ARTS GRANTS
There is no precise measure of how many grant programs directly support artists. The New York Foundation for the Arts, which itself makes such grants, maintains a database of about 2,900 such programs. The Urban Institute study found that more than $91 million was available to artists, but that two-thirds of cash grants that could be quantified were of less than $5,000. Only 21 percent of grants were of $10,000 or more.
Language Arts - Reading Excellence Act Grant Descriptions.
The grants are the first to be awarded under the new Reading
Excellence Act (REA), described by Riley as "the most significant
law on child literacy passed by Congress in more than 30 years."
The grants will enable states to create programs that use
scientifically based reading research to improve the reading
skills of up to 500,000 elementary school students, particularly
at-risk students who need additional help during the critical
primary grades of K-3.
Sample Proposals
and contact info for grant writers Improving Literacy Through
School Libraries
United States Artists
, will provide support to working artists, with a grant program
that will be one of the most generous in existence. Fifty artists
working in a wide variety of disciplines and at various career
stages will receive $50,000 each, no strings attached. The first
recipients will be announced on Dec. 4. Panels of artists,
critics, scholars and others in the arts are reviewing the
applications of 300 artists who were nominated by 150 anonymous
arts leaders around the country. United States Artists declined to
reveal any of the applicants names Katharine DeShaw is the group's
executive director.
United States Artists
5757 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 580
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: 323.857.5857
Fax: 323.857.5867
The Annenberg Foundation
Guidelines for Grantseekers
provides support for projects within its grant-making interest
areas of education and youth, arts and culture, civic and
community, and health.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
1255 23rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(800) 728-2819
www.philanthropy.com
The Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
(212) 620-4230
www.fdncenter.org
National Endowment of the Arts
records grants made to organizations through the funding
categories. Listed are organizations, brief summaries of the
projects we've supported and grant amounts.
The Arts Education Partnership
(formerly known as the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership) is a
private, nonprofit coalition of more than 100 national education,
arts, business, philanthropic and government organizations that
demonstrate and promote the essential role of arts education in
enabling all students to succeed in school, life and work. The
Partnership was formed in 1995 through a cooperative agreement
between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the U. S.
Department of Educati on, the National Assembly of State Arts
Agencies (NASAA), and the Council of Chief State School Officers
(CCSSO).
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has begun offering
NYFA Source at
http://www.nyfa.org/
This site offers access to the most comprehensive list of
opportunities for artists in the nation, opening doors to the
widest range of financial, educational, technological, and
institutional resources and information.
Grantmakers in the Arts
http://www.giarts.org/
GuideStar
- a national database of non profit organiations
The Foundation Center
Did you know that the National Business Plan Competition for
Nonprofit Organizations has announced its round three finalists?
The 20 finalists will present their business plans to a panel of
expert judges at the first Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony
to be held on May 1-2, 2003, in New York City. The Conference will
also be a place for nonprofit organizations, academics and
students, foundation and corporate investors, and others to
network with each other and participate in a host of activities
that inform the process of nonprofit enterprise.
The Neighborhood Funders Group
is a national network of foundations and philanthropic
organizations.
Indiana University Database