National Endowment for the Arts Competitive Grant

Amount Awarded: $50,000
Recipient: San Francisco Arts Commission
Project: Writer’s Corps

This grant is intended to provide funding to a local recipient to be distributed in direct grants to fund arts projects and activities which preserve jobs in the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.

How is San Francisco using this grant?
The San Francisco Arts Commission will use this grant to provide financial assistance to the Writer’s Corps program. This program helps young people from neighborhoods throughout San Francisco improve their literacy and increase their desire to learn.

How will this project benefit San Francisco?
The San Francisco Writer’s Corps will rehire 2 teachers who will provide creative writing instruction for 100 at risk youth in San Francisco. This will allow Writer’s Corps to fulfill its goals of helping  425 low-income youth embrace creative expression and improve their literacy.

Additional Information:
Grant Website