Thank you for your interest in applying to the Creative Schools Fund! Creative Schools Fund Arts Teacher Grants go directly to schools to support teacher-led  art projects, equipment upgrades and other projects and investments proposed by arts teachers that are not supported through regular school budgets. 

We will accept requests up to $5,000. Each arts teacher can submit one application per year.

In order for your application to be considered, we must receive your application submission by September 25, 2026. 

Please review the full grant program guidelines before applying.

If you have any questions, please email: csf@ingenuity-inc.org.

Thank you for your interest in applying to the Creative Schools Fund! Creative Schools Fund Partnership Residency Grants go directly to schools to support residencies designed by CPS teachers in collaboration with arts partners.

In order for your application to be considered, we must receive your school's application submission by September 25, 2026 and your partnering arts organization's application form by October 2, 2026. 

To ensure your arts partner has time to complete their form, we recommend you begin the application process by adding your arts partner’s email in the Arts Partner Application form field to send them their application. Once you complete this step, your arts partner will receive a link to complete their segment. 

We recommend that you draft your application narrative using this template that can be shared between the school and the arts partner prior to inputting the information in the Submittable application.

Please review the full grant program guidelines before applying.

If you have any questions, please email: csf@ingenuity-inc.org.