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Collage of a photo of folks sitting in a circle on some blankets over a blue galaxy.

Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice

Strengthens collaborations to collectively imagine creative, impactful, accountable public artmaking in Massachusetts.
On an outdoor stage, three men play brass instruments.

Jazz Road Tours

Designed for emerging and mid-career artists around the entire country, Jazz Road Tours support small, three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre.
June 15, 2023
In a mall, with pillars and round, backless benches, a woman poses on a bench and two folks in ornate red, yellow, and green costumes twirl.

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: Rolling Deadline
a photo features five trans, queer, and gender-expansive Sean Dorsey Dance dancers wearing elaborate floor-length blue and silver strapless ball gowns, dancing in a circle on stage. Each dancer is twirling around in a circle and has their arms out in different expressions of grace and longing.

National Dance Project Production Grant

NDP Production Grants fund the creation and U.S. touring of 20 new dance projects annually.
Full proposal, by invitation only: June 14, 2023
Laying on a stage, in green, purple, and blue light, five dancers crawl. One holds a pole that goes out of the frame.

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
Five folks perform. A Black man sings at the center with the rest of the band behind him. There's a stage behind them to the left and steps in both directions.

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.
Preliminary applications due September 27, 2023
In front of a black curtain, four folks in different colored satin sashes pose. Two pose with their drum or drumsticks.

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
Three folks hold shiny red fabric. They wear whites and creams and pose in front of shrubs.

National Theater Project Presenter Travel Grant

Grants provide monetary assistance for travel to promote the touring of NTP funded projects.
Rolling Deadline
Puppeteers and an orchestra are on either side of a projection of a TV that shows a character running.

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
On a stage, five dancers wear color costumes.

New England Arts Resilience Fund

Offers grants for stabilizing New England nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and planning for the future. Not currently accepting applications.
A Black woman holds her leg up and stands on one. She leans forward and holds her other arm out. She's in a yellow dress on a dark stage.

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 15, 2023
A Brown ban sings into a microphone and holds a tambourine. He wears a floral blouse.

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.
Rolling Deadline
A Black woman and a Brown woman hold hands, while wrapped in blankets. They're on a stage with a projection of mountains behind them.

New England States Touring (NEST) Grant

Funds nonprofit organizations to present touring artists in venues across New England.
NEST 1 and 2: December 1, 2023
Andre sings amid a large crowd of people.

New Work New England

Provides grants to New England performing artists for the creation and production of new work
In a red galaxy, a yellow swing with English, Spanish, and Chinese characters carved into the back.

Public Art for Spatial Justice

Supports public art that creatively expresses and embodies a more just version of what’s possible in public.
December 4, 2023
Around folding tables, five women engage in conversation. There are shelves lined with books behind them and, through tiled windows, the sun shines bright.

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.
Outside, by a barn and a book shelf, two men in suits dance.

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

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