National Council For The Traditional Arts, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD Doing business as Ncta
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 8757 Georgia Ave #450, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
- Website
- ncta-usa.org
- Founded
- 1933
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Specialized Consumer Services
- SIC code
- 86 Membership Organizations
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
National Council For The Traditional Arts, Inc. (doing business as NCTA), a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, operates as a federal grant recipient focused on production and management of public cultural events, traditional arts programming, and documentary media in support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service. NCTA works exclusively as a prime recipient; it holds no federal contracts and does not operate as a subrecipient on federal grants.
NCTA's federal footprint centers on three core capability areas: the production and management of public events tied to the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Program (which honors master artists in traditional arts disciplines); development and delivery of sustainable traditional arts programs in communities adjacent to National Park Service units; and documentary video production supporting the NEA's mission to promote excellence in traditional and contemporary arts. Representative grant work includes a $791,000 award from the NEA under CFDA 45.024 (Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals) in fiscal 2026 to support production and management of public events and film production for the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Program, with delivery in Maryland through December 31, 2026; a cooperative agreement from the National Park Service (awarded July 31, 2023, running through December 31, 2026) to create and support sustainable traditional arts programs in six communities within and around National Park Service units, delivering cultural programming such as Roots of American Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center and interpretive programming at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument; and grants in support of the National Folk Festival in Jackson, Mississippi, including a planning grant (January 2023 through June 2024) and operational support awards spanning 2024 through 2027.
Customer concentration is stark: the National Endowment for the Arts accounts for 47 of NCTA's 71 total federal awards across the source data window. The Department of the Interior National Park Service and its subordinate offices (National Office and Intermountain Region) hold 24 awards. Combined, these two grantor agencies represent 100% of NCTA's tracked federal footprint. NCTA has obligated $15.1 million across all awards since 2006, with activity declining in recent years (three awards in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026). Four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months.
Quick answers
Is National Council For The Traditional Arts, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. National Council For The Traditional Arts, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through February 10, 2027.
What is National Council For The Traditional Arts, Inc.'s CAGE code?
National Council For The Traditional Arts, Inc.'s CAGE code is 489H1, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is R2NBFVKNX653.
What is National Council For The Traditional Arts, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
National Council For The Traditional Arts, Inc.'s most recent federal grant award is To support the national folk festival in jackson mississippi (19444075526), from National Endowment for the Arts, on January 1, 2027.
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