National Arts Agency Announces Stimulus-Package Grants

The National Endowment for the Arts announced that it has awarded $19.8-million in grants with money it received under the economic-stimulus package.

The grants will go to state arts agencies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, five regional arts organizations, and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.

Some money will also go to arts agencies in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

The National Endowment for the Arts received $50-million under the stimulus plan. The agency said it would announce a second round of grants in July. Those will go directly to nonprofit arts organizations, including local arts agencies, statewide assemblies of the local agencies, and arts service organizations.