Dana has extended its longtime interest in education to support innovative professional development programs leading to improved teaching of the performing arts in public schools. Within this broad field, the Foundation is interested primarily in training for in-school arts specialists and professional artists who teach students pre-K-12 in the public schools. The Foundation supports projects that originate in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and their surrounding areas within a fifty-mile radius.
The deadline for submission of a Letter of Intent for the 2009 round of grants is September 22, 2008. Letters of Intent received after September 22, 2008 will be considered in the 2010 cycle of grants.