NEA Challenge America Fast-Track, FY2013

Post Date

January 4th 2012

Application Due Date

May 24th 2012

The Grants.gov system must receive your validated and accepted application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 24, 2012.

Funding Opportunity Number

2012NEA01CAFT

CFDA Number(s)

45.024

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Arts

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education

An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY 2013 Grants for Arts Projects categories: Art Works or Challenge America Fast-Track. Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. Applicants may be arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, local education agencies (school districts), and other organizations that can help advance the goals of the Arts Endowment. To be eligible, the applicant organization must: •Meet the Arts Endowment's "Legal Requirements" including nonprofit, tax-exempt status at the time of application. (All organizations must apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal agent are not allowed.) •Have a three-year history of programming prior to the application deadline. •Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment grant(s) previously received.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $10000 - $10000

Grant Description

An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY 2013 Grants for Arts Projects categories: Art Works or Challenge America Fast-Track. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2013. The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least one of the underserved characteristics noted above also must be present. Grants are available for professional arts programming and for projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development. This category encourages and supports the following two outcomes: •Engagement: Engaging the public with diverse and excellent art. •Livability: The strengthening of communities through the arts. You will be asked to select the outcome that is most relevant to your project (you also will be able to select a secondary outcome). When making selections, you should identify the outcome(s) that reflect the results expected to be achieved by your project. If you receive a grant, you also will be asked to provide evidence of those results.

Contact Information

• Agency

  National Endowment for the Arts

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  NEA Web Manager

• Agency Mailing Address:

  NEA Web Manager

• Agency Email Address:

  webmgr@arts.gov

• More Information:

  NEA Complete Web Site Announcement