[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 625-631]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506
Phone, 202-682-5400
Chairman Jane Alexander
Chief of Staff Alexander Crary
Congressional Liaison Dick Woodruff
General Counsel Karen Christensen
Inspector General Leon Lilly
Director, Millennium Projects Brian O'Doherty
Director, Policy, Planning and Research Olive Mosier
Director, Civil Rights Division Angelia Richardson
Director, Research Division Tom Bradshaw
Librarian Jeanne McConnell
Director, Public Affairs Cherie Simon
Director, Public Information Olivia Baisden
Director, Special Projects Rosemary Cribben
Senior Deputy Chairman Ana Steele
Associate Deputy Chairman for Program A.B. Spellman
Coordination
Budget Officer Aaron Fineman
Director, Council and Panel Operations Yvonne Sabine
Deputy Chairman for Programs Susan Clampitt
Director, Dance Cynthia Mayeda, Acting
Director, Design Samina Quraeshi
Director, Folk and Traditional Arts Daniel Sheehy
Director, Literature Gigi Bradford
Director, Media Arts Brian O'Doherty
Director, Museums Jennifer Dowley
Director, Music Omus Hirshbein
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Director, Opera-Musical Theater Omus Hirshbein
Director, Presenting Omus Hirshbein
Director, Theater Keryl McCord
Director, Visual Arts Jennifer Dowley
Deputy Chairman for Public Partnership Scott Sanders
Director, Arts in Education Douglas Herbert
Director, Challenge/Advancement Lee Dennison
Director, Expansion Arts Patrice Powell
Director, Federal Liaison Marianne Klink
Director, International Merianne Liteman
Director, Local Arts Agencies Diane Mataraza
Director, Special Constituencies Paula Terry
Director, State and Regional Edward Dickey
Deputy Chairman for Management Larry Baden
Director, Administrative Services Murray Welsh
Director, Contracts and Procurement Bill Hummel
Director, Finance Marvin Marks
Grants Officer Donna DiRicco, Acting
Director, Human Resources Maxine Jefferson
Director, Arts Administration Anya Nykyforiak
Fellows
Director, Personnel Leon Williams
Director, Information Management Ruth Reed
Coordinators, Management Systems Martha Jones
Kathy Plowitz-Worden
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506
Phone, 202-606-8400
Chairman Sheldon Hackney
Deputy Chairman Juan Mestas
General Counsel Michael Shapiro
Director of Congressional Liaison Ann S. Young
Director, Office of Planning and Stephen F. Cherrington
Budget
Director, Office of Gary Krull
Communications Policy
Director, Federal/State Carole Watson
Partnership
Director, Division of Education James Herbert
Programs
Director, Division of Public Marsha Semmel
Programs
Director, Division of Research Guinevere L. Griest
Programs
Director, Division of George Farr
Preservation and Access
Accounting Officer D. Ray Gleason
Administrative Services Officer Barry Maynes
IRM Systems Officer William J. Kinsella
Equal Employment Opportunity Margaret V. Horne
Officer
Grants Officer David Wallace
Director of Personnel Timothy G. Connelly
Inspector General Sheldon Bernstein
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
Room 510, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506
Phone, 202-606-8536
Director Diane B. Frankel
Director, Policy, Planning, and Linda Bell
Budget
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Public Information Officer and Mamie Bittner
Congressional Liaison
Executive Assistant, National S. William Laney
Museum Services Board and
Administrative Assistant
Program Director Rebecca Danvers
Assistant Program Director Mary Estelle Kennelly
[For the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities statement of
organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 45, Part 1100]
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The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities encourages and
supports national progress in the humanities and the arts.
The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities was created as an
independent agency by the National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951). The Foundation consists of a
National Endowment for the Arts, a National Endowment for the
Humanities, a Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, and an
Institute of Museum Services. Each Endowment has its own Council,
composed of the Endowment Chairman and 26 other members appointed by the
President, which advises the Chairman with respect to policies and
procedures and reviews applications for financial support while making
recommendations thereon.
The Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities consists of 20
members, including the two Endowment Chairmen and the Director of the
Institute of Museum Services, and is designed to coordinate the
activities of the two Endowments and related programs of other Federal
agencies. Four members are excluded from the Federal Council when it is
considering matters under the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (20
U.S.C. 971).
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts supports the visual, literary, and
performing arts to benefit all Americans by fostering artistic
excellence and developing the Nation's finest creative talent; by
preserving and transmitting our diverse cultural heritage; by making the
arts more accessible to all Americans; by promoting the vitality of arts
institutions; and by making the arts intrinsic to education.
The Arts Endowment serves as a catalyst to increase opportunities for
artists and resources for arts organizations. It promotes involvement in
the arts by citizens, public and private organizations, and States and
local communities. The agency awards grants to nonprofit arts
organizations in support of outstanding performances, exhibitions,
projects, and programs; provides fellowships to exceptionally talented
American artists to stimulate the creation of new works of art, to
expand the Nation's artistic resources, and to promote preservation of
the country's cultural heritage; and funds projects whose goal is to
educate, formally or informally, both children and adults in the arts.
Also, it disburses program funds to State arts agencies and local and
regional organizations in order to promote broad dissemination of the
arts across America. Its grantmaking is conducted through the following
programs: Challenge and Advancement, Dance, Design Arts, Expansion Arts,
Folk Arts, International, Literature, Media Arts, Museums, Opera-Musical
Theater, Presenting and Commissioning, Theater, Visual Arts, Arts in
Education, Local Arts Agencies, and State and Regional.
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Sources of Information
Grants Persons interested in applying for a grant in the arts should
contact the appropriate program at the National Endowment for the Arts
by calling 202-682-5464 for further information.
Publications A report of the National Endowment for the Arts is issued
annually and may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
A Program Announcement containing information for prospective
applicants may be obtained by writing to the National Endowment for the
Arts, requesting the publication entitled Guide to Programs, Washington,
DC 20506.
Employment Information The Office of Personnel Management registers
from which employees are most often appointed are Secretary, Mid-Level
Administrative Examination, and Senior-Level Examination.
For further information, contact the Public Information Office, National
Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20506. Phone, 202-682-5400.
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent, grant-
making agency established by Congress in 1965 to support research,
education, and public programs in the humanities.
According to the agency's authorizing legislation, the term
``humanities'' includes, but is not limited to, the study of the
following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature;
history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archeology; comparative religion;
ethics; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those
aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical
approaches.
The Endowment makes grants to individuals, groups, or institutions--
schools, colleges, universities, museums, public television stations,
libraries, public agencies, and nonprofit private groups--to increase
understanding and appreciation of the humanities. Its grant-making is
conducted through four operating divisions--Education Programs, Public
Programs, Preservation and Access, and Research Programs, through the
Office of Federal/State Partnership and the Office of Challenge Grants.
Education Grants Grants in the Division of Education Programs support
efforts in elementary and secondary schools as well as in institutions
of higher education to improve instruction in humanities disciplines and
to disseminate results of exemplary education programs. This Division
also supports college and school teacher seminars that provide for
collegial interaction.
For further information, call 202-606-8373.
Research Projects of longer duration, often involving collaboration
between scholars, fall within the domain of the Division of Research
Programs, which awards grants for the preparation of publication of
important texts in the humanities, the organization of collections and
the preparation of reference materials, the conduct of collaborative or
coordinated research, the support of centers where scholars may conduct
their research, and the support of international organizations for the
exchange of scholars. This Division also supports individual scholars,
teachers, and other interpreters of the humanities for full-time,
independent study or research.
For further information, call 202-606-8200.
Public Grants The Division of Public Programs strives to fulfill the
Endowment's mandate ``to increase public understanding of the
humanities''
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by supporting those institutions and organizations that develop and
present humanities programming for general audiences.
For further information, call 202-606-8267.
Federal/State Partnership Grants Humanities committees in each of the
50 States, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia,
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or Guam, receive annual
grants from the Division of State Programs, which they then re-grant to
support humanities programs at the local level.
For further information, call 202-606-8254.
Challenge Grants Nonprofit institutions interested in developing new
sources of long-term support for educational, scholarly preservation and
public programs in the humanities may be assisted in these efforts by a
Challenge Grant.
For further information, call 202-606-8309.
Preservation and Access The Division of Preservation and Access expands
Endowment support in attacking the problem of deteriorating humanities
resources. Cooperative projects set in a national framework with an
emphasis on the preservation of America's past and the work of American
scholars, using both Federal and private funds, are particularly
encouraged.
For further information, call 202-606-8570.
Sources of Information
Employment The Office of Personnel Management registers from which
employees are most often appointed are: Clerk-Typist, Mid-Level
Administrative Register, and Senior-Level Register.
Grants Those interested in applying for a grant in the humanities
should request information, guidelines, and application forms from the
Endowment's Public Information Office, Room 402, 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-606-8400.
Publications An annual report for the National Endowment for the
Humanities is issued annually and may be obtained from the Endowment's
Public Information Office, Room 402, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-606-8400.
Overview of Endowment Programs, which contains information for
prospective applicants, may be obtained by writing to the Public
Information Office, at the address given above.
Humanities, a bimonthly review of issues in the humanities published
by the Endowment, is available by subscription ($15 domestic, $18.75
foreign) through the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954,
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.
For further information, contact the Public Information Office, National
Endowment for the Humanities, Room 402, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-606-8400.
Institute of Museum Services
The Institute of Museum Services is an independent, grant-making agency
established by Congress in 1976 to assist museums in maintaining,
increasing, and improving their services to the public.
The Institute of Museum Services (IMS) was created by the Museum
Services Act (20 U.S.C. 961 note). In December 1981, pursuant to title
II of the act of Dec. 23, 1981 (20 U.S.C. 961, 962), the Institute was
established as an independent agency within the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities. The Institute's Director is appointed by
the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and is
authorized to make grants to museums
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subject to policy directives and priorities set by the National Museum
Services Board. The Board is comprised of 15 Presidentially appointed
nonvoting members and 5 ex officio nonvoting members.
The Institute awards grants on a competitive basis to support the
efforts of museums to conserve the Nation's historic, scientific, and
cultural heritage; to maintain and expand their educational role; and to
ease the financial burden borne by museums as a result of their
increasing use by the public. The Institute awards grants to all types
of museums, including but not limited to art, history, general,
children's, natural history, science and technology, historic houses,
zoos and aquariums, botanical gardens and arboretums, nature centers,
and planetariums.
The Institute currently makes grants in seven categories: General
Operating Support, Conservation Project Support, Museum Assessment
Program, Professional Services Program, Conservation Assessment Program,
Technical Assistance, and Museum Leadership Initiatives. General
Operating Support grants are 2-year competitive awards that maintain or
improve the operations of museums. Conservation Project Support grants
are annual competitive awards, for projects lasting up to 2 years, that
provide funds for various conservation efforts. Museum Assessment
Program grants are one-time awards made to museums to provide for an
independent, professional assessment of their programs and operations.
Conservation Assessment Program grants are one-time awards made to
museums to assess the condition of their environment and collections, to
identify conservation needs and priorities. Professional Services
Program grants provide funding to national, regional, State, or local
private, nonprofit professional museum organizations and associations
for proposals designed to strengthen museum services. Technical
Assistance grants provide funds to small, emerging minority and rural
museums for training and other implementation activities. Museum
Leadership Initiatives support projects that establish mentoring
relationships between at least two parties, one of whom is a museum
staff member.
Sources of Information
Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements Those interested in
applying for Institute of Museum Services funding should contact the
Program Office, Institute of Museum Services, Room 609, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-606-8539.
For further information, contact the Program Director, Institute of
Museum Services, Room 609, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20506. Phone, 202-606-8539.
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