The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance, is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of Creative Forces® Community Engagement grants, with support for 26 organizations totaling $750,385.
Donor Name: Mid-America Arts Alliance
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/19/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA). This grant program aims to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military service members and veterans exposed to trauma as well as their families and caregivers through experiences of art or art making.
Funding Information
- In FY23, the inaugural round of grants supported projects at 26 organizations totaling $750,385.
- There are two tiers of grants in this round: emerging (matching grants of up to $10,000 for one-year projects) and advanced (matching grants of $10,000–$25,000 for one-year projects or up to $50,000 for two-year projects), allowing for new projects to begin and established programming to expand.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Applicant Organization must:
- be a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)3, U.S. organization, a unit of state or local government, or a federally recognized tribal community or tribe located in the U.S. (including the District of Columbia and all U.S. territories as well as the Native nations that share that geography);
- have either a minimum of three years’ experience:
- programming for/with military communities or
- presenting/producing arts-based projects;
- have completed a three-year history of programming prior to the application deadline. Programming is not required to have taken place during consecutive years. If your programming was affected or suspended due to COVID-19, you may reference 2020 or 2021 programming that was canceled or reimagined due to the pandemic. Virtual programming, planning, and COVID-19 recovery activities are considered to be programming. You may also choose to list arts programming from a recent year other than 2020 or 2021. For the purpose of defining eligibility, “three-year history” refers to when an organization began its programming and not when it incorporated or received nonprofit, tax-exempt status;
- compensate all professional artists or supporting professional personnel at no less than the prevailing minimum compensation in accordance with Part 505 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
- apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal sponsor/agent are not allowed;
- have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), created in the System for Award Management [SAM.gov],
- be in good standing with M-AAA, the NEA, and all other federal agencies, with no delinquent reports and/or grant documents;
- commit to M-AAA’s Grantee Assurance of Compliance and Federal Suspension and Disbarment Policy; and
- agree to acknowledge M-AAA and the NEA in all programs and press materials related to the project if funded.
For more information, visit M-AAA.
