Closed · NEAPS1705 · CFDA 45.024 · Discretionary
NEA Big Read Program Solicitation, FY2018
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Arts, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1.5M-$1.5M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- November 30, 2017
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
NEA Big Read Program Solicitation, FY2018 is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Arts that offered $1,472,000 -- $1,472,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 235 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Arts.
- $1.5M-$1.5M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 45.024
- CFDA program
- 235
- other opportunities from National Endowment for the Arts
Archived opportunity record
NEA Big Read Program Solicitation, FY2018 is closed (last close November 30, 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 November 30, 2017
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is seeking to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with a U.S. Regional Arts Organization (RAO) that will administer the 2019-2020 cycle of the NEA Big Read program. The NEA Big Read is a community reading program that broadens our understanding of the world, communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. The program annually supports approximately 75 community reading programs, each designed around a single NEA Big Read book selection. Each participating community organization: selects a book from the available titles for the entire community to read and celebrate over a 4-6 week time period; presents a series of public events about the featured book, such as book group discussions, readings, and media and arts programs; promotes participation in the program; and reports on the type and number of participants at events. Community programs each receive an NEA Big Read subgrant—ranging from $5,000 to $15,000—to undertake these activities and are provided with resources to support project programming.
Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Arts
The printed eligibility set for NEA Big Read Program Solicitation, FY2018 is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Arts (AR). Only 11 other National Endowment for the Arts listings share this exact eligibility-code string (5% of 236).
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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
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Parent Grant Program
Promotion of the Arts — Grants to Organizations and Individuals
National Endowment for the Arts
Agency Contact
NEA Web Manager webmgr@arts.gov
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What to do next
NEA Big Read Program Solicitation, 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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