Deadline: 5-Mar-21
The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) is inviting applications for its Arts Education Project Grants to fund projects and programs that use the arts to meet the educational, developmental and social needs of K-12 students.
Arts Education Project grants support quality arts education programs in both traditional arts education settings (schools, arts organizations) and through other organizations that utilize the arts to advance learning in students (social service, health, community, education or other organizations).
Activities
Activities should:
- Expand student access to arts education opportunities;
- Complement, augment, or advance standards-based arts instruction or arts integration activities delivered to students during the course of the school day curriculum;
- Be focused on or include significant components delivering quality instruction and/or experiences in the visual arts, performing arts, media arts, design arts, folk and traditional arts or creative writing;
- Address South Carolina’s 2017 College and Career Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency.
Funding Information
- Up to $15,000
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be:
- A public, private, charter, or parochial school;
- A consortium of schools with one primary applicant site;
- A school district;
- A college or university;
- A unit of state or local government;
- A nonprofit community-based organization (arts or non-arts).
- In addition: Private, charter, and parochial schools; and nonprofit community-based organizations must also
- be currently registered as a charitable organization with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office; and
- reflect S.C. as primary address on all current official organizational documents; and
- either have federal tax exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service OR
- apply through a tax exempt Fiscal Agent/Receiver organization.
- In accordance with federal government policy, all organizations – including (but not limited to) private schools, government entities, public school districts, and nonprofit organizations – must provide a valid DUNS number to receive an SCAC grant award.
- Individual public schools may use their school district’s DUNS number and do not need to register separately.
Restrictions
- FY22 ABC-Certified schools are not eligible to apply for an FY22 Arts Education Project Grant.
- Schools within a district receiving an FY21 or FY22 District Arts Support grant are eligible to apply for an FY22 Arts Education Project Grant.
- Individual artists are not eligible.
- Individual schools may not apply for an FY22 Arts Education Project grant if they are a partnership or service delivery site in another FY22 Arts Education Project application.
- Applicants may submit only one application per deadline.
- College and university departments are eligible, but only one application per department will be accepted.
For more information, visit https://www.southcarolinaarts.com/grant/aep/