Opportunity Information: Apply for 2017NEA01AWCC
The NEA Art Works Creativity Connects (FY2018) grant opportunity is a discretionary federal funding program from the National Endowment for the Arts (CFDA 45.024) designed to support projects that intentionally pair an arts program with a non-arts organization. The core requirement is a true partnership: the project has to be collaborative and mutually beneficial, meaning it should advance goals for both the arts partner and the non-arts partner rather than treating one side as merely a venue, sponsor, or service provider. NEA support for funded projects could begin on or after June 1, 2018, and the typical period of performance is up to two years, which gives applicants room to plan, pilot, implement, and assess a substantial cross-sector effort.
Creativity Connects is framed as an initiative that highlights the arts as a key part of the nation’s broader creative ecosystem. It emphasizes understanding how arts support systems are evolving, how creative work connects with other fields that value and use creativity, and how new collaborations can generate fresh ideas and solutions. Within that larger initiative, the Art Works Creativity Connects grant line focuses specifically on partnerships between the arts and non-arts sectors. The opportunity explicitly calls out sectors where these collaborations may occur, including agriculture; business and economic development; science; technology; healthcare; community; education; environment; military; and transportation. The intent is to encourage projects where artists and arts organizations work side-by-side with practitioners in these sectors to address shared challenges, improve services, engage communities, or rethink how work is done, using creative approaches as a practical asset.
Projects funded under Art Works Creativity Connects are expected to demonstrate tangible public value and cross-sector impact. The program description highlights several outcomes the NEA is looking for: showing how artists and creative work can contribute to the health of society; strengthening the infrastructure that enables arts organizations to collaborate in new ways with new partners; building bridges that create lasting relationships and new constituencies; and developing innovative partnership projects that advance common goals. In other words, the NEA is not only supporting an individual arts activity, but also investing in models of collaboration that can expand who the arts connect with, how they are supported, and what they can accomplish in partnership with other parts of civic and economic life.
In terms of applicant eligibility, the program is open to a wide range of organizations and public entities, including state, county, city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions within that nonprofit category, since higher education has its own eligibility line). The opportunity is structured so that an organization may submit only one application specifically for an Art Works Creativity Connects grant. However, submitting to this program does not block an organization from applying to other NEA funding opportunities at the same time, as long as each application is for a distinctly different project or a clearly different phase of the same project, with a different budget and period of performance. This rule is meant to prevent duplicate funding requests for the same costs while still allowing organizations to pursue multiple, separate NEA-supported efforts.
Key administrative details provided for this specific cycle include the funding opportunity number (2017NEA01AWCC), an application closing date of May 4, 2017, and an award ceiling of $100,000. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is arts, but the defining feature of this competition is the cross-sector collaboration requirement and the expectation that the work will produce value that resonates beyond the arts field alone.Apply for 2017NEA01AWCC
- The National Endowment for the Arts in the arts sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NEA Art Works Creativity Connects, FY2018" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.024.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-12-15.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-05-04. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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