The Summer Arts Education Project Grants is designed to support arts education programs for Preschool (3K-4K) and/or K-12 students between school years, through both traditional and non-traditional providers.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/16/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Priorities
- Priority will be given to:
- Proposed activities specifically serving students in one or more Opportunity Initiative Counties, targeted for special attention by SCAC; and/or
- Applicant organizations located within an Opportunity Initiative county.
- SCAC Opportunity Initiative Counties:
- Allendale, Bamberg, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clarendon, Dillon, Edgefield, Hampton, Jasper, Laurens, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Saluda, Williamsburg.
- Priority will be given to projects or programs which:
- Include partnerships between organizations, schools, and/or other entities to meet preschool (3K-4K) and/or K-12 educational goals through the arts; and/or
- Serve specific student populations, including those living in rural or high-poverty areas.
Funding Information
Up to $15,000.
Grant Period
May 1-August 15, 2025.
Allowable Expenses
- Salaries and professional expenses directly related to the planning and implementation of your proposed project.
- Artists to facilitate programs or projects.
- Materials, equipment, and or supplies related to your proposed project.
- Scholarships for students to attend or participate in proposed projects.
- Providing professional learning for educators, artists, and/or instructors.
- Indirect costs up to 10% of the total grant award.
- Transportation and admission to arts experiences for students.
Eligible Activities
Examples of eligible activities include, but are not limited to:
- Workshops.
- Camps.
- Artist residencies
- Public art projects.
- Performances.
- Exhibitions.
- Acquisition of critical equipment or supplies.
- Program planning.
- Professional learning for instructors, artists, and/or administrators.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be
- A college or university;
- OR a unit of state or local government;
- OR a nonprofit community-based organization (arts or non-arts)
- currently registered as a charity with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office
- reflecting S.C. as the primary address on all current official organizational documents
- with federal tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service OR applying through a tax-exempt fiscal agent/receiver organization
- In accordance with federal government policy, all organizations – including (but not limited to) private schools, public school districts, government entities, and nonprofit organizations – must provide a valid UEI number to receive an SCAC grant award.
- Applicants who have been awarded a Summer Arts Education Project Grant for two (2) years of funding (Summer 2024 and Summer 2025) are not eligible to apply in the current grant cycle.
For more information, visit SCAC.
