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National Endowment for the Arts

Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 1 sub-agencies.

The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$164.5M

Awarding agency NEA

Transactions

3,955

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

0.00%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays

—

No matching MTS agency line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for National Endowment for the Arts
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$164.5M
FFY 2023$162.2M
FFY 2022$225.2M
FFY 2021$188.0M
FFY 2018$125.8M
FFY 2017$130.1M
FFY 2016$117.7M

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for National Endowment for the Arts
CategoryAmount
Grants$159.1M
Contracts$5.5M

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for National Endowment for the Arts
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
National Endowment for the ArtsNEA$164.5M3,955

Sources

  • Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and outlays.
  • Official websiteUSAspending agency pageBudget justificationMethodologyAll awarding agencies