Any Washington State:

• Public school, school district, or Educational Service District serving students preschool through 3^rd grade
• Tribal school or government serving students preschool through 3^rd grade
• Early learning center or organization with 501(c)(3) status

• Organizations seeking to fund projects/programs that promote religious content or observance
• Individuals
• Arts organizations
• For-profit organizations
• Political or advocacy organizations
• Organizations based outside of Washington State

Screening for Eligibility

Applications submitted by the deadline (April 8, 2021 at 5:00 pm), are reviewed by ArtsWA staff for completion and eligibility. Complete and eligible applications are sent to a scoring panel for evaluation.

Evaluation and Scoring Panel

A panel of arts education professionals, ArtsWA commissioners, and staff evaluate eligible applications. Panelists use scoring criteria to give a numerical score to each application. An application’s final score is the combined average of all panelists’ scores.

Panelists will assign each application a score between 0-40 using the criteria and point system below. 40 points is the highest possible score possible for this grant.

1. Project Design (20 points possible) The proposal describes:
   1. Arts Integration Project Focus: clear project vision and goals, leadership team, expected project participants, educator training plan, classroom implementation outline, and project timeline.
   2. Student Learning Outcomes: key outcomes and methods to measure student learning.
   3. Professional Learning Outcomes: key outcomes and frameworks that will support educator learning.
   4. Project Management: adequate staff capacity and appropriate resources to implement the proposed project.
2. Learning Communities (10 points possible) The proposal describes:
   1. Youth and Family Engagement: methods to integrate and engage students and family expertise, interests, and learning needs.
   2. Educator Leadership: plans to include and support educator leadership in project design and implementation.
3. Access (10 points possible) The proposal describes:
   1. Student Access: actions that increase access to project learning opportunities for early learning students.
   2. Equity: efforts to ensure that early learning educator and student instruction is relevant to the communities served.

Notification of Award

Notifications are sent to applicants as soon as possible after board approval.

• FY22 Creative Start Grant Guidelines (complete guidelines)
• FY22 Creative Start Grant Full Application PDF (for drafting purposes)
• FY22 Creative Start Grant Budget Support (full budget details, examples, and “how to” help)
• ArtsWA ZoomGrants FAQs

Can’t attend?  Watch a recorded info session (18 min.) – HERE

• Creative Start Grant Info Session 1: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 – 4-5 pm
  • REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrf–prz4pHtUiGXcojY8GDTB1kdJc9vvM
• Creative Start Grant Info Session 2: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 – 4-5 pm
  • REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsf-yqqT4iHdNqAwGZztJUFQZDoDUauyax
• AIE Budget Support Session 1: Friday, March 19, 2021 – 3-4 pm
  • REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvcOuorDopGtIEzWmIJLrVKVPHhOUmRsTx
• AIE Budget Support Session 2: Friday, March 26, 2021 – 3-4 pm
  • REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0scO2sqDMoHtC8PE6ZG17kKpVDOxyb4nKk