Opportunity Information: Apply for 2021NEA01ARP60MZ
The NEA American Rescue Plan Grants to Organizations #2 (FY2021) opportunity is a discretionary grant program from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) created to help eligible organizations recover from the impacts addressed through the American Rescue Plan. This specific round is identified as “Group M-Z,” meaning it was organized as part of a grouped application intake, and it focuses on providing one-time awards that help organizations stabilize and sustain their operations rather than fund new or discrete arts projects.
A central feature of this opportunity is that the funding is explicitly intended for an organization’s day-to-day business expenses and operating costs. In other words, unlike many NEA programs that support specific projects, productions, exhibitions, or time-limited activities, these Rescue Plan funds are aimed at keeping an organization running by covering operational needs. The program’s design reflects a relief and stabilization purpose: it supports the applicant’s own operations and organizational continuity, not a particular programmatic deliverable. The NEA also reiterates a standard restriction: it does not make direct grants to individuals under this program.
Applicants can request only fixed award amounts, choosing between $50,000, $100,000, or $150,000, with the maximum (award ceiling) set at $150,000. Cost share or matching funds are not required, which is a notable difference from many federal arts grants that often require some form of match. An organization is limited to submitting one application under the Rescue Plan Grants to Organizations guidelines, which prevents multiple submissions from the same entity and encourages applicants to consolidate their need into a single request.
Eligibility is broad and includes a mix of government entities and nonprofit and educational institutions. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments, special district governments, and independent school districts, as well as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are eligible, and so are nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education within that nonprofit category, since IHEs are listed separately). The opportunity description also emphasizes eligibility for organizations commonly involved in arts ecosystems, such as nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, and units of state or local government, along with a “wide range of other organizations” that can advance the program’s goals.
The program is administered under CFDA number 45.024 (Arts), and the funding instrument type is a grant. The opportunity number is 2021NEA01ARP60MZ, and it was posted/created on June 23, 2021, with an original closing date of August 12, 2021. For planning purposes, the NEA indicates that grant-supported activity (the period during which the NEA support can begin) may start on or after January 1, 2022, and that a grant period of up to two years is generally allowed. This gives recipients flexibility to use the relief funds across an extended operating horizon rather than forcing spending into a short window.
In practical terms, this opportunity is best understood as operational relief funding for eligible arts-related and civic organizations: one-time, fixed-amount awards with no matching requirement, intended to underwrite ongoing organizational expenses and help recipients maintain stability and continuity in the wake of the conditions the American Rescue Plan sought to address.Apply for 2021NEA01ARP60MZ
- The National Endowment for the Arts in the arts sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NEA American Rescue Plan Grants to Organizations #2, FY2021" 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 2021-06-23.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-08-12. (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 $150,000.00 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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