Find Your Funding Opportunity
NEA Challenge America, FY 2026
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Final Application Due Date |
Funding Available
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Match Required
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| Arts, Culture & Humanities |
Federal
NEA |
04-24-2025 | $2.8 M | Match Required |
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Status
- Expected Number of Awards 280
- Opportunity Type Discretionary
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CFDA
45.024 -- Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals
Description
Challenge America supports projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved groups/communities. The program welcomes applications from applicants that are primarily small organizations, first-time applicants to the NEA, and/or returning Challenge America applicants. Eligible applicants include: nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; Federally recognized tribal communities or tribes; and applicants that have not been recommended for funding in any of the three most recent Fiscal Years in the NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects, Our Town, or Research Awards grant programs. Funding in this category is not available for individuals, fiscally sponsored entities, commercial/for-profit enterprises, State Arts Agencies (SAA), or Regional Arts Organizations (RAO).
Eligibility
- IHE
- Local Government
- Non-Profit
- Other
- State Government
- Tribal Government
Key Date(s)
- December 12, 2024: Last Updated Date
- December 12, 2024: Posted Date
- April 24, 2025: Current Closing Date for Applications
- April 24, 2025: Application Due Date
Contact Information
NEA Web Manager
webmgr@arts.gov