Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review GrantsIntroductionThe Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least one of the underserved characteristics noted here also must be present. This category, as an essential component of the Arts Endowment's goal of providing wide access to artistic excellence, supports local projects that can have significant effects within communities. Grants are available for professional arts programming and for projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development. Partnerships can be valuable to the success of these projects. While not required, applicants are encouraged to consider partnerships among organizations, both in and outside of the arts, as appropriate to their project. These Fast-Track Review Grants:
Deadline June 2, 2008, Application Deadline If your organization applies to the Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants category, it may not submit another application to either the Access to Artistic Excellence or Learning in the Arts categories. See "Applicant Eligibility/Application Limits" for further information. ContactChallenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants Specialists: fasttrack@arts.gov or 202/682-5700 ProjectsThis category supports focused, distinct projects that take place over limited periods of time and involve limited geographic areas. Such projects generally are smaller in scale and shorter in duration than those in the Access to Artistic Excellence or Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth categories. All projects must extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations that have limited access to the arts due to geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. The involvement of professionally trained, experienced artists and arts professionals is essential. Each applicant must present a simple, straightforward project that reflects only one of the project types below. Fast-Track Review Grants are available only for:
Application ReviewApplications are submitted to the Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants staff and are reviewed by a diverse group of arts experts and other individuals with broad knowledge of the specific types of projects in this funding area. Applications are reviewed on the basis of artistic excellence and artistic merit. For more detailed information on how artistic excellence and artistic merit will be evaluated, see the "Review Criteria." You can find additional information in the "Application Review" section of the "Frequently Asked Questions." We Do Not FundIn addition to the "We Do Not Fund" section for all Grants for Arts Projects applicants, funding under the Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants category is not available for:
The Arts Endowment encourages organizations with operating budgets of less than $50,000 and organizations that have not applied for public funds previously to consider applying to local or state sources. OutcomesThe Arts Endowment has identified five outcomes that it plans to achieve through Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants. Each applicant is asked to select the one outcome listed below that is most relevant to its project and to indicate this in its application:
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