DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY
FY 2018District Arts and Humanities Initiative: Field Trip Experiences Grant Program
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) announces the availability of the Field Trip Experiences grant program for fiscal year 2018. Grants supporting arts organizations offering arts education field trips and related professional development opportunities for classroom teachers and in-school workshopsfor students will be available during this period.
CAH seeks District-based arts organizations with a proven track record of offering high quality arts education programming in one or more of the following three (3) areas:
1)Field trips in the Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Humanities;
2)Professional Development for classroom teachers connected to field trip experiences in public school settings; and,
3)In-School Workshops for children and youth in public school settings.
Participating arts organizations will have the opportunity to build new relationships with public schools across all eight wards of the cityand to participate in a network of field trip providers within their discipline specialty.
Organizations must be incorporated in the District, headquartered with a land address in DC and have 501(c)(3) status for at least one year prior to the application period in addition to other eligibility criteria listed in the program’s guidelines. Applicants must also be a registered organization in good standing with the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), Corporation Division, the Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Department of Employment Services (DOES) and possess clean hands certification at the time of application.
All eligible applications are reviewed through a competitive process. Evaluation criteria are based on 1) Arts Educationcontent, 2) Assessed DCImpact and Engagement, and 3) Demonstrated experience in the delivery of field trip experiences and associated programs.
The Request for Applications (RFA) will be available electronically beginning June 19, 2017on the CAH website at. Applicants must apply online. The deadline for applications is July 21, 2017.
CAH will present program orientation workshops during the application window. Applicant attendance at one of these preparation workshops is mandatory.
For more information, please contact:
David Markey
Arts Education Coordinator
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
200 I (EYE) St. SE, Washington, DC 20003
(202) 671-1354 or