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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.
Through investments by the Funders Council and the LA County Board of Supervisors, 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 2024-25, the Arts Ed Collective offered $854,425 in financial support to 37 school districts including two charter networks through the Advancement Grant program.
| District Name | Award | Final Project Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District | $22,000 | to support elementary and middle school music through the purchase of instruments, professional development and curriculum development |
| Antelope Valley Union High School District | $25,000 | to support the expansion of district-wide arts coordination |
| Arcadia Unified School District | $19,700 | to support the purchase of equipment, instruments, technology, and costumes for dance, music, theater and visual arts classes district-wide |
| Azusa Unified School District | $25,000 | to support visual arts professional development for elementary generalist teachers and the purchase of classroom art supply sets |
| Baldwin Park Unified School District | $25,000 | to support the purchase of musical instruments to expand instruction for fifth grade district-wide |
| Burbank Unified School District | $25,000 | to support district-wide visual, performing and media arts professional development, secondary music residencies, and music mentors for secondary instrumental and vocal courses |
| Castaic Union School District | $7,500 | to support the expansion of district-wide artist residencies in dance and theater |
| Centinela Valley Union High School District | $25,000 | to support professional performances and arts career workshops for students, pre-performance teacher professional development, and expansion of the Arts Docent Program through the purchase of uniforms and translation services |
| Claremont Unified School District | $23,000 | to support teacher professional development and coaching in arts integration and dance, the expansion of the ARTstART program and Family Arts Nights, performing arts assemblies for elementary schools district-wide, and the purchase of dance kits and curriculum |
| Compton Unified School District | $25,000 | to support the expansion of theater instruction to three elementary schools and one middle school |
| Covina-Valley Unified School District | $25,000 | to support middle school choral instruction through the purchase of risers |
| Culver City Unified School District | $22,000 | to support elementary artist residencies and field trips, consultant fees to facilitate high school arts course updates, and district arts coaching |
| Garvey Elementary School District | $25,000 | to support professional development in the arts standards by the California Arts Project, curriculum development, arts workshops, the district arts showcase, and the purchase of instructional materials and arts supplies |
| Glendale Unified School District | $25,000 | to support the development of elementary arts curriculum |
| Hacienda La Puente Unified School District | $25,000 | to support the expansion of theater instruction and field trips for eighth grade at three additional schools, discrete and arts integrated teacher professional development, Read Across HLPUSD arts collaboration, and the purchase of supplies, materials, and digital technology |
| Hawthorne School District | $25,000 | to support the expansion of afterschool artist residencies, arts integrated professional development and curriculum development for elementary teachers, the Arts Docent training program, and Arts Leads stipends for planning and collaboration |
| Inner City Education Foundation | $25,000 | to support afterschool dance at View Park High School, the expansion of drumline at View Park K8, and the purchase of iPads for visual arts classes and uniforms and drums for drumline |
| Las Virgenes Unified School District | $18,900 | to support professional performances, arts field trips, and the purchase of music supplies and instructional materials |
| Lawndale Elementary School District | $25,000 | to support district-wide professional performances, middle school arts career workshops, pre-performance teacher professional development, and the purchase of music software and visual arts curriculum for middle school through digital subscriptions |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | $24,500 | to support the expansion of the Monroe Fine Arts Conservatory classes in dance, theater, music and visual arts |
| Los Nietos School District | $25,000 | to support arts professional development for arts and generalist teachers, and the purchase of equipment, instruments and supplies to expand family arts nights and an arts wellness space |
| Lynwood Unified School District | $23,925 | to support the purchase of district art displays and supplies, after-school family dance workshops, and the expansion of arts professional development for the Arts Advocacy Team and new arts teachers |
| Magnolia Public Schools | $25,000 | to support the purchase of sound equipment for instrumental courses, arts integration curriculum development, arts field trips and teacher professional development for arts teachers |
| Monrovia Unified School District | $22,800 | to support the expansion of music instruction and the purchase of musical instruments, equipment and instructional materials |
| Montebello Unified School District | $25,000 | to support the expansion of visual arts teacher professional development and lesson development by the California Arts Project |
| Mountain View School District | $25,000 | Pending... |
| Newhall School District | $25,000 | to support professional performances at each school, after-school orchestra, the purchase of rhythm kits and musical instruments, and arts integration professional development for the English Learner Collaborative |
| Paramount Unified School District | $25,000 | to support professional development for all visual and performing arts teachers |
| Rosemead School District | $25,000 | to support district-wide teacher professional development in arts integration and artist residencies by the Music Center |
| Saugus Union School District | $22,500 | to support arts integration lesson development and resources, arts professional development for classroom teachers, and the purchase of rhythm instruments and dance supplies |
| South Pasadena Unified School District | $20,700 | to support the purchase of instruments and instructional materials for elementary music and fifth grade band |
| South Whittier School District | $25,000 | Pending... |
| Sulphur Springs Union School District | $23,200 | to support the expansion of district-wide elementary music instruction, teacher professional development, and the purchase of instruments, equipment and supplies |
| Torrance Unified School District | $14,500 | to support the expansion of student workshops and teacher professional development in arts integration and discrete art forms, and district arts coaching |
| Whittier City School District | $17,000 | to support district-wide fourth grade social studies integrated theater residencies |
| Whittier Union High School District | $25,000 | to support intra-district collaboration for arts articulation, professional development for visual and performing arts teachers, and consultant fees to facilitate arts course updates |
| Wiseburn School District | $22,200 | to support a STEM/Arts artist residency for the Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten classes and district-wide elementary dance integrated physical education instruction with teacher professional development |