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National Endowment for the Arts Announces $67 Million in Grants for the Second Round of Fiscal Year 2007 Funding
Grants to Local Arts Agencies and Business Arts Councils
More than 951 grants totaling more than $67 million dollars have been awarded to national, regional, state, and local arts organizations across the country by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for FY07 funding.
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) - $30,000
- Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN) - $25,000
- Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY) - $20,000
- Maine Arts Commission (Augusta, ME) - $20,000
Local Arts Agencies:
- Arts Council Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA) - $30,000
- Arts Wisconsin, Inc. (Madison, WI) - $14,000
- Brunswick Area Arts & Cultural Alliance (Brunswick, ME) - $20,000\
- Churchill Arts Council (Fallon, NV) - $33,000
- Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) - $20,000
- Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties (Columbia, SC) - $30,000
- Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Inc. (Flushing, NY) - $50,000
- Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (Philadelphia, PA) - $35,000
- Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation (Chicago, IL) - $13,500
- Los Angeles County Arts Commission (Los Angeles, CA) - $60,000
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc. (New York, NY) - $50,000
- Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies (Lansing, MI) -$40,000
- Pasadena Arts Council (Pasadena, CA) - $22,000
- Queens Council on the Arts, Inc. (Woodhaven, NY) - $30,000
- South Dakotans for the Arts (Lead, SD) - $20,000
- Westchester Arts Council, Inc. (Consortium) (White Plains, NY) - $33,000
Challenge America Fast Track Review Grants
- Essex County Arts Council, Inc. (Westport, New York) - $10,000
- Mimbres Region Arts Council, Inc. (Silver City, New Mexico) - $10,000
- Salt Lake Arts Council Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) - $10,000
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
- East Side Arts Council (St. Paul, MN) - $12,000
- Los Angeles County Arts Commission (Los Angeles, CA) - $60,000
- Maine Alliance for Arts Education (Augusta, ME) - $40,000
- San Francisco Arts Commission (San Francisco, CA) - $40,000
Partnerships
- National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (Washington, DC) - $491,600
- Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (Honolulu, HI) - $65,900