About the Rural Initiative
The Dana Foundation grants professional development programs for arts educators in rural areas of the United States. As in the Dana Three-City grants, the Foundation is interested primarily in training for in-school arts specialists and professional artists who teach the performing arts to students pre-K-12 in the public schools. To be considered for this round, you must fill out a Letter of Intent in which you must describe why the proposed service area is considered to be rural, what challenges this presents and how the proposed project addresses these challenges.
The deadline for submission of Letters of Intent for the 2009 round of rural grants was June 4, 2008. Letters of Intent received after June 4, 2008 will be considered in the 2010 cycle of Rural Initiative grants. The deadline for the 2010 cycle will be in June, 2009.