GRANTS: Funding & Honors ARCHIVE
Childrens Theatre Foundation of America solicits charitable contributions and grants funds in support of excellence & equity in theatre for children.
Summary - Historic Grant Criteria and Recipients through 2019
FOUNDERS GRANTS CRITERIA for 2021 - Pending…
The focus and criteria for CTFA's FOUNDERS GRANTS will have changes.
Influenced by the impact of COVID-19 upon theatre, schools, artists, and all practitioners of theatre for children, CTFA is wrestling with determining what will be our part in triage for our field of TYA.
We will leave our 2020 criteria, as a bookmark in our website. The new criteria will replace it, when our focus and process is clarified.
The focus and criteria for CTFA's FOUNDERS GRANTS will have changes.
Influenced by the impact of COVID-19 upon theatre, schools, artists, and all practitioners of theatre for children, CTFA is wrestling with determining what will be our part in triage for our field of TYA.
We will leave our 2020 criteria, as a bookmark in our website. The new criteria will replace it, when our focus and process is clarified.
∙FOUNDERS GRANTS support projects unique and new to the field that will positively advance the field of theatre for young audiences nationally.
Who may apply: 501c3 IRS certified not-for-profit theatres, and theatre artists in the United States.
How to apply: GRANT APPLICATION
READ COMPLETE INFORMATION-FOUNDERS GRANTS
∙AURAND HARRIS GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS supporting PEOPLE, TRAVEL, EQUIPMENT. These grants benefit the field of theatre for children & youth; the utilization of drama or theatre in education for children grades K-12; or opportunities for theatre artists working in these fields.
Who may apply: •501c3 IRS certified not-for-profit theatres in the USA, •An individual professional theatre artist in the USA, •A collaboration of a theatre artist and a small or mid-sized 501c3 IRS certified not-for-profit theatre in the USA.
How to apply: GRANT APPLICATION
READ COMPLETE INFORMATION-HARRIS GRANTS & FELLOWSHIP
∙ALVIN COHEN MEMORIAL FUND supports projects of national significance for national theatre conference programming for theatre for children.
JURIED SELECTION
∙REBA R. ROBERTSON Teacher's Award recognizes excellence in the important work of public high school theatre/drama teachers throughout the United States of America.
Who may apply: A current public high school drama/theatre teacher with 5-8 years of service remaining. Biennial
How to apply: NOMINATION (by recommendation)
READ COMPLETE INFORMATION-Reba R. ROBERTSON AWARD
Who may apply: 501c3 IRS certified not-for-profit theatres, and theatre artists in the United States.
How to apply: GRANT APPLICATION
READ COMPLETE INFORMATION-FOUNDERS GRANTS
∙AURAND HARRIS GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS supporting PEOPLE, TRAVEL, EQUIPMENT. These grants benefit the field of theatre for children & youth; the utilization of drama or theatre in education for children grades K-12; or opportunities for theatre artists working in these fields.
Who may apply: •501c3 IRS certified not-for-profit theatres in the USA, •An individual professional theatre artist in the USA, •A collaboration of a theatre artist and a small or mid-sized 501c3 IRS certified not-for-profit theatre in the USA.
How to apply: GRANT APPLICATION
READ COMPLETE INFORMATION-HARRIS GRANTS & FELLOWSHIP
∙ALVIN COHEN MEMORIAL FUND supports projects of national significance for national theatre conference programming for theatre for children.
JURIED SELECTION
∙REBA R. ROBERTSON Teacher's Award recognizes excellence in the important work of public high school theatre/drama teachers throughout the United States of America.
Who may apply: A current public high school drama/theatre teacher with 5-8 years of service remaining. Biennial
How to apply: NOMINATION (by recommendation)
READ COMPLETE INFORMATION-Reba R. ROBERTSON AWARD