Deadline: 13-Feb-25
The Creative Start Project Grant helps fund projects that integrate the arts to support learning for preschool to 3rd grade students.
This one-year grant focuses on helping students grow creatively, academically, and emotionally, with a strong emphasis on equitable access to arts education. It encourages partnerships between educators, schools, families, teaching artists, and organizations to create inclusive and culturally relevant arts experiences for students.
Funding Information
- $10,000 (only full amounts awarded).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be one of the following:
- Head Start or Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP), Public school, school district, or Educational Service District (ESD)
- Tribal, state, or municipal government agency
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- Applicants must also:
- Be located in Washington State.
- Propose projects that focus on PreK to grade 3 students, families, and educators in Washington State.
- Propose 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 learning outcomes for both.
- Propose projects that provide tuition-free learning for all participating students.
- Propose projects that provide sequential arts integration teaching and learning (not one-time events).
Ineligibility Criteria
- They are not eligible:
- Individuals
- For-profit organizations
- Fiscally sponsored organizations
- Political or advocacy organizations
- Organizations seeking to fund projects or programs that promote religious content or observance
For more information, visit Washington State Arts Commission.