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.
Underwritten by the Funders Council, 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 2018-19, the Arts Ed Collective offered $748,400 in financial support to 42 school districts including three charter networks through the Advancement Grant program.
2018-19 Advancement Grant Recipients
| District Name | Award | Final Project Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antelope Valley Union High School District | $17,200 | to support district wide arts coordination, teacher professional development, student field trips and the purchase of instructional materials |
| Burbank Unified School District | $22,900 | to support artist residencies, teacher professional development, instrument repair and purchases, and transportation for student field trips |
| Castaic Union School District | $9,600 | to support the expansion of district arts coordination to oversee teacher professional development and residency programs |
| Centinela Valley Union High School District | $19,600 | to support culturally relevant performances for students and teacher professional development |
| Claremont Unified School District | $19,100 | to support the expansion of district arts coordination and the SALT program |
| Compton Unified School District | $16,700 | to support the expansion of visual arts curriculum, district wide elementary teacher professional development and the purchase of supplies and materials |
| Covina-Valley Unified School District | $19,700 | to support the expansion of district wide visual arts programming for kindergarten through fifth grade |
| Culver City Unified School District | $20,800 | to support district wide arts communications and technical theatre management |
| Duarte Unified School District | $10,800 | to support the expansion of teacher professional development in arts integration by the Armory Center for the Arts |
| El Monte Union High School District | $21,600 | to support equity in the arts for special populations through the expansion of student arts councils |
| El Rancho Unified School District | $17,500 | to support the expansion of a district wide arts integration curriculum |
| Gorman Joint School District | $17,900 | to support teacher professional development, artist workshops, and the purchase of visual arts and theater equipment and materials |
| Hawthorne School District | $19,700 | to support teacher professional development and the expansion of the art docent program |
| Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union | $16,400 | to support visual arts instruction, teacher professional development and the purchase of supplies |
| Inner City Education Foundation | $20,700 | to support the addition of a full time visual arts specialist |
| iLead Charter Network | $15,500 | to support the expansion of district arts coordination |
| Inglewood Unified School District | $6,900 | to support teacher professional development in arts integration |
| Keppel Union School District | $19,900 | to support district wide teacher professional development, curriculum development and artist workshops |
| Las Virgenes Unified School District | $9,200 | to support teacher professional development in arts integration |
| Lawndale Elementary School District | $20,600 | to support district wide culturally relevant dance performances for students and teacher professional development |
| Lennox School District | $17,400 | to support teacher professional development, parent training and the purchase of performing arts materials and equipment |
| Lynwood Unified School District | $11,100 | to support teacher professional development in theater integration for first grade provided by the Music Center |
| Magnolia Public Schools | $16,400 | to support the expansion of teacher professional development by the Music Center |
| Monrovia Unified School District | $20,800 | to support the expansion of vocal music in middle school |
| Montebello Unified School District | $20,400 | to support STEAM teacher professional development for fourth and fifth grades |
| Mountain View School District | $21,600 | to support the development of a music education scope and sequence for transitional kindergarten through sixth grade |
| Newhall School District | $22,600 | to support district wide theater residencies for fifth grade and arts integration teacher professional development |
| Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District | $8,300 | to support teacher professional development in theater integration and the purchase of instructional materials by Drama Education Network and the development of visual arts curriculum |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District | $8,200 | to support teacher professional development and a district wide artist workshop |
| Paramount Unified School District | $21,400 | to support the expansion of elementary performing arts instruction by a credentialed teacher, teacher professional development and the purchase of instructional materials |
| Pasadena Unified School District | $22,800 | to support the expansion of district wide theater residencies to second grade |
| Pomona Unified School District | $21,800 | to support the expansion of the arts leads initiative and residencies for fourth and fifth grades |
| PUC Charter Network | $20,700 | to support the development of college and career arts pathways and the purchase of materials for arts instruction |
| Rosemead School District | $21,800 | to support the expansion of district wide teacher professional development by the Music Center |
| Saugus Union School District | $22,600 | to support district wide music residencies for fourth grade |
| South Pasadena Unified School District | $21,400 | to support teacher professional development for arts specialist, equipment repair and purchases, and the expansion of district arts coordination |
| Sulphur Springs Union School District | $19,400 | to support the expansion of residencies to first grade and teacher professional development in arts integration lesson design |
| Temple City Unified School District | $7,000 | to support teacher professional development, collaboration time and student showcases |
| Walnut Valley Unified School District | $20,900 | to support district wide theater integrated STEAM artist residencies and teacher professional development by Dramatic Results |
| Whittier City School District | $21,900 | to support the expansion of district wide music instruction for kindergarten through second grade by a credentialed teacher and the purchase of instruments |
| Whittier Union High School District | $20,700 | to support teacher professional development, curriculum development and the purchase of equipment and supplies |
| Wiseburn Unified School District | $16,900 | to support artist workshops in visual arts and dance and the purchase of musical instruments and theatre lighting equipment |