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 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.
