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NEA Challenge America, FY2025

Award ceiling
$10,000
Closes
Apr 30, 2024
Last verified
2026-09-14

Awards $10,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, 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, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, special district governments, state governments, closing Apr 30, 2024.

City or township governmentsCounty governmentsIndependent school districtsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationSpecial district governmentsState governmentsLibraries & Arts

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NEA Challenge America, FY2025 awards $10,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$10,000
standardized $10,000 grant amount
Award floor
$10,000
Typical award
$10,000
Deadline
Apr 30, 2024
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Dec 6, 2023
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · Independent school districts · 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 · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Special district governments · State governments
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
Yes
Disbursement
Advance(s)
Application effort
Light
Use of funds
projects in all artistic disciplines
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$10,000

Source wording: “standardized $10,000 grant amount

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, 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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments
Source field: entity types
industry
Source field: industries
use
projects in all artistic disciplines
Source field: use of funds
size limit

small organizations

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Not confirmed

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Apr 30, 2024ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

1 category
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
projects in all artistic disciplines

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

3 fields
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Light
Disbursement
Advance(s)
Matching funds
Yes

What comparable notices state

28 records
Stated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Libraries & Arts, 28 of 35 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$100,000
  • Median$300,000
  • 75th percentile$562,500

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

7 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
$10,000 per recipient. The source states: “standardized $10,000 grant amount”.
When is the application deadline?
Apr 30, 2024.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, 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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments. Applicant size limit: small organizations.
What can the funding be used for?
projects in all artistic disciplines, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
Is the money paid up front or reimbursed?
Paid in advance rather than as a reimbursement.
How demanding is the application?
Light, on the source's own classification.

AI summary of the source text

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-14
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-14

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.