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 2020-21, the Arts Ed Collective offered $811,600 in financial support to 40 school districts including four charter networks through the Advancement Grant program.
2020-21 Advancement Grant Recipients
| District Name | Award | Final Project Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alhambra Unified School District | $8,500 | to support the purchase of materials and supplies for the expansion of the theatre and visual arts programs |
| Antelope Valley Union High School District | $24,600 | to support the expansion of professional development in arts integration, curriculum development to align to new arts standards, student participation in the district-wide arts festival, and teacher participation in the arts steering committee |
| Arcadia Unified School District | $11,700 | to support the district-wide professional learning community through the creation of an arts integration resource website and the purchase of mobile arts technology stations |
| Azusa Unified School District | $20,600 | to support district-wide arts coordination and the development of community partnerships |
| Baldwin Park Unified School District | $22,800 | to support the purchase of musical instruments for upper elementary, middle, and high school |
| Burbank Unified School District | $21,800 | to support the district-wide purchase and repair of musical instruments, teacher professional development in arts integration, and district-wide integrated theater workshops for secondary English language development classes |
| Centinela Valley Union High School District | $23,400 | to support performances for students with pre-performance workshops for teachers and teacher professional development in arts integration |
| Claremont Unified School District | $21,600 | to support the implementation year of high school arts integration through the Site Arts Lead Teacher (SALT) program |
| Compton Unified School District | $21,300 | to support the expansion of Meet the Master for kindergarten through eighth grade district-wide, teacher professional development in arts literacy, and field trips to live performances |
| Covina-Valley Unified School District | $22,600 | to support the district-wide expansion of visual arts instruction for transitional kindergarten through fifth grades |
| Culver City Unified School District | $21,700 | to support teacher collaboration time for elementary visual arts and makerspace curriculum development, the purchase of distance learning supplies for AVPA performances and elementary lessons, and the launch of a theater internship program |
| El Monte Union High School District | $19,800 | to support dance integration into ethnic studies and U.S. History classes, teacher professional development, and remote dance performances for students |
| El Rancho Unified School District | $13,600 | to support the expansion of district-wide teacher professional development and curriculum development in visual arts integration, and the purchase of arts instructional materials |
| Garvey Elementary School District | $16,100 | to support the expansion of professional development in the new arts standards, curriculum development and the purchase of instructional materials for arts specialist, and community outreach events |
| Glendora Unified School District | $21,100 | to support teacher professional development in arts integration, lesson study collaboration time, and personalized coaching for participating teachers |
| Hacienda La Puente Unified School District | $24,900 | to support professional development, curriculum development, and distance/hybrid instructional models in the integration of the arts and social emotional learning strategies for preschool through eighth grade, and the inaugural Digital Arts Showcase |
| Hawthorne School District | $21,100 | to support the expansion of arts integration professional development and lesson studies for transitional kindergarten through fifth grade teachers, and the initiation of parent workshops |
| Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union | $18,900 | to support the expansion of professional development in arts integration, music, and the new arts standards, artist residencies in media arts, music, pottery, and visual arts, and the development of a Maker Space |
| iLead Charter Network | $22,200 | to support arts integrated social emotional learning, artist residencies, and professional development for Empower Generations youth and staff, and virtual reality integration for theatre electives for sixth through eighth grade |
| Inner City Education Foundation | $17,440 | to support the addition of a part time film instructor and the purchase of instructional materials |
| Keppel Union School District | $16,600 | to support teacher professional development in the Arts Attack curriculum, TEAL and the new arts standards, artist workshops, field trips, and the purchase of art supplies |
| Lawndale Elementary School District | $20,800 | to support the expansion of district-wide performances for students, teacher professional development, and the purchase of materials for arts integration |
| Lynwood Unified School District | $17,900 | to support the expansion of professional development and collaboration time for the districts arts advocacy team |
| Magnolia Public Schools | $9,100 | to support teacher professional development and coaching in arts integration by the Music Center and the expansion of district-wide arts coordination |
| Monrovia Unified School District | $19,100 | to support the expansion of arts integrated social emotional learning into weekly elementary general music classes district-wide |
| Montebello Unified School District | $22,500 | to support visual arts professional development for kindergarten through fifth grade teachers by the California Arts Project |
| Mountain View School District | $22,100 | to support the expansion of media arts professional development and curriculum development for second and/or third grade teachers through Technology Enhanced Arts Learning (TEAL) and the purchase of equipment and supplies |
| Newhall School District | $23,000 | to support artist residencies in dance for sixth grade and in theater for second grade by the Music Center and professional development in arts integration for second grade teachers |
| Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District | $18,700 | to support the purchase of modular, portable staging equipment for district-wide use |
| Paramount Unified School District | $22,600 | to support the expansion teacher professional development in arts integration by P.S. Arts and field trips to professional theatre performances |
| Pasadena Unified School District | $24,700 | to support professional development and curriculum development with a focus on social emotional learning and the arts for elementary arts lead teachers in visual arts, theater, and dance |
| Pomona Unified School District | $26,100 | to support the expansion of the teacher arts lead program and professional development by the dA Center for the Arts |
| Rosemead School District | $20,500 | to support the expansion of teacher professional development in arts integration by the Music Center |
| San Gabriel Unified School District | $23,000 | to support teacher professional development in dance, district-wide curriculum development in visual arts and music, and the purchase of instructional materials, instruments and equipment |
| South Pasadena Unified School District | $18,400 | to support the district-wide purchase of musical instruments and equipment |
| Sulphur Springs Union School District | $19,600 | to support district-wide arts workshops for transitional kindergarten through sixth grade, and teacher professional development and curriculum development in arts integration |
| Walnut Valley Unified School District | $19,200 | to support district-wide music residency for kindergarten by the Music Center and professional development for elementary teachers in arts integration |
| Whittier City School District | $22,700 | to support the expansion of music for transitional kindergarten through fifth grade and the purchase and repair of instruments and equipment for middle school band |
| Whittier Union High School District | $23,400 | to support intra-district collaboration time, and the purchase of technology for online arts curriculum and arts equipment |
| Wiseburn School District | $21,900 | to support the repair and purchase of instruments and equipment, visual arts video lessons for transitional kindergarten through fifth grade, teacher professional development in arts integration and social emotional learning, and family night arts facilitation |