Apply Now for the 2024 Accelerator Awards

From The Lewis Prize for Music – 

Deadline: June 2, 2023

The Lewis Prize for Music — a creative arts philanthropy that invests in youth music programs to facilitate positive community change— is opening the application for its Accelerator Awards on March 24, 2023. Entering the 5th year of our $20 million commitment to Creative Youth Development, we will award multi-year awards of $500,000 each in January 2024. By applying for the Accelerator Awards, organizations are also eligible for funding ranging from $15,000 to $500,000.

The Lewis Prize for Music believes that music in the lives of young people is a catalytic force to drive positive change in our society. Accelerator Awards are open to Creative Youth Development (CYD) music organizations seeking to influence youth-serving systems to give young people access to learning, creating, and performing experiences that reflect their culture and identity. 

Awards are given through a rigorous and comprehensive process comprised of evaluation and input from diverse leaders in music, education, policy, research, philanthropy,  and community organizing. This includes young adult alumni leaders from creative youth development programs. 

The Accelerator Award application opened Friday, March 24, 2023. The deadline to apply is Friday, June 2, 2023. More information about the application process, guidelines and past Accelerator Awardees is available at  www.thelewisprize.org/apply