Attention organizations: See if you qualify for this funding opportunity from the National Endowment for the Arts!

Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants

The Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least one of the underserved characteristics noted here also must be present. This category, as an essential component of the Arts Endowment's goal of providing wide access to artistic excellence, supports local projects that can have significant effects within communities. Grants are available for professional arts programming and for projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development. Partnerships can be valuable to the success of these projects. While not required, applicants are encouraged to consider partnerships among organizations, both in and outside of the arts, as appropriate to their project. June 2, 2008, Application Deadline.

For full details visit http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/GAP09/Challenge.html or contact Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants Specialists: fasttrack@arts.gov or 202/682-5700