Arts Learning Grants
Forecasted
Arts Learning Grants support organizations partnering with Oregon K–12 schools to offer responsive arts learning, strengthen artist–educator collaboration and improve learners’ achievement, skills or attitudes.
Funder: Business Oregon
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $10,000 awards; dollar-for-dollar match required under FY2025 guidelines
Summary: Supports Oregon arts learning projects benefiting K–12 students and strengthening collaboration between artists and educators.
Key Information: Organizations using a fiscal sponsor are ineligible; organizations without distinct nonprofit status may request an eligibility waiver.
Description
Business Oregon’s Arts Learning Grants, administered by the Oregon Arts Commission, support high-quality projects that provide responsive opportunities for K–12 students to learn in and through the arts. The program seeks to foster knowledge exchange between artists and educators and improve learners’ achievement, skills or attitudes. Applicants propose partnerships with K–12 schools in Oregon.
Funding priority goes to quality projects primarily benefiting Title 1 schools and schools in rural or economically distressed Oregon communities. The program values artistic excellence and merit, teaching artists whose skills match school needs, meaningful collaboration with educators, and measurable changes for learners. Its review rubric favors sequential opportunities for deep arts engagement over stand-alone or passive experiences, alongside school involvement, adequate staffing and secured financial support.
