June 1, 2000 | Read Time: 1 minute
The National Endowment for the Arts has created a Web site to show that it isn’t the only game in town when it comes to federal support for the arts.
The site, called Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities, describes and provides links to grant programs in 23 federal agencies that have provided support for arts and cultural projects. The site offers descriptions of the federally financed grants that arts groups have received.
Visitors to the site can browse the examples either by the purpose of the projects, such as arts education or heritage preservation, or by the agency that awarded the grants, such as the U.S. Department of Justice or the Environmental Protection Agency.
Each description shows how the money was channeled from the federal agency to the non-profit group at the state or local level.
The site also offers background information on each of the 23 agencies, including descriptions of the programs that are most likely to award funds to arts groups, an explanation of agency terms, and publications that provide additional information.
To get there: Go to http://www.arts.gov/federal.html.
