Grants, Scholarships & Internship Applications

The foundation reviews applications for grants and scholarships twice a year. The deadline for spring applications is May 1 and the deadline for fall applications is October 1. The application must be completed in full with supporting materials included.

For full guidelines, procedures and internship information click here.

Organizational Grant/Sponsorship Application

** If already awarded a grant, a new application will be considered every 2 years. This means if you received a grant in 2022, you can apply again in 2024 or later.

Organization

Organization Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Website

http://

Contact Name

First Name

Last Name

Contact Phone

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Contact Email

Organization's Connection to Ridgewood

Please indicate how much funding you are requesting and for what purpose

Organizational grants are offered at a maximum of $500. RAF prefers sponsorship opportunities whereby we provide grants in conjunction with sponsorship and recognition. Please indicate how the grant you are requesting from RAF can be utilized as a sponsorship opportunity including, if possible, acknowledgement on your website and/or ad in playbill/program, if applicable.

Amount Requested

Date Funds Requested By

YYYY

Please provide a URL link here to a sample of your organization that you would like RAF to consider.

Scholarship/Individual Artist Application

** If already awarded a scholarship, a new application will be considered every 3 years. This means if you received a scholarship from RAF in 2022, you may apply again in 2025 or later.

Student or Individual Artist Name

First Name

Last Name

Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Phone

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Student Email

Parent/Guardian Email

This field is required for applicants enrolled in middle school or high school. Adults, please type N/A.

Connection to Ridgewood

Individual Artist or Student Biography

Please provide a brief statement of your artistic background, future goals and what funding will be used for if awarded a scholarship

Amount Requested

Student scholarships or individual artist grants are offered a maximum of $250. Please indicate how much funding you are requesting. Be sure to describe what the funding will be used for in the artist bio box above.

Date Funds Requested By

YYYY

File Submission

By clicking this box, I agree that RAF may display my name and images/videos of works submitted on the RAF website and other media to promote RAF and its programs.

Please provide a URL link here to a sample of your work that you would like RAF to consider.

Internship Application

Student or Individual Name

First Name

Last Name

Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Phone

(###)

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Connection to Ridgewood or high school attending

Reason for interest in internship.

Please provide a brief statement of why you have an interest in an internship with RAF and any experience with social media marketing.

Former Recipients

Grants

2023 Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra Ridgewood Choral International High School TIC TOC SooSoo Studios Ridgewood Singers First Flight Theater Company Ridge Elementary School HSA ARTFusion New Roberto Clemente School New Jersey Choral Society Ridgewood Pedestrian Tunnel Project

2022 Orpheus Club Men's Chorus Pro Arte Chorale
Let's Talk Art Fusion Compositional Composer Series (Composer: Armando Ghidon) Ars Musica First Flight Theater Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra Crafts with Care

2021 Ars Musica Chorale
Art of Motion
Covid Care Cards
Creative Bergen/Arts Amble
Orpheus Club, Men’s Chorus
Ridgecrest Senior Housing
Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra
Spec Wired
Masterworks Art Studio
Ridgewood Historical Society

2020 Rosa Parks High School Band Sharing the Arts
James Rose Center
Ars Musica Chorale
Pro Arte Chorale

2019 Orpheus Club Men’s Chorale
Pro Arte Chorale
TIC TOC
Ridgecrest Senior Housing Art Program ARTBeat, Ridgewood High School art group Kasschau Memorial Bandshell

2018 Ridgewood Rotary Foundation
ARTBeat, Ridgewood High School art group
Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus
Kasschau Memorial Bandshell
Ridgewood Baseball & Softball Association
Pro Arte Chorale

2017 Ridgewood Arts Council
Art of Motion
Ridgewood Friends of Music

Scholarships

2023 Kelly Guerrero Charlotte Sands Anya Skulskaia Ella Sands Joseph Lim Julia Boesch Ava McGrath Olivia Thompson Sunny Bateman Quinn Montague Christine DeFazio David Ciccolella Lisa Hahn Tiffany Chang Ian Hamilton Karan Kalyanaraman Kai Koyama Peggy Schunk Lucas Wang

2022 Anya Skulskaia, Ridgewood High School Keya Jesalpura, George Washington Middle School Julian Brescia, Benjamin Franklin Middle School Justin Moskowitz, Anime, Benjamin Franklin Middle School Kira Fox, Benjamin Franklin Middle School Aashi Jesalpura, Ridgewood High School Maya Grant, Ridgewood High School Vivian Yuan, Ridgewood High School Madeleine Haskins, Ridgewood High School Markus Ryen, Ridgewood High School Daisy Martinez, Harp, Saddle River Day School Skylar Kliesch, Ridgewood High School Stella Song, Ridgewood High School Alum Sanjna Rajagopalan, Ridgewood High School Kayla Abboud, Ridgewood High School Katie Weispfenning, Ridgewood High School Isaac Rentoul-Gins, George Washington Middle School Margot Melamed, George Washington Middle School Arnav Menezes, George Washington Middle School Nora Cullen, George Washington Middle School Kiehye Song, Benjamin Franklin Middle School Finnegan Ban, Ridgewood High School Alum William Stewart, Ridgewood High School Alum

2021 Misha Vernet, Ridgewood High School
Celina Kim, Ridgewood High School

2020 Lucia Betelu, Ridgewood High School
Emily Ertle, Ridgewood High School
Caroline Roxas, Ridgewood High School
Hayley D'Alessandro, College of Charleston
Nicole Kye, Ridgewood High School
Elizabeth Saunter, Home Schooled 6th Grader, Ridgewood
Mary Saunter, Home Schooled 6th Grader, Ridgewood
Kieran Corcoran, Ridgewood High School
Ashlee Fong, Ridgewood High School
Avery Fogg, Ridgewood High School
Heliya Sefat, Ridgewood High School Alum
Victoria Chung, Ridgewood High School Alum and Julliard School Masters Graduate
Tarun Kalyanaraman, Ridgewood High School
Elizabeth Fontana, Art Teacher, Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Ridgewood
Caroline Goldenberg, Glen Rock High School
Zach Kim, Ridgewood High School
Rob Nelson, Ridgewood High School Alum
Jake Rubenstein, Ridgewood High School

2019 Olias Raoul Bendian, Bergen Tech High School
Emily Choi, Ridgewood High School
Ciara Emmanuel, Ridgewood High School
Morgan Mastrangelo, Ridgewood High School Alum, Northwestern University,
Sophia Swanson, Ridgewood High School

2018 Ahmod Bradley, Rosa Parks High School, Paterson
Enderson Collado, Rosa Parks High School, Paterson
Damaar Russell, Rosa Parks High School, Paterson
Marcelo Herrera, Rosa Parks High School
Brian Cruz, Rosa Parks High School, Paterson
Leslie Cruz, Rosa Parks High School, Paterson

2017 Maeve Montague, Ridgewood High School