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National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $77 Million in Grants for the Second Round of Fiscal Year 2008 Funding
Grants to Local Arts Agencies and Business Arts Councils
More than 1,000 grants totaling over $77.4 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 FY08.
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 grants awarded to local arts agencies and business arts councils across the country:
Access to Artistic Excellence
Folk and Traditional Arts:
- Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY) - $30,000
- National Council for the Traditional Arts (Silver Spring, MD) - $45,000
- Local Arts Agencies:
- Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Inc. (Toledo, OH) - $10,000
- Arts Council of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) - $40,000
- Arts Council of Princeton (Princeton, NJ) - $10,000
- Arts Council Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA) - $30,000
- Arts Foundation of Cape Cod (Centerville, MA) - $20,000
- Arts Orange County (Santa Ana, CA) - $40,000
- ArtServe Michigan, Inc. (Southfield, MI) - $20,000
- Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc. (Bronx, NY) - $25,000
- Cambridge Arts Council (Cambridge, MA) - $20,000
- Churchill Arts Council (Fallon, NV) - $30,000
- Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Inc. (Flushing, NY) - $35,000
- Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (Philadelphia, PA) - $30,000
- Huntingdon County Arts Council (Huntingdon, PA) - $10,000
- Los Angeles County Arts Commission (Los Angeles, CA) - $60,000
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc. (New York, NY) - $60,000
- Lubbock Arts Alliance, Inc. (Lubbock, TX) - $10,000
- Queens Council on the Arts, Inc. (Woodhaven, NY) - $33,000
- Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission (St. Louis, MO) - $40,000
- Salina Arts and Humanities Commission (Salina, KS) - $12,000
- San Francisco Arts Commission (San Francisco, CA) - $25,000
- Shreveport Regional Arts Council (Consortium) (Shreveport, LA) - $25,000
- South Dakotans for the Arts (Consortium) – (Lead, SD) - $18,000
- Springfield Arts Council, Inc. (Springfield, OH) - $25,000
- Washington State Arts Alliance Foundation (Seattle, WA) - $12,000
- Westchester Arts Council, Inc. (White Plains, NY) - $20,000
Presenting:
- Arts Boston, Inc. (Boston, MA) - $25,000
- Arts for LA (Los Angeles, CA) - $20,000
- Arts Northwest (Port Angeles, WA) - $25,000
- Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington (Washington, DC) - $10,000
- EastSide Arts Alliance (Oakland, CA) - $30,000
- Hawaii Alliance for Arts in Education (Honolulu, HI) - $20,000
Challenge America Fast Track Review Grants
- West Valley Fine Arts Council (Avondale, Arizona) - $10,000
- Mimbres Region Arts Council (Silver City, New Mexico) - $10,000
- Chinese-American Arts Council (New York, New York) - $10,000
- Rapid City Fine Arts Council (Rapid City, South Dakota) - $10,000
- Methow Arts Alliance (Twisp, Washington) - $10,000
Partnerships
- National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (Washington, DC) - $638,290
- Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (Honolulu, HI) - $65,900