Rapid Response Fund (RRF)

Purpose: Fill last-minute gaps in arts education by connecting well-established arts education providers to schools where students are receiving no arts education

Geographic Scope: Oakland, California - Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)

Trigger: Uses data from AOK's annual OUSD Arts Education Survey to identify schools with gaps in arts education, typically occurring in final weeks before school starts

Goals:

• Ensure no student goes a single week without arts education
• Provide immediate, weekly arts education classes reaching every student

Eligible Recipients: Arts education providers who have first applied for and been awarded a Landis Grant

How It Works: AOK identifies target schools and connects well-established arts education providers to school leadership, then provides RRF funding to the arts provider for immediate implementation

Contact Info:

• Phone: (510) 488-3036
• Email: info@artsforoaklandkids.org
• Address: 3871 Piedmont Avenue #11, Oakland, CA 94611

Note: Rapid Response Funding was used in 2021 to serve 645 kids across 29 classrooms in 5 schools, funded in partnership with the Gerbode Foundation and Pixar Animation Studios.