Why is the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) distributing federal stimulus funding?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)) recognizes that the nonprofit arts industry is an important sector of the economy. The NEA is uniquely positioned to fund arts projects and activities that preserve jobs in the nonprofit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. As part of this important investment, the NEA has developed a plan to expedite distribution of critical funds at the national, regional, state (state arts agencies), and local levels for projects that focus on the preservation of jobs in the arts.
