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1 | TOTAL FUNDING REVOKED | $27,180,600.00 | ||||||
3 | ** UPDATE: Due to heavy use, we have closed access to the sheet and have moved to submitting responses via a form. ** Click HERE to complete. On Friday, May 2, 2025, the NEA began issuing notices of grant terminations and withdrawals. This document is intended to provide information about the scale and scope of the funding losses to the arts field. It was set up by Annie Dorsen as a platform for collective record-keeping. Please feel free to share it and use the information within it for good and worthy purposes. No need to credit me of course. If you would like to stay in touch for updates or future organizing, please send an email to neaopenletter@gmail.com **Please do not add grants to this spreadsheet on behalf of other organizations unless you have express permission to do so.** | |||||||
5 | Name of Organization | Amount of Grant | Purpose of Grant (e.g. artist, program) | Project Area - Discipline | Amount already received (if applicable) | Address, Zip, or Congressional District | Grant Cycle (e.g. FY2025) | Status of Grant |
6 | Theatre Exile | $25,000.00 | To support the development and production of "Nightbird" by R. Eric Thomas. Now called Glitter in the Glass. | Theater | 19147 | FY25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | |
7 | Quintessence Theatre Group | $25,000.00 | Theater | 19119 | FY25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | ||
8 | Trisha Brown Dance Company | $40,000.00 | direct program funding for a show premiering this June | Dance | 10018 | FY25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | |
9 | Print Center New York | $50,000.00 | Exhibition support for Printing Black America | Visual Arts | 10011 | FY25 | ||
10 | Philadelphia Theatre Company | $50,000.00 | To support the world premiere production of "Night Side Songs" by Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour. | Theater | 19107 | FY25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | |
11 | The Civilians | $50,000.00 | to support development and production of a new work by Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby | Theater | New York, NY | FY25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | |
12 | Wilma Theater | $25,000.00 | To support the production of "The Half-God of Rainfall" by Inua Ellam | Theater | 19107 | FY25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | |
13 | First Stage | $20,000.00 | To support the production of UP CLOSE Projects' The Society of Historic Sonic Happenings (SHSH) writer/dir. Adrienne Kapstein | Theater | 53212 | FY 25 | ||
14 | BOFFO | $45,000.00 | To support the BOFFO Residency Fire Island | 11782 | FY 25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | ||
15 | Studio Two Three | $30,000.00 | To support a residency program for artists from the Manchester neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia | Visual Arts | 23224 | FY 25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | |
16 | Circadium | $15,000.00 | To support the presentation of a circus work | Presenting & Multi-Disciplinary Arts | 19119 | FY25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | |
17 | Dances For A Variable Population | $40,000.00 | To support free community-based dance programs (MOVEMENT SPEAKS® and Dances for Seniors) for low-income, minority and culturally underserved older adult | Dance | 10027 | FY25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | |
18 | Jiva Performing Arts | $15,000.00 | To support the development of a new ensemble work based in classical Indian dance. | Folk and Traditional Arts | Long Island City, NY 11101 | FY25 | rescinded 5/2/2025 | |
19 | African Voices Communications, Inc. (aka African Voices) | $15,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | withdrawn | |||
20 | Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc. (aka Alice James Books) | $45,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
21 | American Short Fiction | $20,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
22 | Aunt Lute Foundation (aka Aunt Lute Books) | $75,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | withdrawn | |||
23 | Bennington College Corporation (Bennington Review) | $10,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
24 | Big River Association (aka River Styx) | $15,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
25 | BOA Editions, Ltd. | $35,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | withdrawn | |||
26 | Center for the Art of Translation | $45,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
27 | Colorado State University (on behalf of Center for Literary Publishing) | $15,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
28 | Four Way Books, Inc. | $25,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | withdrawn | |||
29 | Hub City Writers Project | $25,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
30 | McSweeney's Literary Arts Fund | $25,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
31 | n+1 Foundation Inc. | $12,500.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
32 | Nightboat Books | $30,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
33 | One Story, Inc. (aka One Story) | $20,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
34 | Oxford American Literary Project (aka The Oxford American) | $15,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
35 | Red Hen Press, Inc. | $25,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
36 | Transit Books | $40,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
37 | Trustees of Boston University (on behalf of AGNI Magazine) | $12,500.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
38 | University of Houston (on behalf of Arte Publico Press) | $40,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
39 | Words Without Borders | $15,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
40 | ZYZZYVA, Inc. | $12,500.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
41 | Electric Lit, Inc. (aka Electric Literature) | $12,500.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
42 | Trustees of Amherst College (on behalf of The Common) | $12,500.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
43 | Milkweed Editions, Inc. | $50,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
44 | Paris Review Foundation, Inc. (aka The Paris Review) | $15,000.00 | Literary Arts | FY25 | terminated | |||
45 | The Drama League | $75,000.00 | To support staff salaries and participant stipends for the Directors Project, a comprehensive career development program for theater directors. | Theater | 75000 | 10013 | FY25 | Terminated 5/31/25 which was our original end date anyway Terminated |
46 | CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM | $60,000.00 | To support artist fees for a production of Memnon by Will Power and directed by Carl Cofield, as part of Uptown Shakespeare in the Park. | Theater | We submitted as soon as it was mentioned there would be cuts. We got notification the request was received. Waiting for it to be fulfilled. If this happens we will update on this tracker. | 10031 | FY25 | |
47 | Craft Desert (SDSU) | $30,000.00 | Exhibition, "Becoming Heirlooms" | Visual arts projects | $0 we received word that we had been awarded a grant in November of 2024, and payment would come in early 2025. No word since and radio silence from our contact at NEA. | 92182 San Diego, CA | Fy25 | No word yet. But total radio silence and well past start of grant cycle. Our contact does not respond. Awarded in November |
48 | National Council for the Traditional Arts | $65,000.00 | To support the National Folk Festival (in Jackson, MS) | Folk and Traditional Arts | We drew down all remaining funds in mid-April. This is for our FY24 grant, which went 7/1/24-12/31/25. | 20910 | FY24 | terminated |
49 | National Council for the Traditional Arts | $65,000.00 | To support the National Folk Festival in Jackson, MS | Folk and Traditional Arts | $0, this is FY25, but performance period from 1/1/26 to 12/31/26. This is for the festival in 2026. We accepted in December and have been waiting on final approval. | 20910 | FY25 | withdrawn |
50 | Chicago Underground NFP Corporation | $20,000.00 | To support the Chicago Underground Film Festival and related public programming | Media Arts (Film Festival) | $20,000 - We were advised by the Film Festival Alliance to request our funds as early as possible. We reeceived our full funds on April 28 just days beforee our grant was terminated. | 60608 | FY25 | Terminated 5/31/2025 |
51 | Kearny Street Workshop | $20,000.00 | To support an exhibition series and residency program for artists of the Asian Pacific American (APA) diaspora. | Visual Arts | $0 | 94103 | FY 25 | |
52 | Great Plains Theatre Commons | $35,000.00 | To support GPTC's 2025 New Play Festival (FMA Conference) in Omaha, NE, developing new works from 10 emerging playwrights during a week of learning and collaboration for local and national theatre artists. | Theater | $0-after we submitted the award acceptance paperwork, the award disappeared from "offers" and never showed up in "active awards." We made repeated inquiries and were told it was a delay in processing. The funds were never made available to us. | 68131 | FY25 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
53 | WhyArts | $15,000.00 | To support in-school arts residencies teaching dance to children living with and without disabilities | Arts Education | $0 - The funds were never made available to us after we completed the acceptance paperwork even though the award was publicly announced by the NEA in January. | 68182 | FY25 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
54 | Earth Celebrations | $10,000.00 | To support Ecological City, a commuinity-based design project on the Lower East Side of New York City | Multi-Disciplinary | $0-after we submitted the award acceptance paperwork and allocated funds based on the award with timeline for the core production January through May 10, 2025. Artists honorariums for series of workshops engaging community, workshop space rental ,and other core costs have been expended to date, as per our accepted grant award offer and budget submitted, The Termination letter arrived 1 week before the end of the public production event on May 10, 2025. We made repeated inquiries and were told it was a delay in processing. The funds were never made available to us. | 10009 | FY25 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
55 | Washington State Arts Alliance Foundation | $75,000.00 | To support Inspire Washington's Arts for All Coalition, a statewide collective impact project. | Arts Education | $43,000 | 98111 | FY25 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
56 | WP Theater | $50,000.00 | Support the WP Lab | Theater | $35,000 | 10023 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 | |
57 | Soho Rep | FY25 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 | |||||
58 | HERE Arts | |||||||
59 | One Story, Inc. (aka One Story) | $20,000.00 | To support the publication and promotion of the magazines One Story and One Teen Story, and curated interactive fiction pieces online. | Literary Arts | 20000 | 11215 | FY25 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
60 | SkyART | $40,000.00 | Free arts and mental health programs for young people | Arts education | 60617 | FY25 | Withdrawn 5/2/25 | |
61 | LiveConnections DBA World Cafe Live | $20,000.00 | To support Bridge Sessions at World Cafe Live. | Music/Arts Education | 0 | 19104 | FY25 | Withdrawn 5/2/25 |
62 | Maine Crafts Association | $23,000.00 | To support a master-apprenticeship program for contemporary craft artists | Visual Arts | $0 - Offer letter accepted last November + award announced in January. Funds were never made available. | 04345 | FY25 | No action or communications from NEA since we received the offer letter. The Reach portal has the grant "in review with the NEA". No response from NEA staff to our messages, emails and voicemails. The program these funds support started in March 2025. |
63 | Portland Ovations | $55,000.00 | To support projects in music, dance, theater that interrogate the concept of borders and culture. | Multidisciplinary | 4101 | FY25 | ||
64 | Light Work | $50,000.00 | To support light work's artist-in-residence program | Visual Arts | 0 | 13210 | FY25 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
65 | Light Work | $35,000.00 | To support light work's artist-in-residence program | Visual Arts | 0 | 13210 | FY24 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
66 | El Sistema USA® | $35,000.00 | To support regional professional development events and national youth leadership program | Arts Education | $0 - we submitted for our first reimbursement in January and have not received it. Many of our program's expenses don't hit until June, after the termination deadline. | 27703 | FY25 | terminated 5/31 |
67 | Lawndale Art & Performance Center | $30,000.00 | To support an artist-in-residence program for emerging visual artists. | Visual Arts | 23,193 | 77018 | FY25 | terminated 5/31 |
68 | National Asian Artists Project | $10,000.00 | To support musical theater training at elementary schools in the New York City Public School System. | Theater | $10K from FY25, which we put through in Feb 2025 and received. FY26 was withdrawn. | 10023 | FY25, FY26 | FY25 terminated; FY26 withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
69 | Brooklyn Children's Theatre | $10,000.00 | To support free musical theater classes for children. | Theater | 0 | 11215 | FY26 | FY26 withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
70 | Opera on Tap | $55,600.00 | To support development of an AR opera centering unhoused women, fy25 grant in support of our Playground Opera education program serving K12 title 1 schools | Opera | 25600 from fy24 which we received, 30000 for fy25, zero of which we received. | 11218 | Fy25 | Terminated 5/31 |
71 | Percussive Arts Society | $20,000.00 | To support artist fees for the annual Percussive Arts Society International Convention | Music | 0 | 46204 | FY25 | terminated, effective May 31, 2025. |
72 | DownCity Design | $35,000.00 | To support a series of free design education programs for youth | Design | 0 | 2907 | FY25 | terminated, effective May 31, 2025. |
73 | DownCity Design | $30,000.00 | To support a series of free design education programs for youth | Design | 19997 | 2907 | FY26 | withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
74 | Coconino Center for the Arts | $30,000.00 | To support the exhibition Felled: Exploring Race & Forestry in Northern Arizona, Through Art | Visual Arts | 0 | Flagstaff, AZ 86001 | FY25, FY26 | Notified of award Nov 2024. No action from NEA since we received the offer letter. The Reach portal had the grant "in review with the NEA". As of May 2, 2025, the Reach portal was blank, showing "no awards," but no notification from the NEA. NOTE: our NEA contact has been very responsive to my direct emails and appreciative to our patiences throughout the process, but not able to provide any updates or timeline. |
75 | The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art (BICA) | $30,000.00 | To support an exhibition series, related programming, and an accompanying catalogue. | Visual Arts | 0 | 14213 | FY24 | Terminated 5/31. Project report approved 5/2. We requested our full reimbursement of funding and will wait to see if any is dispersed. |
76 | Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) | $15,000.00 | To support a production in the current season | Theater | 0 | |||
77 | Arts Every Day | $100,000.00 | To support the expansion of music education in Baltimore Public Schools, as part of a system-wide arts education collective impact effort. | Education/Collective Impact | 100,000 | 21217 | FY24,FY25 | Terminated, effective 5/31 |
78 | Folk Alliance International | $50,000.00 | To support the Folk Alliance International conference and associated online programming. | Folk and Traditional Arts | n/a | 64131 | FY25 | Withdrawn 5/2/25 |
79 | OZ Arts Nashville | $45,000.00 | To support multidisciplinary artist residencies. | Presenting & Multi-Disciplinary Arts | 0 | 37209 | FY25 | Withdrawn 5/2/25 |
80 | Kindling Arts | $10,000.00 | To support an interdisciplinary performance development lab for artists exploring the evolving identity of the modern South. | Presenting & Multi-Disciplinary Arts | 0 | 37115 | FY25 | Withdrawn 5/2/25 |
81 | Places Journal | $20,000.00 | To support an article series on "Rethinking the Interstates" | Journalism | $20,000 | San Francisco, CA 94110 | FY 24 | Terminated, effective 5/31 |
82 | Seven Devils New Play Foundry | $25,000.00 | To support Seven Devils New Play Foundry's Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. | Theater | 0 | 83638 | FY25 | withdrawn 5/2/25 |
83 | Hudson Opera House, Inc. (dba Hudson Hall) | $15,000.00 | To support multidisciplinary arts programming at Hudson Hall | Presenting & Multi-Disciplinary Arts | 0 | 12534 | FY25 | withdrawn 5/2/25 |
84 | Omaha Conservatory of Music | $25,000.00 | To support the String Sprouts program | Music | 68132 | Teminated, effective 5/31/25 | ||
85 | INTA, Inc. | $20,000.00 | ||||||
86 | Wonderlust Productions | $30,000.00 | To support a community-based evaluation of how co-creation of theater productions on different social topics can affect individual and community outcomes | Research Grants in the Arts | $19,000 | 55103 | FY24-25 | Terminated, effective 5/31/25 |
87 | Mayo Street Arts | $20,000.00 | To support Puppets in Portland, a citywide international puppetry festival. | Theater | 0 | 04102 | FY25 | |
88 | DANCECleveland | $20,000.00 | To support a presentation and community engagement activities by DANCECleveland. (commission/presentation of Dominic Moore-Dunson's Black By Nature) | Dance | 0 | 44118 | FY25 | Offer withdrawn 5/2/25 |
89 | Base | $20,000.00 | To support a choreography residency program | Dance | $20,000 | 98108 | FY24 | Terminated, effective 5/31/25 |
90 | The Susquehanna Folk Music Society | $22,000.00 | support a series of concerts, workshops, and radio interviews celebrating the past, present, and future of the banjo | Folk & Traditional Arts | Our Grant had been confirned and announced but never shifted from offer to award | 17319 | FY 25 | Offer withdrawn 5/2/25 |
91 | Bunnell Street Arts Center | $25,000.00 | to support artists residencies | Presenting & Multi-Disciplinary Arts | none/grant withdrawn | 99603 | FY25 | |
92 | Artist Magnet Justice Alliance | $10,000.00 | To support CA-based QTBIPOC artists and arts administrators | Multidisciplinary | 0 | 94611 | FY25 | FY25 |
93 | Portland Stage | $15,000.00 | To support the world premiere production of Madeleines by Bess Welden | Theater | 0 | 04101 | FY25 | Withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
94 | National Institute of Flamenco | $70,000.00 | To support the 38th annual Festival Flamenco Alburquerque. | Multidisciplinary | 0 | 87104 | FY25 | Withdrawn 5/2/2025 |
95 | The Steel Yard (Woonasquatucket Valley Community Build Inc.) | $20,000.00 | To support an artist residency program at the Steel Yard. | Grants for Arts Projects | 0 | 02888 | FY25 | Offer withdrawn 5/2/25 |
96 | Mizna | $20,000.00 | To support the publication and promotion of the journal Mizna | Literary Arts | $20,000 | 55114 | FY25 | Terminated, effective 5/31/25 |
97 | World Arts West | $60,000.00 | To support the 2025 World Arts West Dance Festival | Dance | ||||
98 | Luna Dance & Creativity | $20,000.00 | To support virtual and in-person professional development activities in dance education for teachers and teaching artists. | Dance | $19K for FY 2024-25 which ends 6/30/25. No notification received for 2025-26 (beginning 7/01/25) $45,000 request, and since our current grant was terminated we will not be considered for 2025-26. | Berkeley, CA 94707 | ||
99 | Olga Iglesias Project | $10,000.00 | To support the tour of an educational children’s opera to schools in Puerto Rico. | Withdrawn | ||||
100 | New Paradigm Theatre | $10,000.00 | To support our production of Hairsrpay and youth outreach on its themes | Theatre | 6460 | FY25 | ||
101 | Cornerstone Theater Company | $40,000.00 | To support the develoment and production of community-engaged, devised work. | Theatre | 90041 | FY25 GAP 1 | Offer Withdrawn 5/2/25 | |
102 | Cornerstone Theater Company | $20,000.00 | To support the Institute Summer Residency | Theatre | $13,200 / $6,800 left to invoice | 90041 | FY24 GAP 1 | Terminated, effective May 31, 2025 |