How to Apply

Application Dates

Award announcements for 2019-20 grant cycle coming soon!

Grant status notifications will be sent between December 16, 2019 through January 19, 2020.
Applications for the 2019-2020 school year are now closed.

Our 2019-2020 Creative Schools Fund application closed on October 11th. We will launch the next application cycle in summer 2020. Please stay tuned!

2019-20 Grant Guidelines

Understand the latest CSF goals and priorities, check grant eligibility requirements, and note key dates.

2019-20 Creative Schools Fund Application

View application questions from 2019-20 here; 2020-21 application content will be published in summer 2020

Past Grantees

Each year hundreds of schools design arts learning programs to fill gaps in arts instruction for their students, expand curriculum and teacher skills, and better sustain access to the arts for every student in every grade. Simply by participating in the application process, schools report improved teacher capacity for strategic planning in the arts and increased partnerships. We are honored to partner with the extraordinary arts teachers of CPS who design and implement Creative Schools Fund grants each year!