Local CNY
art$TART (Local Capacity Building Grants for CNY) is a regrant program that offers grants of up to $2500 for schools in Central New York - Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, and St. Lawrence counties.

Oswego BOCES regional arts education services have a funding structure that minimizes the costs of arts education programs. Schools that subscribe to these services reduce costs through their BOCES aid ratio.

Statewide NYS
Local Capacity Building (LCB) There are grants similar to art$TART for all NYS counties. 

Technical Assistance Program (TAP) PAE offers TAP grants for partnership planning, curriculum design, evaluation and assessment, and professional development in arts in education. There are several grant deadlines throughout the school year.

NYS Council on the Arts  offers grants for partnerships, planning,implementation and more. NYSCA also provides Empire State Partnership grants to identify, develop and nurture promising practices in arts education through support of long-term collaborations between cultural organizations and schools. (NYSCA)

See an overview in chart form of all NYSCA-funded arts-in-education programming.

Federal
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) focus is on identifying and supporting model programs and projects that provide in-depth knowledge, skills, and understanding of the arts to children and youth in schools and communities.

Private
Foundation Funding - We maintain a partial list of foundations that provide funding for arts in education.