National Endowment for the Arts
- Opportunities linked
- 38
- Recorded awards (total)
- $351,433,736
- Median recorded award
- $1,023,278
Records in this library attributed to this funder.
Sum of the awards we hold for this funder. A floor on its giving, not a filing total.
The midpoint of the awards we hold, not a cap and not a filing median.
- Data year
- Not stated
The most recent fiscal year among the awards we hold, as the source wrote it.
Why there is no giving history here
Award listings from USASpending are not connected yet. What is missing here is a feed on our side, not a document this funder has failed to publish - the listings are public and we have not connected them.
Derived from awards
Computed from the 70 recipients we hold an award to. This is where money we can see went, which is not the same as a statement of what this funder sets out to fund — and the gap between the two is widest where our coverage is thinnest.
Programmes, by money awarded
- 45.025$351,433,736319 awards
Where the recipients are
The recipient's own location, not where the work happens. A national body headquartered in Washington spends money everywhere.
- CO $21,709,071
- MD $18,999,364
- GA $18,586,704
- MN $15,374,029
- MO $11,963,180
- DC $11,781,763
- CA $11,618,063
- MA $10,209,426
- PA $8,209,931
- CT $7,682,503
- NM $7,656,345
- KS $7,291,711
- SC $7,189,123
- DE $7,116,571
- PR $6,998,686
- MT $6,888,090
- AK $6,505,083
- OR $6,374,439
- HI $6,034,910
- SD $5,731,659
Award sizes
Fixed bands rather than this funder's own quantiles, so two funders can be compared. A per-funder split would make every distribution look the same shape.
- 100k-500k 21
- 25k-100k 3
- 500k-2m 279
- over-2m 15
- under-25k 1
By fiscal year
A trend across the years we import, which is a bounded window. A year with no bar is a year outside it, not a year with no funding.
- FY2018 $4,111,400 (4)
- FY2019 $25,216,461 (18)
- FY2020 $39,290,532 (27)
- FY2021 $18,720,116 (20)
- FY2022 $56,441,770 (59)
- FY2023 $66,047,978 (62)
- FY2024 $65,955,725 (61)
- FY2025 $70,711,558 (61)
- FY2026 $4,938,196 (7)
Giving history, from the awards we hold
No dated awards on file for this funder
This table takes one row per fiscal year, built from the awards we hold. We have connected none for this funder that state a year, so there is nothing to group. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that the funder gave nothing.
Who has received money from this funder
319 awards on file, largest first, ranging $0 to $3,383,095.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREATIVE WEST | Not stated | $3,383,095 | 2020 |
| MID ATLANTIC ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $2,990,017 | 2020 |
| CREATIVE WEST | Not stated | $2,661,770 | 2019 |
| CREATIVE WEST | Not stated | $2,617,692 | 2023 |
| CREATIVE WEST | Not stated | $2,529,340 | 2025 |
| CREATIVE WEST | Not stated | $2,525,040 | 2024 |
| MID ATLANTIC ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $2,454,292 | 2019 |
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $2,403,662 | 2020 |
| SOUTH ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $2,373,445 | 2019 |
| CREATIVE WEST | Not stated | $2,161,693 | 2022 |
| MID ATLANTIC ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $2,071,600 | 2024 |
| MID ATLANTIC ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $2,060,800 | 2023 |
| CREATIVE WEST | Not stated | $2,056,555 | 2021 |
| SOUTH ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $2,024,400 | 2025 |
| SOUTH ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $2,011,900 | 2024 |
| MID ATLANTIC ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $1,981,400 | 2025 |
| ARTS MIDWEST, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $1,949,712 | 2023 |
| ARTS MIDWEST, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $1,949,012 | 2024 |
| SOUTH ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $1,947,953 | 2023 |
| ARTS PA COUNCIL OF | Not stated | $1,909,085 | 2020 |
| STATE OF KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE | Not stated | $1,902,397 | 2020 |
| ARTS MIDWEST, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $1,887,712 | 2025 |
| MID ATLANTIC ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $1,854,874 | 2022 |
| SOUTH ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $1,834,277 | 2022 |
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,775,796 | 2019 |
| MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE | Not stated | $1,746,800 | 2025 |
| ARTS MIDWEST, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $1,736,500 | 2022 |
| MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE | Not stated | $1,734,200 | 2024 |
| MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE | Not stated | $1,733,000 | 2023 |
| NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS | Not stated | $1,728,178 | 2020 |
| GA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | Not stated | $1,705,174 | 2020 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION | Not stated | $1,680,760 | 2020 |
| MID ATLANTIC ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $1,671,343 | 2021 |
| STATE OF MINNESOTA ARTS BOARD MINNE | Not stated | $1,651,479 | 2020 |
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,618,689 | 2025 |
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,579,900 | 2023 |
| MONTANA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,577,043 | 2020 |
| MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE | Not stated | $1,575,500 | 2022 |
| ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONNECT | Not stated | $1,571,917 | 2020 |
| ARTS IDAHO COMMISSION ON | Not stated | $1,565,198 | 2020 |
| STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA | Not stated | $1,549,621 | 2020 |
| ARTS COMMISSION MAINE | Not stated | $1,521,977 | 2020 |
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,519,591 | 2024 |
| TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS | Not stated | $1,514,538 | 2025 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GOVERNMENT OF | Not stated | $1,509,038 | 2021 |
| SOUTH ARTS, INC. | Not stated | $1,508,483 | 2018 |
| OREGON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | Not stated | $1,506,788 | 2020 |
| HAWAII STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS | Not stated | $1,485,651 | 2020 |
| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $1,479,400 | 2024 |
| CULTURAL AFFAIRS, NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $1,477,997 | 2020 |
| DELAWARE DIVISION OF THE ARTS | Not stated | $1,476,973 | 2020 |
| DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES NEW HAMPSHIRE | Not stated | $1,471,374 | 2020 |
| INSTITUTO DE CULTURA PUERTORRIQUENA | Not stated | $1,469,434 | 2020 |
| MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE | Not stated | $1,463,089 | 2021 |
| ARTS PA COUNCIL OF | Not stated | $1,453,708 | 2019 |
| NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $1,447,200 | 2024 |
| DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & EARLY DEVELOPMENT ALASKA | Not stated | $1,446,196 | 2020 |
| NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $1,443,500 | 2025 |
| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $1,399,038 | 2025 |
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,397,600 | 2023 |
| ARTS COUNCIL OHIO | Not stated | $1,379,738 | 2025 |
| TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS | Not stated | $1,377,000 | 2024 |
| TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS | Not stated | $1,372,000 | 2023 |
| ARTS COUNCIL OHIO | Not stated | $1,330,500 | 2024 |
| ARTS COUNCIL OHIO | Not stated | $1,325,500 | 2023 |
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,322,825 | 2018 |
| NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES | Not stated | $1,316,965 | 2025 |
| NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $1,311,880 | 2022 |
| MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,310,938 | 2025 |
| FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE | Not stated | $1,305,863 | 2025 |
| STATE, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $1,297,538 | 2025 |
| WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD | Not stated | $1,275,851 | 2019 |
| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES | Not stated | $1,274,400 | 2023 |
| ARTS PA COUNCIL OF | Not stated | $1,269,338 | 2025 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION | Not stated | $1,268,651 | 2019 |
| GA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | Not stated | $1,263,694 | 2019 |
| NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES | Not stated | $1,257,675 | 2026 |
| ARTS AZ COMMISSION ON | Not stated | $1,257,014 | 2025 |
| ARTS PA COUNCIL OF | Not stated | $1,244,000 | 2024 |
| ARTS PA COUNCIL OF | Not stated | $1,239,000 | 2023 |
| STATE OF MINNESOTA ARTS BOARD MINNE | Not stated | $1,235,935 | 2019 |
| MONTANA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,220,359 | 2019 |
| NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $1,218,508 | 2021 |
| TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS | Not stated | $1,213,500 | 2022 |
| MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,209,900 | 2024 |
| LOUISIANA STATE ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,208,050 | 2019 |
| MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,204,900 | 2023 |
| ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,196,638 | 2025 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION | Not stated | $1,196,438 | 2025 |
| STATE, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $1,195,200 | 2024 |
| MONTANA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,193,138 | 2025 |
| STATE, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $1,190,200 | 2023 |
| NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES | Not stated | $1,188,950 | 2024 |
| WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD | Not stated | $1,184,238 | 2025 |
| ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONNECT | Not stated | $1,182,980 | 2019 |
| WA STATE ARTS COMMISSION | Not stated | $1,182,538 | 2025 |
| ARTS COUNCIL OHIO | Not stated | $1,174,300 | 2022 |
| STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA | Not stated | $1,162,438 | 2025 |
| NEBRASKA ARTS COUNCIL | Not stated | $1,155,838 | 2025 |
| ARTS AZ COMMISSION ON | Not stated | $1,154,296 | 2024 |
Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last synced 2026-09-15.
What this funder funds
Derived from how this funder's 38 linked opportunities are classified, not from a funding strategy the funder published.
- Libraries & Arts38
Currently open opportunities
Verified against each record's own source. The date on every row is the day we last checked that record — not the day this page was built.
- NEA Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Program 1, FY2027 (12/26)Closes Dec 7, 2026Awards $10,000 – $100,000Checked 2026-10-23
- NEA Arts and Artifacts International Indemnity Program 2, FY2027 (3/27)Closes Mar 8, 2027Awards $10,000 – $100,000Checked 2026-10-23
- NEA Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Program 2, FY2027 (6/27)Closes Jun 7, 2027Awards $10,000 – $100,000Checked 2026-10-23
What this funder’s awards look like
Counted over the award rows we hold for this funder. These are statistics over published records, not a model’s reading of them, and not a prediction.
Included with Studio
The counts and the median above stay free, because they are the evidence for everything else. Studio adds the breakdowns: which states the awards went to, what kind of organisation received them, and how the amounts are distributed.
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