Our Funders, State Partners and National Supporting Organizations
That Make This Project Possible
National Support for the Arts Education Data Project
CMA Foundation
Guided by the generosity of the Country Music community, the CMA Foundation focuses on improving and sustaining music education programs everywhere while supporting worthwhile causes important to the Country Music Association.
Guided by the generosity of the Country Music community, the CMA Foundation focuses on improving and sustaining music education programs everywhere while supporting worthwhile causes important to the Country Music Association.
The Music Man Foundation
The Music Man Foundation is named after the Tony-winning musical written by Meredith Willson with a mission to empower people using the transformative energy of music to make positive changes in their own lives and the lives of others.
The Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world.
NAMM Foundation
The NAMM Foundation promotes and supports music education and music making for people of all ages and abilities
Music Will (formerly Little Kids Rock)
Music Will (formerly Little Kids Rock) runs the largest nonprofit music program in the US public school system. Our teachers currently serve over 500,000 students in more than 600 cities and towns across the country. We believe that music education is a right, not a privilege, and it should reflect the cultures of the students it serves.
Our State Funders
Arizona Department of Education
The Arizona Department of Education provides support and guidance to all Arizona district and charter schools to ensure academic excellence for all students.
The Arizona Department of Education provides support and guidance to all Arizona district and charter schools to ensure academic excellence for all students.
Arizona Commission on the Arts
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is an agency of the State of Arizona whose mission is to create opportunities for all Arizonans to participate in and experience the arts.
Arizona Citizens for the Arts
Arizona Citizens for the Arts promotes the value of our nonprofit arts sector and advocates for public funding and private philanthropy to make sure the arts are available and accessible to every citizen of our wonderful state.
Arizona Citizens for the Arts promotes the value of our nonprofit arts sector and advocates for public funding and private philanthropy to make sure the arts are available and accessible to every citizen of our wonderful state.
Delaware Division of the Arts
The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is dedicated to cultivating and supporting the arts to enhance the quality of life for all Delawareans.
Delaware Arts Alliance
Delaware Arts Alliance is the unifying voice for the arts throughout the state, advocating for the central role of the arts and arts education in advancing dynamic communities and a creative citizenry. We inform, empower and mobilize Delawareans who cultivate, support and advance the arts.
Georgia Department of Education
The Georgia Department of Education is an American agency that governs public education in the state of Georgia. The department manages funding and testing for local educational agencies accountable for student achievement.
Arts Education in Maryland Schools
Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) is committed to ensuring that all students in the state of Maryland have access to high quality arts education by mobilizing power to communities through advocacy programs, professional and leadership programs, and resource building and sharing.
Perpich Center for Arts Education
The Perpich Center for Arts Education’s mission is to provide all Minnesota students the opportunity to develop, enhance, and integrate their artistic and academic abilities to their highest potential. We do this by teaching in and through the arts.
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA) is a statewide arts advocacy organization that organizes the arts community to lobby the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress. Our mission is to ensure opportunity for all people to have access to and involvement in the arts.
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA) is a statewide arts advocacy organization that organizes the arts community to lobby the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress. Our mission is to ensure opportunity for all people to have access to and involvement in the arts.
Missouri Alliance for Arts Education
The Missouri Alliance for Arts Education supports, promotes, and advocates for fine arts education for the benefit of ALL Missourians.
Arts Ed NJ
The mission of Arts Ed NJ sis to create the proper environment for arts learning t take place for all students in New Jersey.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts mission is to support, encourage, and foster public interest in the arts; enlarge public and private resources devoted to the arts; promote freedom of expression in the arts; and facilitate the inclusion of art in every public building in New Jersey.
Ohio Arts Council
The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically.
The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically.
Ohio Alliance for Arts Education
It is the mission of the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education to ensure that the arts are an integral part of the education of every Ohioan.
Oklahoma Arts Council
The Oklahoma Arts Council is the official state agency for the support and development of the arts in Oklahoma.
Kirkpatrick Family Fund
The Kirkpatrick Family Fund, founded by John and Eleanor Kirkpatrick in 1989, supports charitable, civic and cultural causes that impact citizens in central Oklahoma and beyond. The Kirkpatrick Family Fund has funded organizations and programs across many areas of need, contributing almost $80 million.
Oklahomans for the Arts
Oklahomans for the Arts is to protect and increase public funding for the arts and arts education and to promote policies that support the arts through advocacy, education, and engagement.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) oversees 500 public school districts, more than 170 public charter schools, public cyber charter schools, Career and Technology Centers/Vocational Technical schools, public Intermediate Units, the education of youth in State Juvenile Correctional Institutions, Head Starts and publicly funded preschools, and community colleges.
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
The RI State Council on the Arts (RISCA) is charged by the state legislature to stimulate public interest and participation in the arts and to serve as the liaison to the state arts community.
South Carolina Department of Education
The mission of the South Carolina Department of Education is to provide leadership and support so that all public education students graduate prepared for success.
The mission of the South Carolina Department of Education is to provide leadership and support so that all public education students graduate prepared for success.
Tennessee Arts Commission
The Tennessee Arts Commission invests in more than 700 nonprofit organizations across the state benefiting communities through quality of life, economic development, tourism and providing a more balanced education for our children.
Virginia Music Educators Association
Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) advocates and supports music education in all of its forms across the Commonwealth. Current VMEA membership averages 3200 members including Active Members, Retired Members and Collegiate and Pre-Service Members. VMEA is actively involved in the support of Music Educators at every level from Pre-K through University.
Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) advocates and supports music education in all of its forms across the Commonwealth. Current VMEA membership averages 3200 members including Active Members, Retired Members and Collegiate and Pre-Service Members. VMEA is actively involved in the support of Music Educators at every level from Pre-K through University.
Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K–12 education in Washington state. The goal of Washington's K–12 education system is to prepare every student for postsecondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement.
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K–12 education in Washington state. The goal of Washington's K–12 education system is to prepare every student for postsecondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement.
CMA Foundation
Guided by the generosity of the Country Music community, the CMA Foundation focuses on improving and sustaining music education programs everywhere while supporting worthwhile causes important to the Country Music Association.
Guided by the generosity of the Country Music community, the CMA Foundation focuses on improving and sustaining music education programs everywhere while supporting worthwhile causes important to the Country Music Association.
The Music Man Foundation
The Music Man Foundation is named after the Tony-winning musical written by Meredith Willson with a mission to empower people using the transformative energy of music to make positive changes in their own lives and the lives of others.
The Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world.
NAMM Foundation
The NAMM Foundation promotes and supports music education and music making for people of all ages and abilities
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation supports arts, education, environment, informed communities, and poetry to connect communities and influence social change to achieve an equitable New Jersey.
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation supports arts, education, environment, informed communities, and poetry to connect communities and influence social change to achieve an equitable New Jersey.
Our State Partners
Alabama State Department of Education
The Alabama State Department of Education is the state agency for K-12 education.
Arizona Department of Education
The Arizona Department of Education provides support and guidance to all Arizona district and charter schools to ensure academic excellence for all students.
The Arizona Department of Education provides support and guidance to all Arizona district and charter schools to ensure academic excellence for all students.
Arizona Commission on the Arts
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is an agency of the State of Arizona whose mission is to create opportunities for all Arizonans to participate in and experience the arts.
Arizona Citizens for the Arts
Arizona Citizens for the Arts promotes the value of our nonprofit arts sector and advocates for public funding and private philanthropy to make sure the arts are available and accessible to every citizen of our wonderful state.
Arizona Citizens for the Arts promotes the value of our nonprofit arts sector and advocates for public funding and private philanthropy to make sure the arts are available and accessible to every citizen of our wonderful state.
Arkansas Department of Education
The Arkansas Department of Education is a cabinet-level agency of the Arkansas state government overseeing public education for K-12, higher education institutions, and career and technical education.
The Arkansas Department of Education is a cabinet-level agency of the Arkansas state government overseeing public education for K-12, higher education institutions, and career and technical education.
California Department of Education
The California Department of Education oversees the state’s diverse public school system, which is responsible for the education of more than six million children and young adults in more than 10,000 schools with 295,000 teachers.
The California Department of Education oversees the state’s diverse public school system, which is responsible for the education of more than six million children and young adults in more than 10,000 schools with 295,000 teachers.
CreateCA
CreateCA’s mission is to ensure ALL students are able to reach their full potential by advancing an education model that promotes creativity and the arts for the workforce of tomorrow.
CreateCA’s mission is to ensure ALL students are able to reach their full potential by advancing an education model that promotes creativity and the arts for the workforce of tomorrow.
California Alliance for Arts Education
The California Alliance for Arts Education advocates for high quality arts education for all students by providing policy expertise and by mobilizing a statewide network of advocates and allied partners.
The California Alliance for Arts Education advocates for high quality arts education for all students by providing policy expertise and by mobilizing a statewide network of advocates and allied partners.
Connecticut State Department of Education
The Connecticut State Department of Education is the administrative arm of the Connecticut State Board of Education. Through leadership, curriculum, research, planning, evaluation, assessment, data analyses and other assistance, the Department helps to ensure equal opportunity and excellence in education for all Connecticut students.
Delaware Department of Education
To empower every learner with the highest quality education through shared leadership, innovative practices and exemplary services.
Delaware Division of the Arts
The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is dedicated to cultivating and supporting the arts to enhance the quality of life for all Delawareans.
Delaware Arts Alliance
Delaware Arts Alliance is the unifying voice for the arts throughout the state, advocating for the central role of the arts and arts education in advancing dynamic communities and a creative citizenry. We inform, empower and mobilize Delawareans who cultivate, support and advance the arts.
District of Columbia Public Schools
The mission of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is to ensure that every school guarantees students reach their full potential through rigorous and joyful learning experiences provided in a nurturing environment.
The Center for Fine Arts Education
The Center for Fine Arts Education represents the Florida Music Educators Association, Florida School Music Association, Florida Art Education Association, and the Florida Network of Arts Administration.
Georgia Department of Education
The Georgia Department of Education is an American agency that governs public education in the state of Georgia. The department manages funding and testing for local educational agencies accountable for student achievement.
Idaho State Department of Education
The Idaho State Department of Education is an agency of the Idaho State Board of Education.
Iowa Department of Education
Through leadership and service to the state education system, the Iowa Department of Education works to ensure all students are ready for college and career training and receive the postsecondary support they need to succeed. The Department provides oversight to the state education system that includes public elementary and secondary schools, nonpublic schools that receive state accreditation, area education agencies, community colleges, and teacher preparation programs.
Through leadership and service to the state education system, the Iowa Department of Education works to ensure all students are ready for college and career training and receive the postsecondary support they need to succeed. The Department provides oversight to the state education system that includes public elementary and secondary schools, nonpublic schools that receive state accreditation, area education agencies, community colleges, and teacher preparation programs.
Kansas State Department of Education
The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) is a dynamic, dedicated service agency that provides leadership, resources, support and accountability to the state’s K-12 education system.
The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) is a dynamic, dedicated service agency that provides leadership, resources, support and accountability to the state’s K-12 education system.
Maine Department of Education
The Maine Department of Education, in collaboration with educators, schools, districts and communities Statewide, strives to provide all Maine students access to educational experiences, PreK through adult, that lead to their success in life and career.
Maryland State Department of Education
At the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), we are a dedicated team of educators, specialists, administrators, communicators, and collaborators—fused together by a single vision: to provide each of our learners with a strong foundation for their future.
Arts Education in Maryland Schools
Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) is committed to ensuring that all students in the state of Maryland have access to high quality arts education by mobilizing power to communities through advocacy programs, professional and leadership programs, and resource building and sharing.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
The goal of the Massachusetts public K-12 education system is to prepare all students for success after high school.
Minnesota Department of Education
The Minnesota Department of Education provides an excellent education for Minnesota students by striving for excellence, equity, and opportunity. They focus on closing the achievement gap, supporting high-quality teaching, using innovative strategies to improve educational outcomes, and ensuring all students graduate from high school well-prepared for college, career and life.
The Minnesota Department of Education provides an excellent education for Minnesota students by striving for excellence, equity, and opportunity. They focus on closing the achievement gap, supporting high-quality teaching, using innovative strategies to improve educational outcomes, and ensuring all students graduate from high school well-prepared for college, career and life.
Perpich Center for Arts Education
The Perpich Center for Arts Education’s mission is to provide all Minnesota students the opportunity to develop, enhance, and integrate their artistic and academic abilities to their highest potential. We do this by teaching in and through the arts.
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA) is a statewide arts advocacy organization that organizes the arts community to lobby the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress. Our mission is to ensure opportunity for all people to have access to and involvement in the arts.
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA) is a statewide arts advocacy organization that organizes the arts community to lobby the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress. Our mission is to ensure opportunity for all people to have access to and involvement in the arts.
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or DESE, autonomous of the governor and the Missouri State Legislature, administers primary and secondary public education in the state of Missouri.
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or DESE, autonomous of the governor and the Missouri State Legislature, administers primary and secondary public education in the state of Missouri.
Missouri Alliance for Arts Education
The Missouri Alliance for Arts Education supports, promotes, and advocates for fine arts education for the benefit of ALL Missourians.
Nevada Department of Education
Our mission is to improve student achievement and educator effectiveness by ensuring opportunities, facilitating learning, and promoting excellence.
New Hampshire Department of Education
The New Hampshire Department of Education is the state education agency of New Hampshire.
New Jersey State Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey.
Arts Ed NJ
The mission of Arts Ed NJ sis to create the proper environment for arts learning t take place for all students in New Jersey.
New Mexico Public Education Department
The New Mexico Public Education Department partners with educators, communities, and families to ensure that ALL students are healthy, secure in their identity, and holistically prepared for college, career, and life.
The New Mexico Public Education Department partners with educators, communities, and families to ensure that ALL students are healthy, secure in their identity, and holistically prepared for college, career, and life.
New York State Education Department
The New York State Education Department mission is to raise the knowledge, skill, and opportunity of all the people in New York. Our vision is to provide leadership for a system that yields the best educated people in the world.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is charged with implementing the state’s public school laws for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public schools at the direction of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
North Carolina Arts Education Leadership Coalition (AELC)
North Carolina Arts Education Leadership Coalition (AELC) is the statewide coalition of professional arts organizations addressing the needs of K-12 arts education in North Carolina.
Ohio Department of Education
The Ohio Department of Education oversees the state’s public education system, which includes public school districts, joint vocational school districts and charter schools. The Department also monitors educational service centers, other regional education providers, early learning and child care programs, and private schools.
The Ohio Department of Education oversees the state’s public education system, which includes public school districts, joint vocational school districts and charter schools. The Department also monitors educational service centers, other regional education providers, early learning and child care programs, and private schools.
Ohio Alliance for Arts Education
It is the mission of the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education to ensure that the arts are an integral part of the education of every Ohioan.
Oklahoma State Department of Education
The Oklahoma State Department of Education is the state education agency of the State of Oklahoma charged with determining the policies and directing the administration and supervision of the public school system of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Arts Council
The Oklahoma Arts Council is the official state agency for the support and development of the arts in Oklahoma.
Kirkpatrick Family Fund
The Kirkpatrick Family Fund, founded by John and Eleanor Kirkpatrick in 1989, supports charitable, civic and cultural causes that impact citizens in central Oklahoma and beyond. The Kirkpatrick Family Fund has funded organizations and programs across many areas of need, contributing almost $80 million.
Oklahomans for the Arts
Oklahomans for the Arts is to protect and increase public funding for the arts and arts education and to promote policies that support the arts through advocacy, education, and engagement.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) oversees 500 public school districts, more than 170 public charter schools, public cyber charter schools, Career and Technology Centers/Vocational Technical schools, public Intermediate Units, the education of youth in State Juvenile Correctional Institutions, Head Starts and publicly funded preschools, and community colleges.
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
The RI State Council on the Arts (RISCA) is charged by the state legislature to stimulate public interest and participation in the arts and to serve as the liaison to the state arts community.
South Carolina Department of Education
The mission of the South Carolina Department of Education is to provide leadership and support so that all public education students graduate prepared for success.
The mission of the South Carolina Department of Education is to provide leadership and support so that all public education students graduate prepared for success.
Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) Institute
The Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) Institute provides leadership to achieve quality, comprehensive arts education (dance, music, media arts, theatre, visual arts and creative writing) for all students in South Carolina.
The Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) Institute provides leadership to achieve quality, comprehensive arts education (dance, music, media arts, theatre, visual arts and creative writing) for all students in South Carolina.
Tennessee Department of Education
The mission of the Tennessee Department of Education is to ensure Districts and schools in Tennessee will exemplify excellence and equity such that all students are equipped with the knowledge and skills to successfully embark upon their chosen path in life.
Tennessee Arts Commission
The Tennessee Arts Commission invests in more than 700 nonprofit organizations across the state benefiting communities through quality of life, economic development, tourism and providing a more balanced education for our children.
Utah State Board of Education
The Utah State Board of Education leads by creating equitable conditions for student success: advocating for necessary resources, developing policy, and providing effective oversight and support.
The Utah State Board of Education leads by creating equitable conditions for student success: advocating for necessary resources, developing policy, and providing effective oversight and support.
Vermont Agency of Education
The Vermont Agency of Education implements state and federal laws, policies, and regulations to ensure all Vermont learners have equitable access to high-quality learning opportunities. The Agency accomplishes this mission through the provision of its leadership, support, and oversight of Vermont’s public education system.
The Vermont Agency of Education implements state and federal laws, policies, and regulations to ensure all Vermont learners have equitable access to high-quality learning opportunities. The Agency accomplishes this mission through the provision of its leadership, support, and oversight of Vermont’s public education system.
Virginia Department of Education
The mission of the Virginia Department of Education is to advance equitable and innovative learning.
Virginia Music Educators Association
Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) advocates and supports music education in all of its forms across the Commonwealth. Current VMEA membership averages 3200 members including Active Members, Retired Members and Collegiate and Pre-Service Members. VMEA is actively involved in the support of Music Educators at every level from Pre-K through University.
Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) advocates and supports music education in all of its forms across the Commonwealth. Current VMEA membership averages 3200 members including Active Members, Retired Members and Collegiate and Pre-Service Members. VMEA is actively involved in the support of Music Educators at every level from Pre-K through University.
Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K–12 education in Washington state. The goal of Washington's K–12 education system is to prepare every student for postsecondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement.
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K–12 education in Washington state. The goal of Washington's K–12 education system is to prepare every student for postsecondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is the state agency that advances public education and libraries in Wisconsin. Our goal is to ensure every child graduates ready for further education and the workplace.
Our National Partners
National Federation of State High School Associations
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) serves its members by providing leadership for the administration of education-based high school activities through the writing of playing rules that emphasize health and safety, educational programs that develop leaders, and administrative support to increase opportunities and promote sportsmanship.
Music for All
Music for All’s mission is to create, provide, and expand positively life-changing experiences through music for all.
National Association for Music Education
National Association for Music Education (NAfME), among the world’s largest arts education organizations, is the only association that addresses all aspects of music education.
National Art Education Association
Founded in 1947, the National Art Education Association is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts educators.
Education Theatre Association
The mission of the Educational Theatre Association is the shaping of lives through theatre education.
National Dance Education Association
The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) is a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to advancing dance education centered in the arts.
Save The Music Foundation
We help students, schools, and communities reach their full potential through the power of making music.
We help students, schools, and communities reach their full potential through the power of making music.
Young Audiences Arts for Learning
Established in 1952, Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) is the nation’s largest arts-in-education learning network, serving more than 5 million children and youth each year in more than 7,000 schools and community centers across the country.
Established in 1952, Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) is the nation’s largest arts-in-education learning network, serving more than 5 million children and youth each year in more than 7,000 schools and community centers across the country.
