GRANTS
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Grants for classroom teaching and learning.

Coming Up Taller
Annual awards recognize the accomplishments of after-school and out-of-school programs and activities across the country; its $10,000 award assists organizations, furthers knowledge and encourages development of future programs.

Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Awards $500 or more to classroom teachers for innovative instructional projects that support Project GRAD, Atlanta’s Success for All Reading Program.

The Council of Intown Neighborhoods and Schools (CINS)
Grants ranging from $150 to $1,200 help teachers and staff in the Grady cluster of Atlanta Public Schools enhance students’ learning through creative classroom projects, teacher enrichment, field trips, guest speakers or performers, and materials or equipment.

Georgia Council for the Arts

Arts Curriculum Enhancement (ACE) Grant
Grants of up to $5,000 per year, for up to 3 years to develop, enhance, or expand arts education or arts-in-education curriculum. K-12 schools, school systems, non-profit arts organizations, other non-profits, or partnerships nonprofits that support the arts and local schools are eligible.

Artist in Residence Grant
GCA-certified Teaching Artists assist in the design and instruction of K-12 in-school, after school, or summer arts-in- education, curriculum-based experiences.

Parents, Teachers, Artists (PTA) Grant
Grants of up to $3000 to promote collaborative partnerships among Georgia K-8 teachers, parents/families, and community organizations. The partners design, plan, and implement after school, summer, or weekend arts events/programs that engage students and their families in hands-on arts education activities.

Teacher Professional Learning (TPL) Grant
Grants of up to $200 per person to support curriculum-based arts integration professional development activities for Georgia K-12 teachers and professional staff training, which is training in the use of the arts as a teaching tool in the instruction of core curriculum subjects. Applicants may be individual teachers or schools on behalf of their teaching staff. GCA-certified single-discipline, nonprofit arts organizations provide this training, for which Professional Learning Credits are available.

Georgia Parent-Teacher Association
National PTA Mary Lou Anderson Reflections Arts Enhancement Grant Program
A limited number of matching grants of up to $1000 are awarded each year to local PTAs for student-centered programs focused on arts education. Special consideration is given to programs that reach large numbers of students, especially students who are at risk. Deadline to National PTA: May 1, 2007.

Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation
Donates new and refurbished musical instruments to underserved school and community music programs and individual students nationwide.

National Education Association Foundation
Fine Arts Grants: Administered on behalf of the NEA, these grants provide $2,000 to enable fine arts teachers to create and implement fine arts programs that promote learning among students at risk of school failure.

Learning & Leadership Grants: provide opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to engage in high-quality professional development and lead their colleagues in professional growth. The grant amount is $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups engaged in collegial study.

Student Achievement Grants: provide $5,000 to improve the academic achievement of students by engaging in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students' habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection.

National Endowment for the Arts
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth Grants.

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

youngARTS
NFAA's core program provides recognition and awards to 17- and 18-year-old high school seniors in the performing, literary, and visual arts. NFAA is the only organization that encourages and recognizes artistic excellence in nine art forms: dance, film & video, jazz, music, photography, theater, visual arts, voice, and writing. Approximately 6,000-8,000 students register for the youngARTS program each year. Of those, about 10 percent are selected to share a total benefit package valued at $1 million. Up to 150 Finalists receive individual cash awards ranging from $500 to $10,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Miami in January for youngARTS Week. The youngARTS Finalists are the only students eligible to receive the White House designation of Presidential Scholars in the Arts. Honorable Mention and Merit Award recipients receive $250 and $100 cash awards. youngARTS participants are also eligible for approximately $3 million in college scholarships.

Southern Poverty Law Center
Teaching Tolerance Grant Program supports PreK-12 educators with up to $500 to $2,500 to develop and implement innovative anti-bias projects in classrooms, schools and communities and/or support educator professional development in these areas.

Surdna Foundation

Arts Program A national initiative focusing on arts and education, its goals are to: (1) Contribute to the ability of young people to explore their own identity and their relationship to the world through high-impact, long-term experiences creating art with accomplished professional artists. (2) Deepen the ability of artists and arts organizations to contribute to the artistic expression of young people.

The Foundation supports two programs (target ages 12 to 18) in all the following disciplines: visual arts, theater, music, dance, photography, video, film, creative writing and multi-discipline. Artist-Leaders and Young People: Creating Works of Art Arts Institutions and Arts Magnet Schools: Augmenting Expertise

Arts Teachers Fellowship Program
Provides grants of $5,000 to enable selected teachers working with teens to make art with professionals in their disciplines and stay current with new practices and resources; a complementary grant of $1,500 is awarded to each Fellow's school to support related post-Fellowship activities.