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Applicant Eligibility

Each state or region is limited to one application.

Eligible applicants are:

  • The fifty state and six jurisdictional arts agencies.
  • In partnership with a state arts agency, a state or local public entity or nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization that supports the folk & traditional arts on a state-wide basis. Applications must include letters from the relevant state arts agency(ies) that reflect their support for and involvement in the project as the state's only application in this category. Applications must demonstrate how the project will relate to the state or region's overall plan for the support of the arts. Consult with your SAA before preparing an application.
  • Regional organizations of state arts agencies.

To be eligible, the applicant organization must:

  • Meet the Arts Endowment's "Legal Requirements" including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, at the time of application. An ineligible organization may not use a fiscal agent for the purpose of application.
  • Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment grant(s) previously received.

See "How to Prepare and Submit an Application" for the documentation that is required to demonstrate eligibility. Ineligible applications will be returned.

At the time of application, state arts agencies and regional arts organizations must be operating under plans that have been approved by the Arts Endowment.

If eligible, a Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative applicant also may apply under other Arts Endowment guidelines including Grants for Arts Projects. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project.

Subgranting

Only state arts agencies, their regional arts organizations, and local arts agencies that are publicly-designated, nonprofit tax-exempt organizations are allowed by the Arts Endowment's current legislation to subgrant or regrant funds that are awarded under this Initiative. Other types of organizations are not allowed to subgrant or regrant funds.

 
     
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