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The Advancement Grant Program offers flexible matching grants to support Los Angeles County school districts aiming to provide quality arts education for public school students. Grant funds assist school districts in achieving key action items in their district arts plans, helping districts invest in launching or expanding projects that align with priority goals, and cultivating skills and practices that can be sustained beyond the term of the grant. Districts may apply for matching funds of up to $25,000.
Through investments by the Funders Council and the LA County Board of Supervisors, this program offers financial support to school districts in the Arts Ed Collective. Grants are matched by school district funds, leveraging public and private resources to expand high quality instruction in dance, media arts, music, theatre and visual arts. A complete list of grantee projects can be found below.
In 2026-27, the Arts Ed Collective offered $812,600 in financial support to 36 school districts including one charter network through the Advancement Grant program.
| District Name | Award | Final Project Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District | $20,500 | TBA |
| Antelope Valley Union High School District | $25,000 | to support district-wide arts coordination through the District Lead Arts Teacher position |
| Arcadia Unified School District | $21,700 | to support the expansion of middle school dance and the hiring of a new arts coordinator |
| Baldwin Park Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Burbank Unified School District | $22,600 | to support artist residencies, district-wide arts professional development, and a part-time arts TOSA |
| Castaic Union School District | $7,300 | to support district-wide arts assemblies |
| Centinela Valley Union High School District | $23,900 | to support professional performances, pre-performance teacher professional development, coordination and collaboration time for an arts-based learning project, and art docent training |
| Claremont Unified School District | $23,100 | to support the Arts TOSA and SALTs in arts integrated social emotional learning professional development and curriculum development; and the purchase of materials and equipment for district-wide arts programing |
| Compton Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Covina-Valley Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Culver City Unified School District | $21,000 | TBA |
| Downey Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Eastside Union School District | $25,000 | to support culturally relevant arts programing including afterschool arts partnerships; district-wide curriculum development for all art forms; arts integration professional development; and partnerships for creative career pathways |
| El Monte City Elementary School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Garvey Elementary School District | $23,300 | to support professional development in the arts standards by the California Arts Project, curriculum development, arts workshops, the district arts showcase, and the purchase of instructional materials and arts supplies |
| Glendale Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Gorman Joint School District | $20,900 | to support the purchase of musical instruments, storage, equipment, supplies and visual arts curriculum |
| Hacienda La Puente Unified School District | $25,000 | to support the initiation of a middle school film program for English Language Learners |
| Hawthorne School District | $24,500 | to support afterschool artist residencies; arts integration and media arts professional development with curriculum development for elementary teachers; the Arts Docent training program; Arts Leads stipends for planning, collaboration, and arts event promotion; and the implementation of media arts programs at six schools |
| Inglewood Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Inner City Education Foundation | $25,000 | TBA |
| Las Virgenes Unified School District | $17,500 | to support district-wide professional development for arts specialists, and collaborative planning for district-wide discipline specific curriculum articulation |
| Lawndale Elementary School District | $24,500 | to support district-wide professional performances; pre-performance elementary professional development workshops; the expansion of middle school curriculum alignment with high school arts and Career Pathways curricula; and the purchase of instructional software and visual arts curriculum for middle school |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | $24,600 | TBA |
| Los Nietos School District | $10,000 | TBA |
| Lynwood Unified School District | $21,900 | to support the expansion of arts professional development for the Arts Advocacy Team, and teacher participation in the annual district-wide Arts Festival and District Showcase |
| Montebello Unified School District | $25,000 | to support the initiation of a district-wide mural project for school communities, and theater integration workshops for teachers |
| Pasadena Unified School District | $22,800 | to support district-wide artist residencies for elementary, and arts integration professional development |
| Rosemead School District | $22,900 | to support district-wide teacher professional development in arts integration, and artist residencies by the Music Center |
| San Gabriel Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| South Pasadena Unified School District | $19,100 | to support the purchase of equipment and instructional materials for middle and high school |
| South Whittier Elementary District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Sulphur Springs Union School District | $20,800 | TBA |
| Whittier City School District | $23,300 | TBA |
| William S. Hart Union High School District | $23,700 | TBA |
| Wiseburn School District | $21,900 | TBA |