of tuition for low-income students.
- Fees to professional experts/staff to execute the program and provide high-quality training.
- Direct costs associated with youth training programs such as instruments, sheet music, transportation, etc.
- Stipend for or fees to participate in an apprenticeship or internship, if applicable.
- Indirect costs may only constitute up to 10% of the funds requested.
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. Applicants may still apply for funding without a profile but will be required to have an approved profile by the end of their grant term. GivingEdge will be accepting applications for new profiles beginning in mid-June.
For more information, visit SRCF.
