Youth Arts Project Grants

Deadline: April 18, 2025

Project Dates: July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026

Match will not be required for FY26 grant applications.

Youth Arts Project (YAP) Grants fund high-quality and experiential educational opportunities in the arts for students pre K through 12th grade. Arts learning fosters positive social and emotional skills and bolsters creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. YAP grants broaden access to diverse forms of artistic and cultural practices and can engage youth in contributing to community goals. Grants fund programs in all arts disciplines including dance, theatre, media, music, visual arts, craft, and creative writing. NHSCA is committed to sustaining the capacity of teaching artists and supporting their impact on local communities. Engaging teaching artists to lead the arts learning is a core element of this program.

A Teaching Artist is a practicing professional artist who helps educators and community leaders achieve a wide variety of learning goals in, through, and about the arts, with a wide variety of learners.

First time applicants are encouraged to contact the Arts Education Grant Coordinator prior to submitting an application.