Our Grant Programs support dance, music, public art, and theater.

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Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice

Strengthens collaborations to collectively imagine creative, impactful, accountable public artmaking in Massachusetts.
October 17, 2022

Jazz Road Creative Residencies

Jazz artists, apply for a grant to explore your work in new ways. Grants of $5,000-$40,000 available to support a residency you propose & develop for artistic creation or connecting with audiences.
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Jazz Road Tours

Designed for emerging and mid-career artists around the entire country, Jazz Road Tours supports small, three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre.
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National Dance Project Presentation Grant

Presentation Grants are made to eligible organizations to support up to 50% of the artist fee and travel expenses per engagement of NDP awarded projects on tour.
By invitation only
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National Dance Project Production Grant

NDP Production Grants fund the creation and U.S. touring of new dance works. Grants are highly competitive and are awarded to 20 projects annually.
Full proposal deadline, by invitation only: June 15, 2022
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National Dance Project Travel Fund

National Dance Project Travel Fund provides monetary assistance for U.S. based presenters, curatorial staff, and residency directors or for current NDP artist grantees to connect in person to explore feasibility of presenting NDP-funded works.
Rolling Deadline
In front of a dancer and in pink light, a Black woman reads from a book.

National Theater Project Creation & Touring Grant

Provides funds for creation and U.S. touring of artist-led, ensemble, devised projects. These grants are highly competitive and are awarded to ten projects annually.
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National Theater Project Presentation Grant

Presentation Grants are made to invited U.S. presenters and support up to 50% of the artistic fee for NTP projects.
By Invitation Only: Rolling Deadline
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National Theater Project Presenter Travel Grant

Grants provide monetary assistance for travel to promote the touring of NTP funded projects.
Rolling Deadline
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National Theater Project Transition Grant

Transition Grants are awarded to NTP Creation & Touring Grant recipients to support continuity for ensembles following the completion of touring.
For select NTP Production grantees by invitation only
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New England Arts Resilience Fund

Offers grants for stabilizing New England nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and planning for the future
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New England Dance Fund

The New England Dance Fund awards grants to New England-based choreographers of all genres and backgrounds who identify an opportunity that will advance their careers in dance.
September 23, 2022
Outside, on a balcony, two dancers, in bright costumes, perform.

New England Presenter Travel Fund

Presenter Travel Fund enhances the performing arts in the region by supporting travel costs associated with researching artistic work that may eventually be presented in New England.
Closed through May 2022
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New England States Touring (NEST) Grant

Funds nonprofit organizations to present touring artists in venues across New England.
March 1, 2023
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New Work New England

Provides grants to New England performing artists for the creation and production of new work
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Public Art for Spatial Justice

Supports public art that creatively expresses and embodies a more just version of what’s possible in public.
October 17, 2022
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Public Art Learning Fund

The Public Art Learning Fund aims to strengthen the field of public art in New England by providing professional development support directly to artists.
Rolling thru December 19, 2022
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Rebecca Blunk Fund

The Rebecca Blunk Fund was established in memory of Rebecca Blunk (1953-2014), celebrating her 29 years of service to NEFA and her abiding passion for the arts.
By nomination only