Opportunity Information: Apply for NEAPS2405
The Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network (Community Arts Engagement Grant Program), FY2025 is a federal discretionary funding opportunity from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the Creative Forces initiative, a partnership between the NEA and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Creative Forces focuses on improving the health, well-being, and overall quality of life of military members and veterans who have been exposed to trauma, along with their families and caregivers. It does this by expanding both the knowledge of and access to clinical creative arts therapies and community arts engagement, recognizing that arts-based approaches can play a meaningful role in recovery, connection, and resilience.
This specific solicitation is not a standard pass-through grant for local programming; instead, it is designed to select a single organization to act as the “Cooperator” under a Cooperative Agreement. In practical terms, the selected organization would help Creative Forces by implementing and administering the Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program itself. That includes running a competitive grantmaking program that supports community-based arts engagement activities aligned with Creative Forces goals, meaning the Cooperator would be responsible for the operational backbone of the program (for example, administering application processes, coordinating reviews, overseeing awards and compliance, and supporting grantees as they carry out arts engagement projects serving military and veteran communities).
The award mechanism is a Cooperative Agreement, which generally indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency in the funded work compared to a traditional grant. The funding activity category is Arts, and the opportunity is listed under CFDA 45.024. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). Only one proposal may be submitted per organization, so applicants need to consolidate their approach into a single, well-developed submission.
Key logistics and timing are clearly defined. The opportunity number is NEAPS2405, and the original application closing date is July 16, 2024. The Cooperative Agreement resulting from this solicitation can begin no earlier than July 1, 2025, and it may run for as long as 39 months, which supports multi-year administration and continuity for a national or large-scale competitive community engagement program. The listed award ceiling is $1,750,000. The posting (creation) date for the opportunity is May 20, 2024. The listing indicates expected awards, but the specific number is not provided in the source data; however, the solicitation narrative indicates the intent to select an organization to serve as the program’s administering Cooperator.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as funding to operate and manage a national competitive community arts engagement grant program on behalf of Creative Forces, with the broader goal of expanding trauma-informed arts engagement opportunities for service members, veterans, and their support networks, and strengthening access pathways alongside clinical creative arts therapies.Apply for NEAPS2405
- The National Endowment for the Arts in the arts sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network (Community Arts Engagement Grant Program), FY2025" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.024.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,750,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network (Community Arts Engagement Grant Program), FY2025 opportunity?
This is a federal discretionary funding opportunity from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the Creative Forces initiative. The funded work focuses on improving the health, well-being, and overall quality of life of military members and veterans who have been exposed to trauma, along with their families and caregivers, through arts-based approaches.
2) Which agency is offering this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is offered by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
3) What is Creative Forces?
Creative Forces is a partnership between the NEA and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. It aims to expand knowledge of and access to clinical creative arts therapies and community arts engagement, recognizing arts-based approaches as meaningful supports for recovery, connection, and resilience.
4) What is the primary purpose of this solicitation?
The solicitation is designed to select a single organization to implement and administer the Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program. This is not simply funding for one organization to run local arts programming; it is funding to operate the national competitive community arts engagement grantmaking program on behalf of Creative Forces.
5) What does it mean that this award is for a single “Cooperator”?
The NEA intends to select one organization to serve as the “Cooperator” under a Cooperative Agreement. In practice, the Cooperator functions as the organization responsible for running the Community Engagement Grant Program itself, including the operational backbone needed to make and manage subawards to support community-based arts engagement activities aligned with Creative Forces goals.
6) Is this a pass-through grant for local community arts projects?
No. The solicitation is explicitly described as not a standard pass-through grant for local programming. Instead, it funds one organization to administer and operate the competitive grant program that will, in turn, support community-based arts engagement activities aligned with Creative Forces.
7) What kinds of activities would the selected organization be responsible for?
Based on the description provided, the selected Cooperator would be responsible for implementing and administering the Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program, including running a competitive grantmaking process. This includes activities such as administering application processes, coordinating reviews, overseeing awards and compliance, and supporting grantees as they carry out arts engagement projects serving military and veteran communities.
8) What is the award mechanism for this opportunity?
The award mechanism is a Cooperative Agreement.
9) How is a Cooperative Agreement different from a traditional grant (as described here)?
The description indicates that a Cooperative Agreement generally involves substantial involvement by the federal agency in the funded work compared to a traditional grant. This reflects a closer working relationship between the NEA and the selected organization while the program is being implemented and administered.
10) What is the funding activity category?
The funding activity category is Arts.
11) What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The opportunity is listed under CFDA 45.024.
12) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status. Institutions of higher education are excluded.
13) Can an institution of higher education apply?
No. The eligibility description excludes institutions of higher education.
14) How many proposals can an organization submit?
Only one proposal may be submitted per organization, so applicants must consolidate their approach into a single submission.
15) What is the opportunity number?
The opportunity number is NEAPS2405.
16) What is the original application closing date?
The original application closing date is July 16, 2024.
17) When can the Cooperative Agreement begin?
The Cooperative Agreement can begin no earlier than July 1, 2025.
18) How long can the period of performance last?
The agreement may run for as long as 39 months, supporting multi-year administration and continuity for a national or large-scale competitive community engagement program.
19) What is the maximum award amount?
The listed award ceiling is $1,750,000.
20) When was this opportunity posted?
The posting (creation) date is May 20, 2024.
21) How many awards will be made?
The specific number of expected awards is not provided in the source data described. However, the solicitation narrative indicates an intent to select a single organization to serve as the administering Cooperator.
22) Who are the intended beneficiaries of the program described?
Creative Forces focuses on military members and veterans who have been exposed to trauma, along with their families and caregivers.
23) What types of arts approaches are emphasized by Creative Forces (as described here)?
The initiative emphasizes expanding both knowledge of and access to clinical creative arts therapies and community arts engagement. It recognizes that arts-based approaches can contribute to recovery, connection, and resilience.
24) What is the overall goal of funding this Cooperator role?
The overall goal is to operate and manage a national competitive community arts engagement grant program aligned with Creative Forces, expanding trauma-informed arts engagement opportunities for service members, veterans, and their support networks, and strengthening access pathways alongside clinical creative arts therapies.
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