policy and advocacy

2006: National Endowment for the Arts Grants

Grants to Local Arts Agencies and Business Arts Councils

National Endowment for the Arts Announces $63 Million in Grants for the Second Round of Fiscal Year 2006 Funding
More than 950 organizations will benefit from over $63 million dollars in grants awarded to national, regional, state, and local arts organizations across the country by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

For more information, please view the NEA’s news release. Grant listings for these categories can also be viewed by state. Below is a list of NEA grants awarded to local arts agencies and business arts councils across the country: 

Access to Artistic Excellence

Folk and Traditional Arts:

• Alliance for California Traditional Arts (Fresno, CA) - $25,000
• Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division (Arlington, VA) - $20,000
• Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY) - $20,000
• Elk County Council on the Arts (Ridgway, PA) - $10,000
• National Council for Traditional Arts (Silver Spring, MD) - $45,000
• Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (Providence, RI) - $15,000
• Westchester Arts Council, Inc. (White Plains, NY) - $15,00

Local Arts Agencies:

• Arts Council, Inc.  (Stuart, FL) - $10,000
• Arts Council of Indianapolis, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) - $21,000
• Arts Council of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) - $30,000
• Arts Council Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA) - $20,000
• Boulder County Arts Alliance (Boulder, CO) - $23,000
• Bronx Council on the Arts (Bronx, NY) - $40,000
• Brunswick Area Arts & Cultural Alliance (Brunswick, ME) - $10,000
• City of Charleston, South Carolina, Office of Cultural Affairs) (Charleston, SC) - $50,000
• Fulton County Arts Council (Atlanta, GA) - $30,000
• Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (Philadelphia, PA) - $35,00
• Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council (Pittsburgh, PA) - $33,000
• Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation (Chicago, IL) - $18,000
• Kentucky Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (Louisville, KY) - $18,000
• Lexington Arts & Cultural Council (Lexington, KY) - $15,000
• Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) - $30,000
• Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies (Ann Arbor, MI) - $35,000
• Minot Area Council of the Arts (Minot, ND) - $11,000
• Missouri Association of Community Arts Agencies (Columbia, MO) - $10,000
• Northampton Arts Council (Northampton, MA) - $10,000
• South Dakotans for the Arts (Lead, SD) - $22,000
• Tucson Pima Arts Council, Inc. (Tucson, AZ) - $50,000
• Westchester Arts Council, Inc. (White Plains, NY) - $23,000

Presenting:

• Arts & Business Council of Chicago (Chicago, IL) - $10,000
• Business Arts Council, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) - $10,000

Challenge America Fast Track Review Grant -

• Bloomington Area Arts Council, Inc. (Bloomington, IN) - $10,000
• Columbia County Council on the Arts, Inc. (Hudson, NY) - $10,000
• Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties (Columbia, SC) - $10,000
• Fitchburg Cultural Alliance, Inc. (Fitchburg, MA) - $10,000
• Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Inc. (Flushing, NY) -10,000
• Franklin County Arts Alliance (Mt. Vernon, TX) - $10,000
• Idaho Falls Arts Council, Inc. (Idaho Falls, ID) - $10,000
• Macon Arts Alliance, Inc. (Macon, GA) - $10,000
• Mariposa County Arts Council, Inc. (Mariposa, CA) - $10,000
• Queens Council on the Arts, Inc. (Woodhaven, NY) - $10,000
• Salt Lake Arts Council Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT) - $10,000

Folk and Traditional Art Infrastructure -

• Alliance for California Traditional Arts (Fresno, CA) - $30,000
• Colorado Council on the Arts (Denver, CO) - $30,000
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (Harrisburg, PA) - $25,000
• District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Washington, DC) - $20,000
• Kentucky Arts Council (Frankfort, KY) - $25,000
• Maine Arts Commission (Augusta, ME) - $20,000
• Maryland State Arts Council (Baltimore, MD) - $25,000
• Massachusetts Cultural Council (Boston, MA) - $20,000
• Mississippi Arts Commission (Jackson, MS) - $20,000
• Missouri State Council on the Arts (St. Louis, MO) - $20,000
• Nebraska Arts Council (Omaha, NE) - $25,000
• North Carolina Arts Council (Raleigh, NC) - $25,000
• North Dakota Council on the Arts (Bismarck, ND) - $30,000
• Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (Providence, RI) - $10,000
• South Carolina Arts Commission (Columbia, SC) - $20,000
• South Dakota Arts Council (Pierre, SD) - $20,000
• Washington State Arts Commission (Olympia, WA) - $30,000
• Wyoming Arts Council (Cheyenne, WY) - $25,000

Partnerships -

• National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (Washington, DC) - $521,045