National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Termination Notice Survey

Did you receive a termination notice or a withdrawal of funding offer letter from the NEA?

We need to hear from you!
If you received a termination notice or a withdrawal of funding offer letter, please complete the form below.

Gathering this data is critical to understanding the full scope of these changes and will help us advocate more effectively. We’ll use your input to inform conversations with national arts leaders working to restore funding and protect the future of the arts.

Thank you for participating.
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Are you a current APAP member?*

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NEA Grant Termination Info: Please complete the section below.
1. Did you receive a grant termination notice?

YesNo
If no, skip to question 16. (Withdrawal of offer letter section)
2. For which grant category did you receive a termination notice? (If you received more than one, please complete this form separately for each instance).

NEA Grants for Arts Projects, Part 1 (FY2025)NEA Grants for Arts Projects, Part 1 (FY2024)NEA Grants for Arts Projects, Part 2 (FY2024)NEA Research (FY2025)NEA Challenge America (FY2025)Other
3. What was the grant amount?
4. What was the grant for (i.e., project name)? (You can lift this from your approved grant award notice.)
5. Please provide a 1-2 sentence summary of your funded project.
6. What was the project start date?

MonthDayYear
Date
7. What was the project end date?

MonthDayYear
Date
8. Have you incurred any expenses for this project to date?

YesNo
9. Prior to receiving a termination notice, have you drawn down and received any of your grant funds ?

YesNo
10. What amount have you received to date?
11. What's the remaining balance of your grant award?
12. With the revised period of performance which now ends on May 31, 2025, will you be able to drawn down any remaining eligible funds?

YesNo
13. If no, what's the amount of remaining funds you will lose access to under the terms of the termination letter?
14. Please share the specific impacts of the shortened period of performance on your project and organization and/or the grant termination generally.
15. Do you plan to appeal the termination notice?

YesNoNot sure
NEA Withdrawal of Funding Offer: Please complete the section below.
16. Did you receive a withdrawal of funding offer?

YesNo
If no, skip to question 26. (Final Qs)
17. If yes, for what year? (If you received more than one, please complete this form separately for each instance)

FY25FY26
18. What was the grant offer amount?
19. Which NEA grant program was this grant part of?
20. What was the grant offer for (i.e., project name)? (You can lift this from your grant offer notice.)
21. Please provide a 1-2 sentence summary of your project.
22. What was the project start date?

MonthDayYear
Date
23. What was the project end date?

MonthDayYear
Date
24. Please share the specific impacts of the withdrawal of funding offer.
25. Do you plan to appeal the withdrawal of funding offer?

YesNoNot sure
Final Questions: Please complete the section below.
26. Please share if your organization has had grants terminated or grant offers withdrawn by federal agencies OTHER than the NEA. (Share details including agency, amount of grant, and nature of project.)
27. APAP is working with our advocacy partners across the cultural sector to gather questions from our members and the field. What questions do you have?
28. Is there anything else you would like to share? If so, please use the space below.
Have questions? Email us at advocacy@apap365.org.

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Did you receive a termination notice or a withdrawal of funding offer letter from the NEA?