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NEA Our Town, FY2019
The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on July 1, 2019, or any time thereafter.
A grant period of up to two years is allowed.
An organization may submit as a lead applicant two applications to Our Town.
A partnering organization may serve as a partner on as many
applications as they like.
You may apply to other National Endowment for the Arts funding opportunities, including Art Works and Challenge America, in addition to Our Town.
In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project, or a distinctly different phase of a project.
If you have applied to the NEA in the past and were not recommended for funding, you may apply again to any funding opportunity, including Our Town.
Description Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program.
These grants support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes.
Successful Our Town projects ultimately lay the groundwork for systemic changes that sustain the integration of arts, culture, and design into strategies for strengthening communities.
Our Town offers support for projects in two areas:
• Place-Based Projects.
Through arts engagement, cultural planning, design, and/or artist/creative industry support, these projects contribute to improved quality of life in local communities.
These projects require a partnership between a nonprofit organization and a local government entity, with one of the partners being a cultural organization.
Matching grants range from $25,000 to $200,000, with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount.
• Knowledge Building Projects.
These projects build and disseminate knowledge about how to leverage arts, culture, and design as mechanisms for strengthening communities.
These grants are available to arts service or design service organizations, and/or other national or regional membership, policy, or university-based organizations.
These projects require a partnership that will facilitate the knowledge sharing and/or exchange.
Matching grants range from $25,000 to $100,000, with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount.
A grant period of up to two years is allowed.
An organization may submit as a lead applicant two applications to Our Town.
A partnering organization may serve as a partner on as many
applications as they like.
You may apply to other National Endowment for the Arts funding opportunities, including Art Works and Challenge America, in addition to Our Town.
In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project, or a distinctly different phase of a project.
If you have applied to the NEA in the past and were not recommended for funding, you may apply again to any funding opportunity, including Our Town.
Description Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program.
These grants support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes.
Successful Our Town projects ultimately lay the groundwork for systemic changes that sustain the integration of arts, culture, and design into strategies for strengthening communities.
Our Town offers support for projects in two areas:
• Place-Based Projects.
Through arts engagement, cultural planning, design, and/or artist/creative industry support, these projects contribute to improved quality of life in local communities.
These projects require a partnership between a nonprofit organization and a local government entity, with one of the partners being a cultural organization.
Matching grants range from $25,000 to $200,000, with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount.
• Knowledge Building Projects.
These projects build and disseminate knowledge about how to leverage arts, culture, and design as mechanisms for strengthening communities.
These grants are available to arts service or design service organizations, and/or other national or regional membership, policy, or university-based organizations.
These projects require a partnership that will facilitate the knowledge sharing and/or exchange.
Matching grants range from $25,000 to $100,000, with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount.
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Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals
National Endowment for the Arts
Agency: National Endowment for the Arts
Office: National Endowment for the Arts
Estimated Funding: $10,000,000
Office: National Endowment for the Arts
Estimated Funding: $10,000,000
Who's Eligible
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
NEA Web Site Announcement
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Qualified applicants may be U. S. private voluntary organizations (USPVOs) and/or U.S., other non-U. S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or private, non-profit organizations (or for-profit companies willing to forego profits).
In support of the Agency’s interest in fostering a larger assistance base and expanding the number and sustainability of development partners.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.arts.gov/grants-organizations/our-town
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
NEA Our Town Staff
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2018-04-20
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2009-06-22
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