The Hampton Community Foundation is accepting applications for its Cultural Vitality Grants Program to support programs offering hands-on arts and cultural experiences for area children.
Donor Name: Hampton Community Foundation
State: Virginia
County: Northampton County (VA), Accomack County (VA), Franklin County (VA), and Isle of Wight County (VA)
City: Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/01/2022
Details:
They believe the educational, social and emotional well-being of youth can be positively influenced through arts and culture programs.
Studies show that high-quality arts programs support youth development in engagement, productivity and navigational skills which, in turn, lead to life-long qualities of resilience, self-worth, individual contentment and community engagement.
Community Grants for Cultural Vitality support programs offering hands-on arts and cultural experiences for area children. Their goal is to help the educational, social or emotional well-being of youth through arts and culture
Programs should be available to all area youth regardless of ability to pay. They should strive to increase participation of youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Grant applicants should offer meaningful arts and cultural experiences that engage area youth in hands-on activities such as:
- Gaining skills in visual, musical or creative expression through the written word or performing arts
- Participation in visual or performing arts
Outcomes
- Children and youth demonstrate improved academic performance.
- Children and youth decrease occurrence of absenteeism.
- Children and youth display increased self-worth.
- Children and youth decrease engagement in risky and problem behaviors.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Hampton Roads Community Foundation welcomes grant applications from 501(c) (3) nonprofit public charity organizations serving residents of South Hampton Roads, including those in:
- Chesapeake
- Eastern Shore of Virginia (Accomack and Northampton counties)
- Franklin
- Isle of Wight County
- Norfolk
- Portsmouth
- Suffolk
- Virginia Beach
- Grants to Eastern Shore nonprofits are awarded in partnership with their affiliated Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation.
For more information, visit Hampton Community Foundation.