Funding the Arts

• Organizations must be already receiving funding from NEA/CCA to qualify for new funding. New nonprofits can designate Fiscal Agents.
• Organizations are encouraged to have documented conversations with their Boards what they intend to do if revenues do not meet expenses.
• Organizations are urged to plan for trimming costs not related to salary.
• Cannot use NEA funding to hire Fund Raisers.
• Visit www.coloarts.org for CCA funding opportunity; matching funding can be (half cash) and (half in-kind). Also visit www.artsincrisis.org.
• National funding does not require matching of funds.
• Arts programs are urged to connect their programs to sustainable job development.

Additional Resources

Arts Opportunities in the Economic Stimulus Package

Summary of agencies responsible for distributing Recovery Act funds to arts organizations and programs, as well as the amount of funding available through each. From the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.

National Endowment for the Arts - Recovery Act