The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent federal agency that funds and promotes artistic excellence. The agency funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of its communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation. It has awarded more than $5 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector. The National Endowment for the Arts was founded in 1965 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.
The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center serves as a hub of collaboration that strengthens the immigrant community through language acquisition, economic integration and civic engagement.
EngAGE
Grant in 2024
EngAGE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healthy aging through a holistic approach that encompasses arts, wellness, lifelong learning, and community building. It serves thousands of seniors and families residing in affordable senior and multi-generational apartment communities across California, Oregon, and Minnesota. EngAGE offers a range of intergenerational programs designed to enrich the lives of residents of all ages, fostering connections and enhancing the overall quality of life within these communities.
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center
Grant in 2024
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center is a nonprofit organization that offers art classes and stages world-class art exhibitions to create vibrant arts and cultural experiences for people of all ages.
Laramie Public Art Coalition
Grant in 2022
LPAC is an non-profit organization that provides the greater Laramie community with a structure and inclusive processes to create successful public art projects that reflect the community’s identities and values and contribute to community vitality.
Culture Works
Grant in 2021
Culture Works is the funding, advocacy, and service organization that passionately inspires, supports, and sustains arts and culture.
Students Motivated by the Arts
Grant in 2020
Students Motivated by the Arts is a nonprofit art school downtown.
Points North Institute
Grant in 2019
Founded in 2005, and recognized as one of the top documentary film festivals in the world, the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) brings the finest non-fiction cinema and immersive media to the rugged coast of Maine.
Engine
Grant in 2019
Founded on the belief that artistic expression and creative vibrancy are the gateway to cultural, social, and economic revitalization, Engine—an arts-driven nonprofit in Biddeford—is an organization committed to designing, launching, and promoting community-based arts programming. Founded in 2010, Engine aspires to be a driver of artistic expression, creative industry, cultural vitality, community connections, and socially responsible practices.
Cultural Resources
Grant in 2019
Cultural Resources, Inc., helps communities and groups identify, celebrate, and preserve the cultural traditions that make them unique. In intensive, community-based workshops centered on principles of discovery research , they help people assess and explore the full range of traditional arts practiced in their communities.
Creative Portland
Grant in 2019
Their mission is to support the creative economy through the arts by providing essential resources, by fostering partnerships, and by promoting Portland's artistic talents and cultural assets. As the official nonprofit arts agency, They support economic development efforts by strengthening and stimulating their workforce, creative industries, and enterprises.
Maine Arts Commission
Grant in 2019
Maine Arts Commission provides educational and cultural services. They also provide arts education, traditional and folk arts, and public art programs. They offer apprenticeship program opportunities for experienced traditional artists.
Portland Ovations
Grant in 2019
They are a non-profit performing arts organization in Maine connecting artists and audiences through diverse arts experiences. Be thoroughly entertained by live shows spanning the traditional to the contemporary, the popular to the unexpected. Learn from and be inspired by artists who openly share with us their passion and craft.
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