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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 | TBA |
| Arcadia Unified School District | $21,700 | TBA |
| Baldwin Park Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Burbank Unified School District | $22,600 | TBA |
| Castaic Union School District | $7,300 | TBA |
| Centinela Valley Union High School District | $23,900 | TBA |
| Claremont Unified School District | $23,100 | TBA |
| 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 | TBA |
| El Monte City Elementary School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Garvey Elementary School District | $23,300 | TBA |
| Glendale Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Gorman Joint School District | $20,900 | TBA |
| Hacienda La Puente Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Hawthorne School District | $24,500 | TBA |
| Inglewood Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Inner City Education Foundation | $25,000 | TBA |
| Las Virgenes Unified School District | $17,500 | TBA |
| Lawndale Elementary School District | $24,500 | TBA |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | $24,600 | TBA |
| Los Nietos School District | $10,000 | TBA |
| Lynwood Unified School District | $21,900 | TBA |
| Montebello Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| Pasadena Unified School District | $22,800 | TBA |
| Rosemead School District | $22,900 | TBA |
| San Gabriel Unified School District | $25,000 | TBA |
| South Pasadena Unified School District | $19,100 | TBA |
| 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 |