Celts of America is dedicated to presenting, promoting, and preserving Celtic culture. Our goal is to educate the public about the heritage, language, traditions, art, and history of the Celtic people both ancient and modern, and especially concentrate our efforts on those of Celtic decent within the USA and Canada.  Each year we grant thousands of dollars to organizations wishing to participate in our grant programs.

GRANTS
COA offers grants to help museums, libraries, heritage and historical organizations, or community organizations of Celtic interest. Generally, these grants are given in order to promote and develop new public awareness, for humanities projects, and to charter local events of Celtic heritage interests.  In addition we also have “chapter grants" available for those local organizations interested in starting a local chapter of Celts of America. 
The new guidelines for our grant programs will be available in early 2007. In the interim, the guidelines below can be used for reference, but should NOT be used to prepare an application. 
In the meantime, you can start on your application by registering with Celts of America.
 

Starting in August 2006, all institutions applying for an COA grant must meet the following requirements:
1. The institution or organization applying for a grant must have a federal tax I.D. number.
2. Applications will only be considered for organizations or institutions, who have applied for Chapter standing, or are already a chapter in good standings.
3. A grant request can only be made by a organization's officials (i.e., president or vice president).
4. Organizations may be funded only once in a 12-month period, and grants will be made for no more than one year at a time. No grants will be made to current grantees until their final report has been received.

Scholarships
1. COA Scholarships up to $1,000 are available for anyone under the age of 21, seeking higher education at the college level, or for those in with needs for specialized education and training for grades K-12.

2.  Additions:
-Applicants or parents of applicants must be a Celts of America member in good standings.
-Applicants must be of Celtic decent.
-Applicants must be a resident of either the USA, Canada, or Nova Scotia.
-Applicants must have a grade point average of 3.5 or equivalent.
* Application consideration is only given in the area of language, music, history and natural science.

3. COA Scholarship applications are due by March 1st each year. Applications for scholarships are posted in December of each year.