Please note:

Organizations with a budget of over one million dollars are not eligible to apply.

Organizations who received funding from the NFA during the 2008-2009 cycle must wait one year before applying to the NFA again. Grantees from 2008-2009 are eligible to apply to the NFA once again in 2010-2011 cycle. 

A Latino arts organization is an organization whose mission is focused on Latino art and culture, and whose executive or artistic director is Latino; and/or with at least 51% of the board of directors comprised of Latinos.

For a complete list of eligibility, please view the Guidelines .

Application Materials

When mailing your complete packet, your grant application must include:

a.      Three (3) copies of the Basic Information Form

b.      Three (3) copies of the application Narrative Form 

c.       Three (3) copies of the project Budget Detail Form

NOTE: The amount of your request should be no more than 50% of your organizational budget and must be in proportion to your project budget.

d.      Two (2) copies of your financial statements
          Completed three-year financial report to include:
       + Last year actual or audited financial statement (FY 2008)
       + Current year operating budget (FY 2009)
       + Next year projected budget (FY 2010)

e.      One (1) copy of the applicable IRS 501(c)(3) letter

f.       If applicable: One (1) copy of a letter of fiscal agent

g.      Three (3) copies of your current list of board of directors – Please include contact information, community or professional affiliations (e.g., employer), gender and ethnicity of the organizations board of directors.
Here is a TEMPLATE to complete your current list of board of directors.

h.        Three (3) copies of brief bios or resumes of key project staff

i.          Three (3) copies of featured artists/scholars bios (if applicable)

j.          Two (2) copies of letters of commitment (if applicable)

k.         Two (2) sets of relevent work samples 

Depending on your discipline, please use the following as a guideline for your narrative and in submitting your support materials:

Dance

Provide a clear sample of your recent work within the past 3 years
DVD Format prefered - When submitting DVD's longer than five minutes, please include chapters.
Include instructions on what part of the DVD you’d like the panel to view

Interdisciplinary Arts

Provide a clear sample of your recent work within the past 3 years
DVD and/or CD format preferred. - When submitting DVD's longer than five minutes, please include chapters.
Include instructions on what part of your audio visual sample you’d like the panel to view
A short written sample of current and/or previous works

Literary Arts

A short work sample of your current project (if applicable)
Submit three 3-5 page samples which you consider to be your strongest or most represetative work

Media Arts

Please provide a synopsis and a treatment of your project (if applicable). A synopsis is a two or three paragraph description of the project. A treatment is a written description of how the story is translated to the screen.
Indicate where you are in production
Include what stage you’ll be in when you use the funds from the NFA
DVD format preferred. When submitting DVD's longer than five minutes, please include chapters.
Please make sure your website is updated - include clips of your work. 

Multidisciplinary Arts   

Provide a clear sample of your recent work within the past 3 years
DVD and/or CD format preferred. - When submitting DVD's longer than five minutes, please include chapters.
Include instructions on what part of your audio visual sample you’d like the panel to view
A short written sample of current and/or previous works

Music

Provide a clear sample of your recent work within the past 3 years
CD format preferred
Include instructions on what track you’d like the panel to hear
Please make sure your website is updated and include relevent clips of your work.

Performance Art

Provide a clear sample of your recent work within the past 3 years
DVD format preferred - When submitting DVD's longer than five minutes, please include chapters.
Include instructions on what part of the DVD you’d like the panel to view
Please make sure your website is updated and include relevent clips of your work.

Theater Arts

Provide a clear sample of your recent work within the past 3 years
DVD format preferred - When submitting DVD's longer than five minutes, please include chapters.
Include instructions on what part of the DVD you’d like the panel to view

Visual Arts

Submit up to five (5) work samples.
Please submit your work samples as high resolution digital images of 300dpi or 2MB
Photo copies are not acceptable.
Please include a description of each of your work samples that include the title, year, medium and dimensions.

Arts in Education

Submit a curriculum outline (include educational standards met by content)
Letters of support from the school districts or a letter of support from a master teacher.
Resume or CV of the class teacher

Additional Information

One copy of the following OPTIONAL materials are welcomed and strongly encouraged:


               Current strategic plan
               Organizational charts
               Bios of key personnel
               Relevant clippings (within the past 3 years)
               Relevant awards or recognition (within the past 3 years)