The Missouri Arts Council received a $804,800 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 45.025). The funding will support arts programs, services, and activities carried out under the Council's NEA-approved strategic plan from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. As the state arts agency for Missouri, the Council will utilize the grant funds to develop and maintain partnerships with regional arts organizations across the state to advance the mission of promoting the arts as outlined by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Partnership Agreements program aims to enable state and local arts agencies to foster arts programming in their respective jurisdictions through collaboration with regional arts partners.