Grant Program Information and Guidelines:

The Communication and Theatre Association of Minnesota (CTAM) is offering grants for the financial support of high school and college speech communication and theatre programs in Minnesota. CTAM is prepared to offer 5 to 10 grants of a minimum of $200 each for the 2021-2022 school year. The amount requested for a grant may range from the minimum of $200 to a maximum of $2,000. The final number and amount of grants awarded will be determined after applications are reviewed. Schools eligible to apply for CTAM grants should be entities that are allowed to receive charitable contributions from the Minnesota Community Foundation, which is the parent organization for the CTAM Foundation. These institutions are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, school districts, colleges and universities within Minnesota state limits.

To be eligible, applicant programs
-Must have a coach, instructor, or administrator that is a current member of CTAM
-Must be approved by the Department Chair of the Program/the Institution’s Principal/other administrator responsible for overseeing the Speech Communication and or Theatre program.

When a grant is approved, the amount will be sent to the Institution named in the grant proposal. Institutions receiving grants may use the funds to support costs reasonably associated with the operations of speech communication and theatre programs, including but not limited to entry fees, supplies, equipment and educational offerings.

Applications should be submitted by November 27, 2021 at midnight for review. Grants awarded will be announced by December 6, 2021.

CTAM will take numerous factors into consideration in selecting grant recipients. Preference will be given to institutions that
-commit some of their own resources to support speech communication and theatre programs and do not rely solely on the grant.
-have new programs, to programs with new coaches and/or instructors, and to programs that face other challenges to their existence and operations.

CTAM may conduct interviews of applicant coaches, instructors and administrators. Programs that receive grants will be expected to compete a detailed report on the expenditure of the grant allotment for 2020-21 and submit it to the Treasurer of CTAM by a date to be determined upon the awarding of the grant.