NEA Dance Grants: Every Award by State and Year

The National Endowment for the Arts funds dance companies, presenters, festivals and schools across the country. Here is every grant in the NEA's Dance discipline, by year and by state.

Dance grants by fiscal year

2002$2.9M · 139
2003$4.9M · 171
2004$4.3M · 168
2005$4.1M · 169
2006$3.6M · 176
2007$3.5M · 185
2008$3.7M · 183
2009$7.9M · 279
2010$7M · 257
2011$5M · 199
2012$4.1M · 157
2013$4.1M · 175
2014$4M · 165
2015$4.2M · 158
2016$4.2M · 161
2017$4.1M · 166
2018$3.9M · 161
2019$4M · 172
2020$4.2M · 178
2021$4.3M · 203
2022$4.4M · 233
2023$4.6M · 212
2024$5M · 170
2025$2.3M · 76
2026$4.3M · 140

By state

Most frequent recipients

OrganizationStateGrantsTotal
Dance/USAMN47$3.8M
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.NY36$2.7M
Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.NY36$2.5M
New York Live Arts Inc.NY36$2.4M
New Orleans Ballet AssociationLA34$1.2M
American Dance Festival, Inc.NC33$2M
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.NY32$2.4M
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.MA32$2.5M
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.NY31$1.7M
Philadelphia Dance CompanyPA31$1.1M
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.NY31$2.2M
AXIS Dance CompanyCA30$644K
Jose Limon Dance FoundationNY30$985K
Alonzo King LINES BalletCA30$628K
New York City Ballet, Inc.NY30$2.4M
Ragamala DanceMN29$490K
Trisha Brown Company, Inc.NY29$1.9M
Dance PlaceDC29$1.1M
Danspace Project, Inc.NY29$933K
Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.NY28$785K
President and Trustees of Bates CollegeME28$755K
DOVA, Inc.NY28$654.5K
Ririe-Woodbury Dance FoundationUT28$635K
STREB Inc.NY28$940K
Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.NY28$2.1M

National Endowment for the Arts Grant Search, Dance discipline. Public domain.