Deadline: 1-Apr-22
The Hampton Community Foundation has announced Cultural Vitality Grants Program.
Priorities
Studies show that high-quality arts programs support youth development in engagement, productivity and navigational skills which, in turn, lead to life-long qualities of resilience, self-worth, individual contentment and community engagement.
Goals : Community Grants for Cultural Vitality support programs offering hands-on arts and cultural experiences for area children. Their goal is to help the educational, social or emotional well-being of youth through arts and culture
- Programs should be available to all area youth regardless of ability to pay. They should strive to increase participation of youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Grant applicants should offer meaningful arts and cultural experiences that engage area youth in hands-on activities such as:
- Gaining skills in visual, musical or creative expression through the written word or performing arts
- Participation in visual or performing arts
Outcomes
- Children and youth demonstrate improved academic performance.
- Children and youth decrease occurrence of absenteeism.
- Children and youth display increased self-worth.
- Children and youth decrease engagement in risky and problem behaviors.
Eligibility Criteria
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The Hampton Roads Community Foundation welcomes grant applications from 501(c) (3) nonprofit public charity organizations serving residents of South Hampton Roads, including those in:
- Chesapeake
- Eastern Shore of Virginia (Accomack and Northampton counties)
- Franklin
- Isle of Wight County
- Norfolk
- Portsmouth
- Suffolk
- Virginia Beach
- Grants to Eastern Shore nonprofits are awarded in partnership with their affiliated Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation.
For more information, visit Hampton Community Foundation.
For more information, visit https://hamptonroadscf.org/nonprofits/apply-for-a-grant/comm