Assistance Listing 45.026

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has not issued awards under CFDA 45.026 since February 1, 2006—over 20 years ago. The program is inactive and not a viable pursuit target.

The portfolio captured 639 total Project Grants distributed between 1997 and 2006, obligating $24.1 million in federal dollars. Recent awards (2004–2006) spanned music performances and commissions, traditional arts documentation and apprenticeship programs, theater residencies and productions, visual arts exhibitions and conservation, youth arts education initiatives, and literary publications. Award magnitudes ranged from $10,000 recognition grants to larger project supports: $443 thousand for an NEA/TCG theater residency program for playwrights (February 2006), $497 thousand for stabilization and conservation of the Lyme Art Colony collection (January 2005), and $432 thousand for Commissioning Music/USA (January 2005). The program collected $24.1 million in federal obligated funds against $90.2 million total obligated (including recipient cost-share), indicating mandatory matching contributions.

Award volume declined sharply after 2004: 225 awards in 2004, 14 in 2005, and 1 in 2006. No grant opportunities have been posted under this Assistance Listing in the recent period, and no current solicitation activity is evident. The source contains no indication of program restart or planned reopening. Organizations currently evaluating federal arts funding should pursue active NEA programs rather than this dormant line.