New Grants Application & Reporting Portal

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Technology & Data Director

We are excited to announce that our new Grants Application and Reporting portal is now live! While applicants have been using the portal in beta for the past several months, it is now ready for all applicants and grantees.

What’s new?

The new Grants Application and Reporting portal features an improved design and user experience, allowing applicants and grantees to apply, check on decision status, and report on grants more intuitively.
Applications and reports in our new system are more screen-reader friendly and boast better contrast and visibility.

What do I need to know as an applicant?

If you have applied for a 2025 New England States Touring (NEST), NDP Production, or Public Art Learning Fund (PALF) grant, you already have an account in the new portal and do not need to take any action!
If you have not applied for one of the above grants in 2025, you will need to create a new account. You will be able to create a new account from the login page of the portal when you click Apply Now on an open opportunity.
Continue visiting NEFA’s Find A Grant page for open opportunities. When you select Apply Now or Resume My Application on an open opportunity, you will be sent to the new portal.
For more information about how the new portal works, see this video walkthrough or read our Frequently Asked Questions one-pager.

What do I need to know as an active grantee or previous applicant?

All grantee reporting will take place in the new grants portal, regardless of where you applied for the grant.
All grantees with an open grantee report will/have receive(d) an email in early July with information about how to access their account. Grantees will continue to receive notifications from NEFA when Grantee Reports are upcoming or overdue.
Previous grant applications and reports from 2020 on will be available in the new portal. You may not immediately have access to previous applications and reports when first logging into the portal – more information will be added as the summer progresses. If you need to access older information more urgently, please reach out to tech@nefa.org.