Grants alert

• Date: 04 June 2015
• Published date: 04 June 2015
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30027

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently

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Grants alert

Our Town Grant Program (NEA)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Arts seeks

applications for the FY2016 Our Town Grant Program

to support creative place-making projects that help to

transform communities into lively, beautiful and resilient

places with the arts at their core.

Deadline: Sept. 21, 2015.

Funds: Arts Engagement, Cultural Planning and Design

Projects—matching grants range from $25,000 to

$200,000; Projects that Build Knowledge About Creative

Placemaking—matching grants range from $25,000 to

$100,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit

organizations; state, local, special district and Native

American tribal governments; and independent school

districts.

Areas: NEA said Our Town offers support for projects

in two areas: Arts Engagement, Cultural Planning

and Design Projects, which represent the distinct

character and quality of their communities and require

a partnership between a nonprofit organization and a

local government entity, with one of the partners being a

cultural organization; and Projects that Build Knowledge

About Creative Placemaking, which are available to

arts and design service organizations, and industry or

university organizations that provide technical assistance

to those doing place-based work.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 2015NEA01OT2

Our Town Technical Assistance Program (NEA)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Arts seeks

applications for the Our Town Technical Assistance

Program.

Deadline: July 21, 2015.

Funds: Up to $500,000 total.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit organizations;

state, local, special district and Native American tribal

governments; and independent school districts.

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