National Endowment for the Arts

1. National Endowment for the Arts Art Works: Arts Education FY15 Guidelines

2. Webinar Overview • NEA information • Who can apply for funding • What we fund in Art Works: Arts Education • How to Apply • Tips • Q&A Ayanna Hudson, NEA Director of Arts Education

3. Who We Are The National Endowment for the Arts: • Public agency dedicated to advancing artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. • Award grants to organizations of all sizes across all 50 states and 6 U.S. territories.

4. NEA Funding Categories • Challenge America Fast-Track • Our Town • Art Works

5. Art Works Art Works supports four outcomes: • Creation: The creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence • Engagement: Public engagement with diverse and excellent art • Learning:Lifelong learning in the arts • Livability:The strengthening of communities through the arts

6. Artistic Disciplines • Artist Communities • Arts Education • Dance • Design • Folk & Traditional Arts • Literature • Local Arts Agencies • Media Arts • Museums • Music • Opera • Presenting and Multidisciplinary Works • Theater & Musical Theater • Visual Arts

7. Art Works: Who May Apply Eligible applicants are: • Nonprofit, Tax-Exempt 501(c)(3) Organizations • Official Units of State or Local Government • Federally Recognized Tribal Communities or Tribes • Three-year history of programming • Meet reporting requirements for any previous NEA awards

8. Other Requirements • One-to-One match for project budget • Organizations may submit only one application under the FY 2015 Art Works guidelines, with limited exceptions such as: • Parent (and Related) Organizations • Applicants to Media Arts (July deadline) • Applicants to other opportunities such as Our Town or Research • See the guidelines on www.arts.gov for other information on application limits

9. We Do Not Fund • General operating support • Individual schools • Facility construction, purchase, or renovation • Creation of new organizations • Academic degrees • Projects that replace arts instruction provided by a classroom teacher or an arts specialist

10. Review Panels • Discipline-specific Expertise • Diverse Artistic Perspectives • Broad Geographic Representation • Gender and Ethnic Diversity • Confidential Deliberation

11. Review Criteria The artistic excellenceof the project, which includes the: • Quality of the artists, arts organizations, arts education providers, works of art, or services that the project will involve, as appropriate. • Artistic significance of the project. The artistic meritof the project, which includes the: • Potential to achieve results consistent with the NEA outcome selected from the following: • Creating art that meets the highest standards of excellence. • Engaging the public with diverse and excellent art. • Enabling participants to acquire knowledge or skills in the arts.* • Strengthening communities through the arts. • Appropriateness of the proposed performance measurements and their ability to demonstrate that the selected NEA outcome was achieved. This includes, where relevant, measures to assess student and/or teacher learning in arts education. • Potential impact on artists (including evidence of direct payment), the artistic field, and the organization's community. • Appropriateness of the project to the organization's mission, audience, community, and/or constituency. • Plans for documentation, evaluation, and dissemination of the project results, as appropriate. artistic merit continued… • Ability to carry out the project based on such factors as the appropriateness of the budget, the quality and clarity of the project goals and design, the resources involved, and the qualifications of the project's personnel. • Where appropriate, potential to reach underserved populations such as those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. • Where applicable, extent to which the project is considered to be innovative, which includes how the project may: • Prove transformative with the potential for meaningful change; • Be distinctive by offering fresh insights and new value for the field and/or the public through unconventional solutions; and • Be shared and/or emulated, or lead to other advances in the field. • Extent to which a project is inclusive of individuals from all demographic backgrounds of the community, and physical and cognitive abilities; and where applicable, the extent to which a project specifically addresses the issue of inclusion.

12. Art Works: Arts Education Three Project Types 1) Direct Learning for Students 2) Professional Development 3) Collective Impact

13. 1) Direct Learning for Students • Projects must include participatory learning, align with either national or state arts education standards and include assessment of participant learning. • All Art Works: Arts Education projects should include:

14. 2) Professional Development Professional Development Grantstodeepen knowledge and strengthen the practice of educators and/or civic leaders who engage students in arts learning.

15. 3) Collective Impact Collective Impact projectsensure that all students across entire schools, school districts, and/or states – in communities of all sizes – participate in the arts over time.

16. Key Principles of Collective Impact • Partnership • Data • Planning • Programming • Evaluation

17. Application Process February 20, 2014 Deadline Community-Based Projects Grants.gov Deadline Community Based Projects February 20, 2014 NEA-GO Deadline Community Based Projects March 6-20 2014 Guidelines Posted January 2014 Application Review Summer 2014 Award Notification November 2014 Project Start Date January 2015

18. Application Process July 24, 2014 Deadline School-Based Projects Grants.gov Deadline School Based Projects July 24, 2014 NEA-GO Deadline School Based Projects August 7-21 2014 Guidelines Posted January 2014 Award Notification April 2015 Project Start Date June 2015 Application Review Fall/Winter 2014

19. How to Apply Find our guidelines online at: arts.gov in the “Apply for a Grant” Section.

20. How to Apply Select “Grants for Organizations.”

21. How to Apply Select “Art Works” to learn more about the category. Browse through “Key Information for Applicants” for other important information.

22. How to Apply After you read about the Art Works category, select DISCIPLINE to apply.

23. How to Apply Read about the project types supported at each deadline. Then select “How to Prepare and Submit an Application” as well as the instructions to get started.

24. How to Apply Step 1 of 2: Submit SF-424 through www.grants.gov February 20 or July 24 deadline SF-424 (Application for Federal Domestic Assistance) This is the only item you submit through Grants.gov. If it is not successfully submitted by the deadline you will be unable to submit your other materials in NEA-GO.

25. How to Apply Step 2 of 2: Submit other application materials through NEA-GO March 6-20; or August 7-21: • NEA Grant Application Form (including answers to narrative questions, financial info, bios) • Items to Upload (Programmatic activities list, statements of support, special items, and work samples)

26. About Grants.gov • Electronic application through Grants.gov is MANDATORY • Grants.gov is an online, government-wide electronic application system through which all applicants must submit. • Don’t wait until immediately before your deadline; submit no later than 10 days prior to the deadline. • You are required to change your password every 60 days. • Select a Point of Contact who will be accessible and will monitor e-mail. Grants.gov sends email notifications for application validation. • Obtain a DUNS number and register with SAM (System for Award Management) in order to use Grants.gov—allow at least 2 weeks for registration or renewal. • See www.grants.gov for more details or call 1-800-518-4726.

27. NEA GrantsOnline™ System (NEA-GO) • You will submit the Grant Application Form and electronically upload other items using the NEA-GO system two weeks after your Grants.gov application deadline. • Prepare these materials well in advance of the application deadline and have them ready to upload once NEA-GO becomes available to you.

28. NEA GrantsOnline™ System (NEA-GO) Accessing the system: • Go to “Track My Application” at Grants.gov • The notes box will have a link to NEA-GO and info about when the system will be open • User Name = Grants.gov Tracking Number • Password = NEA Application Number This info is available 2 days after you submit your SF-424 to Grants.gov (but no earlier than 10 days before the application deadline).

29. Art Works: Arts Education • Application Deadlines • February 20, 2014 • Community-based Projects • Earliest Project Start Date: • January 1, 2015 • July 24, 2014 • School-based Projects • Earliest Project Start Date: • June 1, 2015 • Collective Impact Grants are intended to support systemic change and may be submitted at either the February or July deadline.

30. Reminder: New This Year • Deadlines have changed • Our website (arts.gov) has a new look • Most application materials are now submitted online via NEA-GO; see the How to Apply instructions for details • No grants will be made under $10,000 • Letters of support are required • Program evaluation resources are available • NEW: Collective Impact Project Type in Arts Education

31. Other Helpful Hints • Complete your Grants.gov registration NOW • Read the guidelines on our website carefully • Review previously awarded grants • Note the earliest allowable project start date • Choose appropriate work samples • NEPA/NHPA • Contact an Arts Education Specialist with questions

32. NEA Arts Education Specialists Music, Opera, Dance Denise Brandenburg brandenburg@arts.gov 202.682.5044 Literature, Theater, and Musical Theater Nancy Daugherty daughern@arts.gov 202.682.5521 Folk and Traditional Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works Terry Liu liut@arts.gov 202.682.5969 Design, Media Arts, Museums, Visual Arts Lakita Edwards edwardsl@arts.gov 202.682.5704