Youth Cultural Heritage (YCH) Project Grant is a program of the Alaska State Council on the Arts, with funding support from Rasmuson Foundation.
Donor Name: Alaska State Council on the Arts
State: Alaska
County: All Counites
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000.00
Details:
The YCH Project Grant is designed to support organizations and groups that deliver cultural heritage programming to children and youth.
The program supports youth-based projects and activities which enable children and youth to use the arts to approach, understand, express, and share their cultural heritage. Alaska 501(c)3, tax-exempt youth-serving organizations, schools, tribal organizations, libraries, and other arts/cultural organizations are eligible to receive grants within the program or to fiscally sponsor otherwise eligible community groups.
YCH Program Goals
The over-arching goals of the Youth Cultural Heritage Program are as follows:
- Strengthen Alaska children and youth’s cultural knowledge and self-awareness
- Support direct, creative development opportunities for Alaska children and youth to engage with artists and culture bearers
- Engage citizens around cultural heritage
- Create greater cross-cultural understanding and empathy
Funding Information
- Project Grants support organizations’ youth cultural heritage work with grants up to $10,000.
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The Project Grant funding may be spent on: artist/culture bearer/Elder fees and stipends, supplies, food, travel and transportation, space and other materials needed for activities. Up to 15% of grant funding may be allocated to administrative, indirect, and staffing costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Youth Cultural Heritage Project Grant applicants may receive one award per state fiscal year and must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Be an Alaskan 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, school, unit of government or tribal entity proposing YCH Program-aligned activities;
- Can provide proof of state of Alaska and federal tax-exempt/non-profit status, in good standing (example: a copy of an IRS letter confirming tax-exempt status);
- Proposes arts-based, children and/or youth-focused, cultural heritage activities, occurring within the State of Alaska;
- If the application is from a school, the proposed activity enriches school programming and curricula but does not supplant arts/cultural instruction or programming.
- For more information, visit Youth Cultural Heritage Grant Program.