Closed · 2017NEA01AWCC · CFDA 45.024 · Discretionary
NEA Art Works Creativity Connects, FY2018
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Arts, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $20K-$100K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 4, 2017
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
NEA Art Works Creativity Connects, FY2018 is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Arts that offered $20,000 -- $100,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 235 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Arts.
- $20K-$100K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 45.024
- CFDA program
- 235
- other opportunities from National Endowment for the Arts
Archived opportunity record
NEA Art Works Creativity Connects, FY2018 is closed (last close May 4, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 45.024 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Endowment for the Arts still indexes 235 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed May 4, 2017
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
Art Works: Creativity Connects grants require a partnership between an arts program and a non-arts organization. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after June 1, 2018. Generally, a period of performance of up to two years is allowed. An organization that submits an application to Art Works: Creativity Connects is still eligible to submit an application to other National Endowment for the Arts funding opportunities. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project or a distinctly different phase of the same project, with a different period of performance and costs. An organization may submit only one application for an Art Works: Creativity Connects grant. Program Description Creativity Connects* is an initiative that shows how the arts contribute to the nation’s creative ecosystem, investigates how support systems for the arts are changing, explores how the arts can connect with other sectors that want and utilize creativity, and invests in innovative projects to spark new, collaborative ideas. A key component of Creativity Connects is a grant opportunity in the Art Works category that supports collaborative, mutually beneficial partnerships between the arts and non-arts sectors, specifically: • Agriculture • Business and Economic Development • Science • Technology • Healthcare • Community • Education • Environment • Military • Transportation Art Works: Creativity Connects projects mutually benefit both the arts and non-arts sectors by: • Demonstrating the beneficial contributions of artists and creative work to societal health. • Supporting the infrastructure for the arts to work in new ways with new sectors. • Building bridges that create new relationships and constituencies. • Creating innovative partnership projects to advance common goals.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 9 doors
NEA Art Works Creativity Connects, FY2018 bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (9 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +5 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Arts (AR). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Endowment for the Arts book (174 peers, 74% of 236).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 05
- Independent school districts
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Promotion of the Arts — Grants to Organizations and Individuals
National Endowment for the Arts
Agency Contact
NEA Web Manager
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What to do next
NEA Art Works Creativity Connects, FY2018 is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 45.024 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Promotion of the Arts — Grants to Organizatio… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- National Endowment for the Arts lists 235 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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