Arts in the Schools Grant Program Overview

PCAC has grant money available for funding arts programs for Pleasanton K-12 schools!

Arts in the Schools is a PCAC program that nurtures understanding and appreciation of the visual, literary and performing arts among local young people in kindergarten through high school. Well-established and flourishing, this program provides matching grants to schools, enabling students to experience professional demonstrations, performances and field trips which ordinarily would not be possible. Our goal is to ensure that artistic experiences and arts education are offered in our schools.

Programs are arranged or developed by individual schools, by teachers, by parents or parent groups, or by site councils. Programs can reach several grade levels or an entire student body; they can also be for an individual class. A list of possible resources is available on the Arts in the Schools Resource List page. Most of the groups and individuals on the list have presented in the Pleasanton schools before.

PCAC finances its Arts in the Schools program through grant writing and through corporate, organizational and individual donations and allocations from PCAC's fundraising events. Some of those resources have been the Alameda County Supervisors' ARTSFUND, Amador Valley Quilters, City of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Art League, Livermore Rotary and the Tri-Valley Community Foundation. Our grants require the school to at least match the funds requested from PCAC.

2009-20010 Granting Cycle

Applications will be accepted through January 15, 2010. Click here for a grant application form. Notification of grant awards is done by mail, e-mail and telephone. Funds will be made available to fit the program need.

Program evaluations and comments from the teachers, parents or staff in attendance complete the grant cycle. We also enjoy hearing what the children have to say about the program. All follow-up evaluations must be received by PCAC no later than the closing date of the current school year. Failure to meet this deadline will prevent future grant awards.

"We thank you for giving us the grant so we could have the Poetry Alive assembly. This is the coolest way that we ever have seen poems presented!" — Chris Johnson and Tom Luce Mohr Elementary School

How to Apply for an
Arts in the Schools Grant

We have a simple, one-page Grant Application Form that is submitted to request funds. The form must be filled out, signed, and submitted to PCAC by U.S. mail only. Send the application to: Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council, P.O. Box 1298, Pleasanton, CA 94566. Applications will be accepted postmarked through January 15, 2010.

Click here for a grant application form.

If you are looking for possible resources to provide in-school arts programs, please visit our Arts in the Schools Resource List.

If you have questions, you may contact the following people:

Carol Boster: cboster@pleasanton.k12.ca.us
Diane Wardin: wardin@pacbell.net
Morgan Mitchell: mmitchell@pleasanton.k12.ca.us

NOTE: The Golden Apple Learning Store at 4807 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, CA, is offering a $200 grant to any school arts projects, providing $200 worth of arts materials for a visual, musical, or literary project. Contact John McDougal at the store at 925-460-5163 to see if the store can supply what you are looking for. If so, then fill out a grant application form.

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