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

New York

1,677 grants

California

699 grants

Minnesota

210 grants

Ohio

192 grants

Pennsylvania

186 grants

Illinois

179 grants

Texas

177 grants

Florida

136 grants

Massachusetts

127 grants

District of Columbia

119 grants

Washington

108 grants

Colorado

104 grants

North Carolina

96 grants

Louisiana

90 grants

Utah

88 grants

Missouri

83 grants

Oregon

82 grants

Virginia

52 grants

Tennessee

52 grants

Connecticut

50 grants

Wisconsin

48 grants

New Mexico

47 grants

Georgia

40 grants

Alabama

38 grants

New Jersey

38 grants

Arizona

37 grants

Idaho

36 grants

Maryland

33 grants

Maine

32 grants

Puerto Rico

28 grants

Rhode Island

23 grants

Kentucky

22 grants

Michigan

20 grants

Oklahoma

16 grants

Iowa

15 grants

Indiana

14 grants

Alaska

11 grants

Hawaii

10 grants

Nevada

9 grants

Kansas

9 grants

Nebraska

8 grants

South Carolina

6 grants

Montana

6 grants

Mississippi

3 grants

North Dakota

2 grants

Vermont

1 grants

Wyoming

1 grants

Arkansas

1 grants

Most frequent recipients

Organization	State	Grants	Total
Dance/USA	MN	47	$3.8M
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.	NY	36	$2.7M
Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.	NY	36	$2.5M
New York Live Arts Inc.	NY	36	$2.4M
New Orleans Ballet Association	LA	34	$1.2M
American Dance Festival, Inc.	NC	33	$2M
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.	NY	32	$2.4M
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.	MA	32	$2.5M
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.	NY	31	$1.7M
Philadelphia Dance Company	PA	31	$1.1M
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.	NY	31	$2.2M
AXIS Dance Company	CA	30	$644K
Jose Limon Dance Foundation	NY	30	$985K
Alonzo King LINES Ballet	CA	30	$628K
New York City Ballet, Inc.	NY	30	$2.4M
Ragamala Dance	MN	29	$490K
Trisha Brown Company, Inc.	NY	29	$1.9M
Dance Place	DC	29	$1.1M
Danspace Project, Inc.	NY	29	$933K
Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.	NY	28	$785K
President and Trustees of Bates College	ME	28	$755K
DOVA, Inc.	NY	28	$654.5K
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation	UT	28	$635K
STREB Inc.	NY	28	$940K
Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.	NY	28	$2.1M

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