National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
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Headquarters Location: Washington, D.C.
Founded: 1965
Mission: The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
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Leadership
Rocco Landesman.
Rocco Landesman was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 7, 2009 as the tenth chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Prior to joining the NEA, he was a Broadway theater producer. Mr. Landesman was born (July 20, 1947) and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He pursued his undergraduate education at Colby College and the University…
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Financial Data
Overhead Ratio:
17.19%
Total Revenue:
$157,737,258
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Contact Info
Address:
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20506, USA
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Story:
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Arts Endowment is the largest annual national funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
NEA grants have a powerful multiplying effect, with each grant dollar typically generating up to seven times more in matching resources. Since its establishment, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion in funding, including early support for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial design competition, the Sundance Film Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, PBS’s Great Performances series, and the American Film Institute. (Source: http://www.nea.gov/about/AtAGlance.html)
Expert Reviews of National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Evidence of Impact Summary:
The National Endowment for the Arts receives credit for years spent supporting a variety of artists and groups.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
Multiple experts praise the association's operating strength and program design. Other experts noted leadership strength and the power of their national reach.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
Experts generally cite ways in which the National Endowment for the Arts could either fund groups more robustly or fund a greater number/diversity of groups.See expert comments.
Expert Comments: Evidence of Impact
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They provide funding to artists working with communities. | ||
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They have a national scope of arts funding for both performing and visual arts across the United States. | ||
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They have provided my organization funding over the years. | ||
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The impact of this organization has been like none other in the arts. It continues to give support to artists in all mediums, big and small. The range of its assistance and support is tremendous. | ||
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The National Endowment for the Arts has the potential to make a big impact, primarily through advocacy, due to its positioning in Washington. | ||
Expert Comments: Organization Strengths
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Their organization and support at state and local levels are assets. | ||
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This is a first class non-profit. They have the staff, the finances, the staff, and the marketing. Their recognition is immediate by all in the arts. | ||
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They focus on organizations around the country that demonstrate a history and effectiveness in reaching as many people as possible with unique group focus arts projects. | ||
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They provide support for community arts organizations and arts groups. They have been remarkable and far-reaching for years. | ||
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They keep the creative pulse of America strong. Their process for review and support of a broad range of programs that insure access is vitally important to communities large and small. | ||
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The national Endowment for the Arts, though not making direct artist grants, is still doing major work in supporting the arts in America. It is particularly important that they support work across the country. I believe that all major arts funders could take a serious look at what resources organizations need to make their work successful in the community. Organizations need capacity building and staff resources to be able to support artists and communities. Until funders are willing to take a direct stake in these needs, organizations who support artists will struggle to be stable. | ||
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They seem to want to bring innovation to the broadest audience. | ||
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They have clearly entered a new era with Rocco Landesman as Chairman. His decisions in hiring top staff, exploring the arts' connection with urban development, and highlighting the Endowment's role as a convener have all been impeccable. I also appreciate the fact that he is putting more emphasis on the Endowment's research activities. On the other hand, I do wonder about the political implications of soliciting private support for a government agency. They have always had to scrap for money from Congress, and who knows if this would just be another excuse for our country to sap even further what is already one of the lowest per-capita federal expenditure rates on the arts in the developed world. | ||
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I am very enthused about the new director, Rocco Landesman, and believe that he has the potential to win over some "non-believers." | ||
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Their stamp of approval is still invaluable. The staff is incredibly knowledgeable and supportive of all arts. Their commitment and willingness to challenge themselves to not remain static is impressive, especially for a political agency. | ||
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Their peer panels are an important strength and the knowledge they have gained from the field over the years. They often fund and validate rural work that others won't support, even though it is high quality. | ||
Expert Comments: Areas for Improvement
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They could move more funding to local levels not associated with large urban areas such as NYC and LA. They could create regional centers. | ||
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I would urge them to recognize/celebrate the "arts/artists" whose works would reach those in Kalamazoo, Fish Falls, Spring Mountain, etc. and forget the NYC crowd! Let the people in the hinterlands decide what deserves to be recognized and let the quality bubble up rather than trying to anoint a national taste that we may all not enjoy. That does not mean that cutting edge is not important, but that this organization should engage and appreciate the national taste that comes from the lives that Americans as a larger group would embrace. We need to have artists/institutions celebrated and named as national treasures-go for it. They should try to gather, read, document, and celebrate the professional arts of America, the engagement of individual Americans in these arts as "doers" and participants. | ||
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They have not funded individual artists or designers for over 15 years. It would be good to create a criteria to bring that function back to the organization. | ||
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They need more funding from Congress. | ||
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The only comment I can make here is that I wish they had more money to distribute! | ||
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They need to help convince our country's movers and shakers that the arts are essential and not peripheral. It could start by changing the slogan, "A great nation deserves great art" to something that states that a nation cannot be considered great without great art! | ||
Leadership
Rocco Landesman
Chairman
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