Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements

To develop and maintain partnerships with the state and jurisdictional arts agencies (SAAs) and their regional arts organizations (RAOs) to advance the mission of the National Endowment for the Arts. Partnerships with the SAAs and RAOs enable the support of a variety of arts activities in communities across the nation.

Agencies that are officially designated as the state arts agency by the state government in each of the 50 States and six special U.S. jurisdictions, and that meet the National Endowment for the Arts' eligibility requirements for SAAs as outlined in the Partnership Agreements guidelines on our website; regional arts organizations that represent state arts agencies and that meet the National Endowment for the Arts' eligibility requirements for RAOs as outlined in the Partnership Agreements guidelines on our website; and organizations providing support services to state and regional arts agencies at a national level.

For Partnership Agreements: 1. Planning Process and 2. Implementation and Accomplishments. For additional information, consult the Partnership Agreements notice of funding opportunity at www.arts.gov.

Partnership Agreement awards must have at least a 1:1 cost share with non-federal funds. (See The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended Chapter 26 Part 20 USC 954 Subpart (g) Public Law 089-209. https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/Legislation.pdf) For State Arts Agencies the 1:1 cost share must come from state government funds that are directly controlled and appropriated by the state and directly managed by the state agency. For those agencies covered by the Economic Development of the Territories Act (American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands), the matching requirement does not apply to the first $200,000 of National Endowment for the Arts funds (48 USC 1469a(d) as amended). Agencies must request a waiver from the matching requirement for amounts above the first $200,000 of our funds. For...

Fiscal year 2025: Listings for FY 2025 are posted at arts.gov. Fiscal year 2026: Listings for FY 2026 will be posted at arts.gov as awards are made. Fiscal year 2027: Listings for FY 2027 will be posted at arts.gov as awards are made.