Deadline: 20 April 2020
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is seeking applications to select an organization (Cooperator) to administer the Arts Education Partnership (AEP), a national coalition of more than 100 organizations representing the arts and education fields as well as the government and private sectors.
As the AEP enters into its 25th year, the Arts Endowment seeks a Cooperator to build on the significant achievements of the AEP and its national coalition. In undertaking this work, the Arts Endowment encourages proposals in which the Cooperator partners with another national organization that can help enhance and fulfill the mission of the AEP.
Scope of Work
In brief, the Cooperator will:
- Administer the AEP and actively collaborate with the Arts Endowment and ED to support the fulfillment of AEP’s mission and the implementation of its goals, objectives, and activities.
- Provide operational support to the AEP, including a professionally-staffed national office for the AEP.
- Select and supervise the AEP Director, who in turn will supervise the AEP staff, and manage implementation of the AEP’s strategic plan and the activities supported by federal investments in the Cooperative Agreement.
This award will be made as a cooperative agreement. The Arts Endowment uses two types of awards to fund project activities: cooperative agreements and grants. A cooperative agreement is different from a grant in that the Arts Endowment is substantially involved with the awardee in the direction and accomplishment of the program. Both funding mechanisms are subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,050,000
- Award Floor: $1,050,000
- Period of Performance: This Cooperative Agreement will begin no earlier than October 1, 2020, and end on September 30, 2021.
Eligibility Criteria
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325049
