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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
www.arts.gov (202) 682-5400 Grants info: http://www.arts.endow.gov/grants/index.html
GRANT/LOAN
Challenge America: Reaching Every Community
Fast-Track Review Grants (CFDA Number 45.024) –
Program provides support, primarily to small and mid-sized
organizations, of projects that extend the reach of the arts
to underserved populations. Funding is not available for
curriculum-based instruction in the arts.
Coming Up Taller – The President’s Committee on the Arts
and the Humanities (PCAH) is inviting nominations for its
2010 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.
Presented in partnership with the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS), the National Endowment for the
Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH), the Coming Up Taller awards recognize the
accomplishments of arts and humanities after-school and outof-school
programs and activities across the country. With its
$10,000 award, Coming Up Taller also assists organizations,
furthers knowledge, and encourages development of future
programs.
DEADLINE / REGULATIONS
Fiscal Year 2011 Deadline – June 10, 2010
Grant Amount – $10,000
Contact – (202) 682-5400
http://arts.endow.gov/grants/index.html
Previous Year Deadline – January 29, 2010
Contact – (202) 682-5409
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth (CFDA
No. 45.024) – The purpose of this program is to advance
arts education for children and youth in school-based or
community-based settings. This category supports in-depth,
curriculum-based arts education experiences that occur over
an extended period. Projects must provide participatory
learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers,
and excellent art. All projects must include the following
components:
1) the opportunity for students and their teachers to
experience exemplary works of art, in live form wherever
possible;
2) study of the art experienced including the acquisition of
skills for practicing the art form where appropriate;
3) the performance/making of art within the discipline(s)
studied; and
4) assessment of student learning according to national or
state arts education standards.
Literature Fellowships (CFDA No. 45.024) – Through
Literature Fellowships to published creative writers and
translators of exceptional talent in the areas of prose and
poetry, the Arts Endowment advances its goal of encouraging
and supporting artistic creativity and preserving our diverse
cultural heritage. Creative Writing Fellowships enable
PA Grant & Resource Directory
Fiscal Year 2011 Deadline – June 10, 2010
Grant Amount – $5,000 to $150,000
Contact – (202) 682-5400
http://arts.endow.gov/grants/index.html
Previous Year Deadlines:
Translation Projects – January 7, 2010
Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction – March
5, 2009
Poetry – March 4, 2010
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