The Creative Start Project Grant supports projects that engage preschool to 3rd grade students in arts integrated learning.
Donor Name: Washington State Arts Commission
State: Washington
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/23/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This one-year grant prioritizes the students’ creative, academic, and social emotional growth. It supports collaborations between early learning educators, schools, families, arts specialists, teaching artists, and organizations. Proposed projects should increase culturally relevant student learning in and through the arts.
Funding Priorities
All eligible organizations and projects are encouraged to apply. As a statewide program, the goal is to better support projects that reach Washington’s distressed counties, as defined by Washington State Employment Security. Special consideration in awarding funds will be given to projects that:
- Serve students and families in one of the 17 counties identified by the state as a “distressed area:” Clallam, Cowlitz, Ferry, Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Skagit, Skamania, Stevens, Wahkiakum, Yakima.
Funding Information
- Single-Site: $5,000 – $10,000 (the project will take place at one location).
- Multi-Site: $10,000 – $15,000 (the project will take place at more than one location, school building or school district).
- No matching funds required.
Grant Period
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.
Eligible Projects
- Projects that focus on PreK to grade 3 students, families, and educators
- Projects that focus on arts integration: teaching and learning that connects an arts discipline with non-arts curriculum in a way that meets standards and objectives for both
- In-school and/or out-of-school projects that strategically increase public access to arts integration for PreK to grade 3 students
- Projects that focus on sequential arts integration teaching and learning (not one-time arts experiences/performances/assemblies, product creation without links to student learning outcomes).
Who is eligible to apply?
- Any Washington State:
- Head Start, ECEAP, public school, school district, or Educational Service District (ESD)
- Tribal, state, or municipal government agency
- Non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status.
Who is not eligible to apply?
- Individuals
- For-profit organizations
- Fiscally sponsored organizations
- Political or advocacy organizations
- Organizations seeking to fund projects or programs that promote religious content or observance
- Organizations based outside of Washington State.
For more information, visit ArtsWA.
