Grant for Community-based Youth Arts Education Nonprofits

• Grants up to $450,000 over three years (most competitive range)
• Up to three years of project funding
• Participation in a Learning Community with peer grantees
• Overhead funding to subsidize staff participation in Learning Community
• Annual written reporting requirement

• Project narrative addressing all review criteria
• Arts Education Program information form for each proposed site (uploaded as attachment)
• Professional biographies of teaching artists
• Project budget covering up to three years
• Description of youth recruitment and outreach strategies
• Description of defined youth outcomes
• Description of partnerships (if applicable)

• Must be a 501(c)(3) public charity or operate under a public charity fiduciary
• Must have at least two consecutive years of successful arts education programs in the Philadelphia region
• Program must exclusively serve youth ages 5–18
• Program must predominantly serve children from low-income households (75% or more)
• Program must be offered during out-of-school hours over multiple weeks
• Program must be offered at little or no cost to youth/families/caregivers
• Program must be located in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, or Montgomery counties (PA) and/or the City of Camden, NJ
• Program must not currently be supported through a WPF grant

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