Deadline: 1-Apr-21
The Hampton Roads Community Foundation is seeking applications for the Community Grants for Cultural Vitality to support programs offering hands-on arts and cultural experiences for area children.
The goal is to help the educational, social or emotional well-being of youth through arts and culture.
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
Grant proposals for program funding should address one or more of these outcomes:
- Children and youth demonstrate improved academic performance.
- Children and youth decrease the occurrence of absenteeism.
- Children and youth display increased self-worth.
- Children and youth decrease engagement in risky and problem behaviors.
Eligibility Criteria
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.
For more information, visit https://hamptonroadscf.org/nonprofits/apply-for-a-grant/community-grants