Closed · NEAPS1808 · CFDA 45.024 · Discretionary

NEA Shakespeare in American Communities, FY2019

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Arts, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1.5M-$1.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
January 15, 2019
Close date
30
Expected awards

The verdict

NEA Shakespeare in American Communities, FY2019 is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Arts that offered $1,482,000 -- $1,482,000 across 30 expected awards. 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
30
expected awards
45.024
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

NEA Shakespeare in American Communities is closed (last close January 15, 2019). 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 January 15, 2019

Posted Nov 6 Closes Jan 15

Expected Awards

30

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

An organization may submit only one proposal under this program. The NEA’s support may begin no earlier than June 1, 2019, and may extend for up to 30 months. Program Description A program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Shakespeare in American Communities (SIAC) brings professional performances of Shakespeare’s plays and related educational activities to middle and high school students in communities across the United States. For many students, these performances may be their first experience with live, professional theater—as well as their first interaction with the works of Shakespeare. Since SIAC’s inception in 2003, approximately 2.5 million students have participated in the program. The NEA seeks to award a grant to a U.S. Regional Arts Organization (RAO) to administer the SIAC program for the 2020-2021 school year. NEA funds will support program management expenses as well as subgrants to participating theater companies.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Arts

The printed eligibility set for NEA Shakespeare in American Communities 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: Grant. 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

CFDA 45.024

Promotion of the Arts — Grants to Organizations and Individuals

National Endowment for the Arts

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Agency Contact

If you have questions about programmatic requirements, contact: Greg Reiner, NEA Director of Theater and Musical Theater 202-682-5482 or reinerg@arts.gov If you have questions about award administration, contact: Nicki Jacobs NEA Director of Grants Management 202/682-5403 jacobsn@arts.gov

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What to do next

NEA Shakespeare in American Communities 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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