The mission of the Dana Foundation’s arts education program is to support innovative professional development programs leading to improved teaching of the performing arts in public schools.
Dana arts education grants fund programs that provide training to in-school arts specialists and professional artists who teach students in preK-12 in public schools. Grants are given solely to nonprofit organizations that provide such training.
In addition to the grant program, the Foundation’s arts education work includes publishing periodicals and books related to the field and organizing conferences around specific arts education topics.
Grants
The Foundation supports professional development projects as described above that originate in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and their surrounding areas within a fifty-mile radius. For more information on this program and guidelines click here.
The Dana Foundation funds professional development programs for arts educators who teach in rural areas of the United States. To be considered for this round, all applicants must describe why the proposed service area is considered to be rural, what challenges this presents and how the proposed project addresses these challenges. For more information on this program and guidelines click here.