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Polk Bros. Foundation Chicago Youth Arts is sponsored by Polk Bros. Foundation. Funds arts programs for Chicago youth including film and media projects that provide creative outlets for children.
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Arts Access and Learning - Polk Bros. Foundation Frequently Asked Questions Courtesy of Albany Park Theater Project Polk Bros. Foundation’s longstanding funding strategies — like the one featured on this page — are being phased out. In fall 2024, the Foundation announced new goals focused on making more progress toward racial equity and justice in Chicago. Our new grantmaking strategies will be fully launched in fall 2026. Before we begin to put any resources toward our new goals, we have first entered a two-year transition period to provide grantee partners with time and resources to enable them to plan for upcoming changes. During this transition, which ends in fall 2026, we are unable to accept unsolicited proposals. Why We Focus on Arts Access and Learning The learning opportunities that come from a deep participation in the arts are vast and far-reaching. The arts offer students new ways to express themselves, work together and explore the world around them. Yet opportunities for Chicago’s students to participate in the arts vary greatly across the city. This matters because when students experience and create music, art, dance and theater, not only do their test scores climb, they also build skills – social, emotional and artistic – that will serve them throughout their lives. Bringing arts into the classroom can strengthen students’ connections to their classmates, schools and communities. This is especially true for students from disinvested communities, learners with diverse needs and students who have experienced trauma. Polk Bros. Foundation is focused on improving the quality of life – and the quality of lives – in Chicago. To achieve this goal, the arts must play a role. We support efforts to bring ongoing arts learning into Chicago’s public school classrooms, and programs that give public school students the chance to pursue their own artistic interests more deeply through out-of-school programs. This area of our grantmaking is informed by what Chicago residents – including parents, educators and artists – have said they need most, and is aligned with Chicago Public Schools’ Arts Education Plan. To increase the number of Chicago public school students who participate deeply in the arts, Polk Bros. Foundation supports school-based arts education programs and community-based arts instruction for youth. When teachers and artists partner to create arts-infused learning opportunities in classrooms, students become more engaged and excited about learning. They grow academically, artistically, socially and emotionally. We support programs focused on: Arts instruction , in which artists and teachers partner to help students learn an art form and engage in
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Arts Access and Learning - Polk Bros. Foundation Frequently Asked Questions Courtesy of Albany Park Theater Project Polk Bros. Foundation’s longstanding funding strategies — like the one featured on this page — are being phased out.
In fall 2024, the Foundation announced new goals focused on making more progress toward racial equity and justice in Chicago. Our new grantmaking strategies will be fully launched in fall 2026. Before we begin to put any resources toward our new goals, we have first entered a two-year transition period to provide grantee partners with time and resources to enable them to plan for upcoming changes.
During this transition, which ends in fall 2026, we are unable to accept unsolicited proposals. Why We Focus on Arts Access and Learning The learning opportunities that come from a deep participation in the arts are vast and far-reaching. The arts offer students new ways to express themselves, work together and explore the world around them.
Yet opportunities for Chicago’s students to participate in the arts vary greatly across the city. This matters because when students experience and create music, art, dance and theater, not only do their test scores climb, they also build skills – social, emotional and artistic – that will serve them throughout their lives.
Bringing arts into the classroom can strengthen students’ connections to their classmates, schools and communities. This is especially true for students from disinvested communities, learners with diverse needs and students who have experienced trauma. Polk Bros.
Foundation is focused on improving the quality of life – and the quality of lives – in Chicago. To achieve this goal, the arts must play a role. We support efforts to bring ongoing arts learning into Chicago’s public school classrooms, and programs that give public school students the chance to pursue their own artistic interests more deeply through out-of-school programs.
This area of our grantmaking is informed by what Chicago residents – including parents, educators and artists – have said they need most, and is aligned with Chicago Public Schools’ Arts Education Plan. To increase the number of Chicago public school students who participate deeply in the arts, Polk Bros. Foundation supports school-based arts education programs and community-based arts instruction for youth.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Chicago nonprofits serving youth Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $25,000 - $100,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is April 1, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Application snapshot: target deadline April 1, 2026; published funding information $25,000 - $100,000; eligibility guidance Chicago nonprofits serving youth
Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
When teachers and artists partner to create arts-infused learning opportunities in classrooms, students become more engaged and excited about learning. They grow academically, artistically, socially and emotionally. We support programs focused on: Arts instruction , in which artists and teachers partner to help students learn an art form and engage in an extended creative process.
Arts integration , in which artists and teachers partner to enliven classroom instruction and improve academic outcomes. Teacher professional development that builds teacher effectiveness in arts education, especially programs that provide ongoing feedback, are relevant to each teacher’s classroom and create peer networks involving multiple teachers from the same school.
Systems improvement and innovation that increases arts education resources, improves policies and service delivery, and leads to better student outcomes system-wide. Explore our School-Based Program Area Guide Youth involved in more advanced and ongoing arts learning opportunities develop improved communication, collaboration, critical-thinking and technical skills and expand their capacity for creativity and self-expression.
We support programs focused on: Creative youth development that offers access to advanced arts instruction during out-of-school time for vulnerable youth. These programs often also help youth understand potential pathways into a professional life in the arts.
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