NEA Our Town, FY 2025
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- 2024NEA01OT
- Applications due
- Award size
- $25,000 to $150,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Arts
- Eligible applicants
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- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- State Governments
- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- City/Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- County Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is seeking applicants for its Our Town grant program, which supports creative placemaking projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts to strengthen local communities. Successful applicants must be a partnership between a nonprofit organization and a local government or quasi-government entity. Projects must demonstrate a specific role for arts, culture, and design in addressing community needs and opportunities, with a focus on equity and long-term systems change. Applications are due by August 1, 2024, and will be evaluated based on the project's artistic excellence, community engagement, and potential for impact.
The Our Town grants range from $25,000 to $150,000, with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount. The grant period can be up to two years, with the NEA's support starting on or after July 1, 2025. There is no specified quantity of goods or services, as this is a grant program supporting creative placemaking projects tailored to the needs and opportunities of individual communities.
Synopsis
Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts' creative placemaking grants program. Through project-based funding, we support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities over the long term. Successful Our Town projects demonstrate a specific role for arts, culture, and design as part of strategies for strengthening local communities, ultimately centering equity and laying the groundwork for long-term systems change tailored to community needs and opportunities. All applications are submitted by one organization and require one partner organization. The applicant/partner pair must include 1) a nonprofit organization and 2) a local government or quasi-government entity. Cost share/matching grants range from $25,000 to $150,000, with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on July 1, 2025, or any time thereafter. A grant period of up to two years is allowed.
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