Non-profit music / arts education funding

Hi all,

I work at a relatively new arts-oriented, private, non-profit school in San Francisco (founded in March 2010), and we are always on the lookout for possible sources of funding. For those of you with experiences in music and arts-related non-profits, are there any resources or experiences you can share? Have you found any particularly good grant sources, for example?

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Beth Lambert on February 27, 2012 at 1:14pm

One useful source we have looked at for San Francisco is http://www.sfartscommission.org/ceg/index.html, depending on whether or not the grants fit what you want to do.

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Permalink Reply by Beth Montroy on March 1, 2012 at 2:28pm

Hey!

I've done a lot of grant research these past few months and have had the most success by signing up for listservs and newsletters, googling key words, and searching on the foundation directory online. The Foundation Directory Online (http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/) allows you to search for funders in a variety of fields, including geographic region and primary initiatives. I have also found that it's useful to pay attention to other organizations that do similar work to see who has funded them in the past. I don't have any single grant source that I love but have found instead that the best way to stay on top of funding opportunities is keep an eye on what's out there.

Hope this helps!