Running Head: Public School Music Program 1 Grant Proposal to New Horizon Foundation Public School Music Program Designed for the Inner City Communities of Dallas, TX Student Name North Lake Community College August 6, 2018 Public School Music Program 2 Proposal directed to the New Horizon Foundation from the Hamilton Organization Presenting an important philanthropic project with the purpose of advancing the opportunities of inner-city youths by providing students from low income school districts in Dallas County with a free musical instrument and lessons. The Hamilton Organization invites the New Horizon Foundation to join us in our efforts and asks that you kindly donate $100,000 to our cause. This proposal will prove why The Hamilton organization believes that providing students from low income school districts with a free musical instrument to be a worthy cause, and why in the long run this program will improve the quality of life of the students involved. The proposal will also discuss the allocation of funds and the sustainability of the program. The Hamilton Foundation has been actively involved in the Dallas community for five years now, and has successfully launched other programs aimed at improving the life and offering opportunities for inner city youths. The Hamilton Organization believes that through a partnership with New Horizon Foundation we can continue to do great things for the community. Public School Music Program 3 Table of Contents Executive Summary ………………………………………………………………………..…4 Needs Statements ……………………………………………………………………………5-6 Program of Projection Description ………………………………………..………………….7 Budget with Narrative Explanation …………………………………………………...……8-9 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………..……10 References ……………………………………………………………………………...............11 Public School Music Program 4 Executive Summary The Hamilton Organization has been committed to the advancement of at risk youth for many years now. We believe that with your help we can do more than we at first thought possible, reach more youth, and provide better opportunities. Some low income school districts do have music programs in Dallas County, however many students and their families are not able to spare any money on an instrument. This greatly inhibits the opportunities for many students. Education is the great equalizer; and it has been proven that low income neighborhoods, with low income school districts produce students who are less likely to graduate, and more likely to be in the welfare system, or worse prison. Our request of a donation of $100,000 will be used to provide students age 6 to 10, or 1st grade through 4th grade students, who are interesting in joining the music program with a free musical instrument. Arts in the school are important and often neglected when it comes to the well-rounded education of a child. It has be.

1. Running Head: Public School Music Program 1
Grant Proposal to New Horizon Foundation
Public School Music Program Designed for the
Inner City Communities of Dallas, TX
Student Name
North Lake Community College
August 6, 2018
Public School Music Program 2
Proposal directed to the New Horizon Foundation from the
Hamilton Organization

2. Presenting an important philanthropic project with the purpose
of advancing the
opportunities of inner-city youths by providing students from
low income school districts in
Dallas County with a free musical instrument and lessons. The
Hamilton Organization invites the
New Horizon Foundation to join us in our efforts and asks that
you kindly donate $100,000 to
our cause. This proposal will prove why The Hamilton
organization believes that providing
students from low income school districts with a free musical
instrument to be a worthy cause,
and why in the long run this program will improve the quality
of life of the students involved.
The proposal will also discuss the allocation of funds and the
sustainability of the program. The
Hamilton Foundation has been actively involved in the Dallas
community for five years now,
and has successfully launched other programs aimed at
improving the life and offering
opportunities for inner city youths. The Hamilton Organization
believes that through a
partnership with New Horizon Foundation we can continue to
do great things for the community.

3. Public School Music Program 3
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
………………………………………………………………………..
…4
Needs Statements
…………………………………………………………………………
…5-6
Program of Projection Description
………………………………………..………………….7
Budget with Narrative Explanation
…………………………………………………...……8-9
Conclusion
…………………………………………………………………………
……..……10
References
…………………………………………………………………………
…...............11

4. Public School Music Program 4
Executive Summary
The Hamilton Organization has been committed to the
advancement of at risk youth for
many years now. We believe that with your help we can do more
than we at first thought
possible, reach more youth, and provide better opportunities.
Some low income school districts do have music programs in
Dallas County, however
many students and their families are not able to spare any
money on an instrument. This greatly
inhibits the opportunities for many students. Education is the
great equalizer; and it has been
proven that low income neighborhoods, with low income school
districts produce students who
are less likely to graduate, and more likely to be in the welfare
system, or worse prison.
Our request of a donation of $100,000 will be used to provide
students age 6 to 10, or 1st
grade through 4th grade students, who are interesting in joining
the music program with a free
musical instrument. Arts in the school are important and often
neglected when it comes to the

5. well-rounded education of a child. It has been proven that music
programs can help students with
other areas of study particularly math and reading. These are
subjects that students often struggle
in, and we know to be necessary for success.
The Hamilton Organization believes that we can right this
oversight and provide long
term change and benefits to our students. In our proposal we
hope to further discuss the benefits
of this program.
Sincerely,
Student Name
Organizer, Hamilton Organization
CEO, New Horizon Foundation
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Needs Statement
Graduation numbers are decreasing at an alarming rate across
the country, specifically in

6. low income neighborhoods; According to The National Center
for Education Statistics, 35% of
students are expected to drop out by grade eight, of that
percentage, 21% will at one point spend
time in jail. Engaging children at in early age in music has been
proven to provide significant
benefits. The Harmony program in California show that 93% of
the students in there program go
on to become college graduates despite a dropout rate of 50%.
Playing a musical instrument helps develop the brain, not only
has it been proven that
programs such as the one we are hoping to create aids children
in lifelong learning, it increases
their probability of graduating from high school, and going on
to graduate from college. When
children are learning to play a musical instrument it helps them
interpret sounds they could not at
first differentiate, this process called neurophysiological
distinction leads to better academics,
specifically math and reading skills. Two of the most common
skills that children from low
income neighborhoods and families deal with, these skills are
essential to lifelong success.
A study conducted by Nina Kraus, the director of Northwestern

7. University’s Auditory
Neuroscience Laboratory has proven that playing a musical
instrument does in fact make you
smarter. Kraus and her team hooked strategically placed
electrode wires on the heads of students
to monitor the brains responses (Locker 2018). Not only does it
improve prove a child’s literary
and math skills, it improves their memory skills, coordination,
creativity, and the ability to
express themselves. It also introduces children to other cultures
an aspect that is very important
to inner city youths, many only being exposed to the
neighborhoods they are currently living in.
Studies conducted by the National Association of Music
Merchants (NAMM) which
followed children in music programs between the ages of two
and nine, show the result of
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playing a musical instrument helps to develop the part of the
left side of the brain which has been
shown to process language, process new information, and create
new links in the brain

8. (Echeverria 2014). Knowing this the Hamilton organization is
striving to offer this amazing
opportunity to inner city youth. For your benefit we have
including a chart of the alarming
percentage of high school graduates from low income families
versus those from high income
families.
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Program of Project Description
Through our program we hope to provide musical instruments
and lessons to 120
students located at low income schools and from low income
families. We hope to begin our
program with a signup sheet, and an essay submitted by students
on why they should be allowed
into the program. We expect the demand into the program will
be great, and it is our goal to
recruit children who are dedicate, who truly want to learn, and

9. will follow our program
throughout their entire school career.
We will focus our attention on six schools within Dallas
County; Bird Elementary, J
Smith Middle School, Hall Elementary, Isaac Cox Middle
School, and Colman Elementary.
These five schools house some of the most at risk children
based on economics, socio-economic
background, and financial status.
We have dedicated teachers already interested in our program;
teachers who themselves
came from low income families and benefited from after school
programs that promoted music.
With their dedication, paired with the dedication of the students
we hope to recruit, we know that
our program can be a success. Our goal of lifelong learning,
increased graduation rates, and
college graduation rates will increase. The goal of our program
is to follow our students
throughout their career, through attentiveness and focus we
know that we can make a difference.

10. Public School Music Program 8
Means of Evaluating Project’s Success
Long term the Hamilton Organization hopes to prove our
success through increased rates
of graduation among our students, higher GPA’s, and more
students who go to college and
graduate compared to the students who were not a part of the
program.
Short term we will based this on the performance of our
students, not only with their
success at being able to properly play their perspective
instrument, but their grades in their
courses. All schools in Dallas County provide parents with a 6
week report card; we will take
note of student’s grades at the beginning of the year compared
to the end of the year. Paying
more focus to those courses that require cognitive learning
skills; math, reading, and language.
In order to ascertain the student’s ability to play their
instruments we will hold 2 concerts
throughout the school year, a winter and a summer concert. In
addition each student will

11. compete to determine what ‘chair’ they will hold in the
orchestra; 1st violin, 2nd violin, etc. we
believe this will create healthy completion among the students.
Lastly our teacher’s will test our
students biweekly, providing a piece for the student to practice
and evaluating how well the
student does based on their current knowledge level.
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Budget with Narrative Explanation
In order to provide instruments for students entering our
program, we will begin a cost
allocation of various musical instruments which we are
acquiring for a discounted rate, compared
to the number of students we want in the program each year,
based on a budget of $42,665
yearly. As you will note below we will be providing instruments
to 120 students across Dallas
County. The cost of the instruments will be $26,736.00 a set
amount over the 3 year period
which we have locked in with a contract, the remaining
$15,930.67 will be used to pay the

12. teachers who will be giving the lessons.
instrument Number purchased Cost in U.S. Dollars
violin 15 $5500
flute 15 $3500
clarinet 15 $3000
trumpet 15 $2700
oboe 15 $2900
Saxophone 15 $3100
trombone 15 $3051
French horn 15 $2985
Total cost $26,736.00
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13. As you see we have created a thoroughly thought out budget,
our plan allows us to enter
120 students into the program each year. We will employ 3
teachers who will meet with students
at their respective schools 3 times a week for an hour after
school has ended. With lessons
provided 3 times a week along with parent involvement, and at
home practice we believe that
students will be able to retain the information they are learning
and progress quickly.
Year Cost of Instruments Cost of Lessons Total
1 $26,736.00 $15,930.67 $42,665
2 $26,736.00 $15,930.67 $42,665
3 $26,736.00 $15,930.66 $42,665
Total 80,208 $47,792 $128,000
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14. Conclusion
We at the Hamilton organization believe that our desire to
place an instrument in the
hands of at risk youths who cannot afford to purchase an
instrument themselves is a worthwhile
endeavor. When we give our students an instrument, we are
doing more than just placing a flute,
a clarinet, or a violin into their hands, we are handing them
opportunities. The opportunity to
graduate, the opportunity to go to college, the opportunity to
see that there is more to the world
than the crime and poverty they encounter on a daily basis. It is
a fact that learning to play a
musical instrument has amazing benefits on the brain and
exponentially increases a child’s
chances of success.
We implore you at New Horizon Foundation to partner with us
and help create a better
life not only for the children who will sign up for our program,
but for their children; high school
and college graduates have a 75% chance of producing a college
graduate. Help us create a better
economy, help us lower crime, and help us decrease the number
of participants on welfare; it all

15. starts here.
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References
Brown, L. L. (2012, May 25). The Benefits of Music Education.
Retrieved August 1, 2018, from
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/the-benefits-
of-music-education/
Echeverria, H. (207, May 2). Https://www.harmony-
project.org/news/. Retrieved August 1, 2018
Locker, M. (2014, December 16). Music Can Alter Your Child's
Brain. Retrieved August 1,
2018, from http://time.com/3634995/study-kids-engaged-music-
class-for-benefits-
northwestern/
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/the-benefits-
of-music-education/
https://www.harmony-project.org/news/
http://time.com/3634995/study-kids-engaged-music-class-for-

16. benefits-northwestern/
http://time.com/3634995/study-kids-engaged-music-class-for-
benefits-northwestern/
Report Writing Assignment
NOTE: You must submit a complete periodic report as the last
assignment in the class.
This assignment is considered the capstone assignment for the
course.
Failure to submit a complete report assignment will result in an
F for the course.
Report Writing - Grant Proposal
Grant writing varies widely across the
disciplines, and research intended for
epistemological purposes
(philosophy or the arts) rests on very different
assumptions than research intended for practical
applications
(medicine or social policy research). Nonetheless,
this assignment attempts to provide a general
introduction
to grantwriting across the disciplines.
Go through the following link for the details:
https://softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/AkV6xQo2ZuRDWg/ht
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Be sure to review the following grading rubric before you begin
your assignment.
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Project Assignment
In this application, you are a non-profit organization seeking a
grant from New Horizons
Foundation for a worthwhile philanthropic project. As part of
this project, you have been
asked to write a proposal to the foundation.
Here are the underlying assumptions and ground rules for this
application:
1. You have been part of an established nonprofit group for five
years and have one or
more successful projects or activities that you can briefly
describe to the NHF as you
make your case.
2. You have already rasied $28,000 for your current proposal to
the NHF.
3. You can request up to $100,000 from the NHF, meaning that
you could have a total
of $128,000 to pursue your philanthropic goals.
4. You must be able to show NHF how you will develop and
sustain your proposed
project over at least three years after receiving funding.