policy and advocacy
2005: National Endowment for the Arts Applications and Grants Forms
Grants to Local Arts Agencies and Business Arts Councils
National Endowment for the Arts Announces $61 Million in Grants for the Second Round of Fiscal Year 2005 Funding
More than 800 grants totaling more than $61 million dollars have been awarded to national, regional, state, and local arts organizations across the country by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
The NEA has announced the FY 2005 grants for the following categories: Access to Artistic Excellence (second round), Folk Arts Infrastructure, Learning in the Arts, and Partnerships categories.
For more information, please view the NEA’s news release. Grant listings for these categories can also be viewed by state. Below is a list of $1,309,000 in NEA grants awarded to local arts agencies and business arts councils across the country:
Folk & Traditional Arts:
- Appalshop, Inc. (on behalf of WMMT-FM) (Whitesburg, KY) - $20,000
- Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (Boorklyn, NY) - $20,000
Local Arts Agencies:
- Art Commission of the City of New York (New York, NY) - $30,000
- Arts Center of the Capital Region (Troy, NY) - $25,000
- Arts Council Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA) - $30,000
- Bloomington Area Arts Council, Inc. (Bloomington, IN) - $10,000
- Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (consortium) (Brooklyn, NY) - $10,000
- Churchill Arts Council (Fallon, NV) - $28,000
- City of Charleston, South Carolina - $35,000
- City of San Diego, California (on behalf of Commission for Arts and Culture) - $40,000
- City of Tampa, Florida (on behalf of Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Public Art Program) (consortium) - $20,000
- City of Ventura, California (on behalf of Office of Cultural Affairs) - $8,000
- Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County (Santa Cruz, CA) - $14,000
- Kaw Valley Arts & Humanities, Inc. (Kansas City, KS) - $10,000
- Lincoln Arts Council (consortium) (Lincoln, NE) - $35,000
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc. (New York, NY) - $22,000
- Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin (on behalf of Oneida Nation Arts Program) (Oneida, WI) - $10,000
- Quad City Arts, Inc. (Rock Island, IL) - $52,000
- Schuylkill County Council for the Arts (Pottsville, PA) - $30,000
- Westchester Arts Council (White Plains, NY) - $25,000
Media Arts:
- Appalshop, Inc. (Whitesburg, KY) - $21,000
Multidisciplinary:
- Business Arts Council (San Francisco, CA) - $20,000
Folk Arts Infrastructure Initiative
- District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Washington, DC) - $30,000
- West Plains Council on the Arts, Inc. (West Plains, MO) - $20,000
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
- Acadiana Arts Council, Inc. (Lafayette, LA) - $10,000
- Arts Council for Chautauqua County (Jamestown, NY) - $25,000
- Arts Council of Richmond, Inc. (Richmond, VA) - $35,000
- Bradford County Regional Arts Council (Towanda, PA)- $25,000
- Fulton County Arts Council (Atlanta, GA) - $40,000
- Los Angeles County Arts Commission - $30,000
- Rockford Area Arts Council (Rockford, IL) - $20,000
- San Francisco Arts Commission - $30,000
- District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities - $529,000