Arts and culture are essential to a just society

As a social impact organization, NEFA builds, sustains, and fights for arts and culture through grantmaking, partnerships, and advocacy in New England, the nation, and beyond.

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NEFA offers grants to artists and organizations to support the creation and presentation of work. 

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Crossroads: Touring New England

March 2
Supports tours by regional, national, and international artists to multiple organizations across New England

National Dance Project Production Grant

March 16
NDP Production Grants fund the creation and U.S. touring of new dance projects annually.

New England States Touring (NEST) Grant

April 1
Funds nonprofit organizations to present touring artists in venues across New England.
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Dance

2026 National Dance Project Production Grant Informational Webinar

National Dance Project Production Grants are made to projects led by professional choreographers or companies to support the creation and U.S. touring and/or sharing of a new dance project. Learn more Read the Video Transcript Indira Goodwine-Josias (IGJ): welcome and thank you for joining us for
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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Accessibility

New England Artists & Organizations Selected for Walking Together Grants

NEFA joins the US Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs) to announce the 96 grant recipients - 12 in New England - of Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color.
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Performing Arts
Professional Development

NEFA at APAP 2026

NEFA staff looks forward to engaging with the field at this year’s Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) annual conference, January 9-13 in New York City. Connect with NEFA The best way to connect with staff is via the APAP’s official event app by Core-apps as NEFA is not hosting a
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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Accessibility

With NEFA Support: Queerlective

NEFA is proud to work with grantees like Queerlective in New Hampshire. As 2025 draws to a close, Randall Nielsen, Executive Director of Queerlective, reflects on NEFA’s impacts: “Our communities are facing a tremendous storm of challenges, intensified over the past year. NEFA fills a critical gap
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Fostering regional, national, and international connections

CreativeGround

CreativeGround spotlights the creative people and places at work in New England: cultural nonprofits like libraries and theaters, creative businesses like recording studios and design agencies, and artists of all disciplines such as performing arts, visual arts, and crafts.

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Center Stage

Center Stage is among the most successful programs to bring contemporary international performing artists into direct contact with people across a wide range of U.S. communities, and to share these experiences globally.

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