New Mexico Arts - Education Funding

Funding for Arts Education

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The New Mexico Funding Directory
The Office of Research Studies of the University of New Mexico has produced this funding directory which is a compilation of funding sources both in-state and out-of-state that target New Mexico for funding in a variety of subject areas. The directory can be searched on line, or can be purchased in paperback for $40. Please contact the office of Research Studies for more information. University of New Mexico, Office of Research Studies, Scholes Hall, Room 102, Albuquerque, NM 87131-6003; 505/277-2256.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
is the basic source for information about grants and loans from the federal government.

The Classics For Kids Foundation
offers matching grants toward the purchase of high quality stringed instruments and mentoring to nonprofit music programs serving young people grades 3-12. CFKF works only with instrument providers that assure the highest craftsmanship, sound, and ease of playing, so that young players gain the fullest benefit with their instrument. The mentoring program serves to further the connection between children and their instruments. Tax-exempt nonprofit organizations such as community youth orchestras, school orchestral programs, or symphony societies are welcome to apply. Organizations or studios offering stringed instrument training without nonprofit status can partner with a tax-exempt nonprofit organization -- such as Rotary, Kiwanis, or local symphony society -- to apply for the grant, help raise matching funds, and monitor the use and condition of the instruments once granted.

There are two Foundation Center collections in New Mexico. The New Mexico State Library in Santa Fe and the Albuquerque Community Foundation maintain collections of funding resources and references. The State Library also sponsors a Traveling Collection of Foundation Center Materials to public libraries in New Mexico. You can also contract the Foundation Center directly at its' headquarters in New York City.

U.S. Department of Education
This site provides funding for arts education and after-school youth activities, most notable the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. The site lists current program application information, some of which is geared specifically to the arts and creative learning.

National Education Association FINE ARTS GRANTS
The National Education Association (NEA) Foundation gives NEA Fine Arts grants to NEA members. Available to elementary or high school art specialists (grades K-12) through local NEA affiliates, the grants allow fine arts educators to create and implement programs that promote learning among students at risk of school failure. They alternate between elementary and secondary any given year.

National Endowment for the Arts
As the government agency that oversees federal support of the arts, this web site provides information on how to apply for NEA grants. It also includes NEA studies on the arts and lists articles, resources, and references relating to arts education and 11 disciplines in the arts. Be sure to check out the examples it offers of successful proposals, as well as what has been funded in years past - there's lots to be learned here.

NEA: Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities
A National Endowment for the Arts online resource of Federal funding available for arts initiatives through national, state and local funding programs.

Americans for the Arts
This site lists publications that provide information on resources for funding arts programs, including: hotel-motel taxes for the arts, sales taxes for the arts, amusement taxes for the arts, percent for the art programs. Take a look also at the Resource Development Handbook: Untapped Public Funding For The Arts.

National Endowment for the Humanities
As the government agency overseeing federal support of history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities, this site provides information on how to apply for NEH grants. It offers resources relating to the humanities, and links to on-line humanities resources.

New Mexico Humanities Council
The council gives grants for humanities programs and sponsors both the Chautauqua Program and a speakers bureau.

North Texas Institute for Educators
The institute give fellowships in arts leadership for educators in the visual arts and music.

Surdna Foundation Fellowships to High School Arts Teachers
The Surdna Foundation offers the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in specialized, public arts high schools.

Surdna's goal is to help arts teachers in public arts high schools increase their effectiveness as they guide and train young people for careers or advanced study in the visual, performing, and literary arts. The Foundation believes that if teachers can immerse themselves in their own creative work and interact with professional artists/colleagues, they will bring new ideas and practices into the classroom.

The Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program will enable selected teachers to create art with professionals in their fields, stay current with new practices and resources, and create new bodies of work. Twenty awards of up to $5,000 each will be made. A complementary grant of $1,500 will be awarded to the Fellow’s school to support post-fellowship activities. For more information and application materials, please go to www.surdna.org/programs/artsteachersfellowships.html

About the Surdna Foundation
The Surdna Foundation, a national family foundation established in 1917, helps support organizations in five program areas: Environment, Community Revitalization, Effective Citizenry, the Non-Profit Sector, and Arts. Various Arts initiatives confirm the value of teens making art with accomplished artists. Additional information can be found on the Foundation’s website at: www.surdna.org.

New Mexico Arts - A Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs
P.O.Box 1450 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1450
Tel: 505-827-6490 • Fax: 505-827-6043 • Instate: 1-800-879-4278