National Endowment for the Arts in the United States

The National Endowment for the Arts is dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts,
both new and established, bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership
in arts education.

Through its grants and programs, the Arts Endowment brings great art to all 50
States and 6 U.S. jurisdictions, including rural areas, inner cities, and military
bases. The Arts Endowment awards competitive matching grants to nonprofit
organizations, units of State or local government, and federally recognized
tribal communities or tribes, for projects, programs, or activities in the fields of
artist communities, arts education, dance, design, folk and traditional arts, literature, local arts agencies, media arts, museums, music, musical theater, opera, presenting, theater, and visual arts. In addition,it awards competitive nonmatching
individual fellowships in literature and honorary fellowships in jazz, folk and
traditional arts, and opera. Forty percent of the Arts Endowment’s grant funds go to the 56 State and jurisdictional arts agencies and their 6 regional arts organizations in support of arts projects in thousands of communities across the country.

Sources of Information

Grants

For information about Arts Endowment funding opportunities, contact the Public Affairs Office. Phone, 202–682–5400. TDD, 202–682–5496. Internet, www.arts.gov/grants.

Publications

To obtain a copy of the Arts Endowment’s Annual Report, funding guidelines, or other publications, contact the Public Affairs Office. Phone, 202–682–5400. TDD, 202–682–5496. Internet, www.arts.gov.

For further information, contact the Public Affairs Office, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506–0001. Phone, 202–682–5400. TDD, 202–682–5496. Internet, http://www.arts.gov.