[United States Government Manual]
[June 01, 2001]
[Pages 464-470]
[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 20506-0001

Phone, 202-682-5400. TDD, 202-682-5496. Internet, www.arts.gov.
Chairman                                          William J. (Bill) Ivey
Senior Deputy Chairman                            Scott Shanklin-
                                                          Peterson
Deputy Chairman, Grants and Awards                Karen Christensen
Deputy Chairman, Guidelines, Panel, and Council   A.B. Spellman
        Operations
Deputy Chairman, Management and Budget            Lawrence Baden

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Budget Officer                                    Ron Fineman
Chief Information Officer                         Mike Burke
Congressional and White House Liaison             Dick Woodruff
Contracts and Grants Officer                      Nicki Jacobs
Coordinator, Leadership and Millennium            Michael McLaughlin
Council Coordinator                               Michael Faubion
Director, Administrative Services                 Murray R. Welsh
Director, Civil Rights                            Angelia Richardson
Director, Information Management                  Andrea Fowler
Director, Office of Human Resources               Maxine Jefferson
Director, Office of Communications                Katherine Wood, Acting
Director, Policy Research and Analysis            (vacancy)
Federal Partnership Director                      Rosalie Kessler
Finance Officer                                   Sandra Stueckler
General Counsel                                   Hope O'Keeffe, Acting
Inspector General                                 Daniel Shaw, Acting
Locals/Challenge America Director                 Patrice Powell
State and Regional Director                       Ed Dickey
Music/Opera Director                              Wayne Brown
Presenting/Multidisciplinary Director             Vanessa Whang
Dance Director                                    Doug Sonntag
Design Director                                   Mark Robbins
Arts Education Director                           Doug Herbert
Folk/Traditional Arts Director                    Barry Bergey
Literature Director                               Cliff Becker
Media Arts Director                               Laura Welsh, Acting
Museum/Visual Arts Director                       Saralyn Reece Hardy
Planning and Stabilization Director               Lee Dennison
Theater/Musical Theater Director                  Gigi Bolt

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506

Phone, 202-606-8400. Internet, www.neh.gov.
Chairman                                          William R. Ferris
    General Counsel                               Virginia Canter
    Inspector General                             Sheldon Bernstein
    Deputy Chairman                               John W. Roberts
        Accounting Officer                        Tony Banko
        Administrative Services Officer           Barry Maynes
        Chief Information Officer                 Brett Bobley
        Director, Division of Education           Candace Katz
                Programs
        Director, Division of                     George Farr
                Preservation and Access
        Director, Division of Public              Nancy Rogers
                Programs
        Director, Division of Research            James Herbert
                Programs
        Director, Federal/State                   Edith Manza
                Partnership
        Director, Office of Challenge             Stephen M. Ross
                Grants
        Director, Office of Human                 Timothy G. Connelly
                Resources
        Director, Office of Strategic             Jeffrey Thomas
                Planning
        Equal Employment Officer                  Willie McGhee
        Grants Officer                            David Wallace
        Director, Enterprise Office               Nancy Sturm
        Director, Governmental Affairs            (vacancy)

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        Director, Office of Public                Ashley Carr
                Affairs
        Director, Office of Publications          Mary Lou Beatty

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

Room 510, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506

Phone, 202-606-8536. Internet, www.imls.gov. E-mail, [email protected].
Director                                          Beverly Sheppard, 
                                                          Acting
    Deputy Director for the Office of             Elizabeth Sywetz
            Library Services
    Deputy Director for the Office of             Beverly Sheppard
            Museum Services
        Director, Legislative and Public          Mamie Bittner
                Affairs
        Director, Policy, Planning, and           Linda Bell
                Budget
        Director, Research and                    Rebecca Danvers
                Technology
        Library Program Director                  Joyce Ray
        Museum 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 the 
National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the 
Humanities, the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, and the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services. A fourth entity, the Federal 
Council on the Arts and the Humanities, assists the Endowments and the 
Council in coordinating their programs and other activities with those 
of Federal agencies. 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, programs, and 
procedures, in addition to reviewing and making recommendations on 
applications for financial support.
    The Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities consists of 20 
members, including the two Endowment Chairmen and the Director of the 
Institute of Museum and Library 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, an investment in America's living 
culturalheritage, serves the public good by nurturing the expression of 
human creativity, supporting the cultivation of community spirit, and 
fostering the recognition and appreciation of the excellence and 
diversity of our Nation's artistic accomplishments.
The Arts Endowment serves as a catalyst to increase opportunities and 
resources for arts organizations, artists, and arts audiences. It 
promotes involvement in the arts by citizens, public and private 
nonprofit organizations, and States and

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local communities. The Endowment awards grants to nonprofit arts 
organizations in support of outstanding projects; honors artists of 
exceptional achievement; works to expand the Nation's artistic resources 
and 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. The Endowment also disburses funds to State arts 
agencies and local and regional organizations in order to promote broad 
dissemination of the arts across America. It also makes a small number 
of awards to individuals, including fellowships to published creative 
writers and literary translators of exceptional talent, and honorific 
fellowships to significant, influential master folk and traditional 
artists and jazz masters.

Sources of Information

Grants  Persons interested in applying for a grant in the arts should 
contact the appropriate discipline Director at the National Endowment 
for the Arts. Phone, 202-682-5400. Internet, www.arts.gov.
Publications  A report of the National Endowment for the Arts is issued 
annually and may be obtained from the Office of Communications. Phone, 
202-682-5400. E-mail, [email protected].

For further information, contact the Office of Communications, National 
Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20506-0001. Phone, 202-682-5400. TDD, 202-682-5496. Internet, 
www.arts.gov.

National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent, grantmaking 
agency established by Congress in 1965 to support research, education, 
and public programs in the humanities.
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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 grantsto 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.

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.

Education  Through grants to educational institutions and fellowshipsto 
scholars and teachers, this division strengthens sustained thoughtful 
study of the humanities at all levels of education.

For further information, call 202-606-8376.

Federal/State Partnership  Humanities committees in each of the 50 
States, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam receive grants from 
the Endowment, which they, in turn, grant to support humanities programs 
at the local level.

For further information, call 202-606-8254.

Preservationand Access  This division supports projects that will 
create, preserve, and increase the availability of resources important 
for research,

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education, and public programming in the humanities.

For further information, call 202-606-8570.

Public Programs  This division strives to fulfill the Endowment's 
mandate ``to increase public understanding of the humanities'' by 
supporting those institutions and organizations that develop and present 
humanities programming for general audiences.

For further information, call 202-606-8269.

Research  This division promotes original research in the humanities by 
providing grants for significant research projects.

For further information, call 202-606-8200.

Sources of Information

Employment  For employment information, contact the NEH Job Line. Phone, 
202-606-8281.
Grants  Those interested in applying for a grant in the humanities 
should request information, guidelines, and application forms from the 
Endowment's Office of Public Affairs, Room 401, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-606-8400.
Publications  The annual report and the grant programs book may be 
obtained from the Office of Public Affairs, National Endowment for the 
Humanities, Room 401, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20506. Phone, 202-606-8400.
    The bimonthly review of issues in the humanities, entitled 
Humanities, is available by subscription ($22 domestic, $27.50 foreign) 
through the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 
15250-7954.

For further information, contact the Office of Public Affairs, National 
Endowment for the Humanities, Room 401, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-606-8400. Internet, www.neh.gov. E-
mail, [email protected].

Institute of Museumand LibraryServices

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent, grant-
making agency that fosters leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of 
learning by supporting museums and libraries.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services was established within the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities by the Museum and 
Library Services Act of September 30, 1996 (110 Stat. 3009-293), which 
amended the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 961 et seq.). The Institute 
combines administration of Federal museum programs formerly carried out 
by the Institute of Museum Services and Federal library programs 
formerly carried out by the Department of Education. 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 and libraries. 
The Director receives policy advice on museum programs from the National 
Museum Services Board, which is comprised of 14 Presidentially appointed 
members and the Director.
    In addition to providing distinct programs of support for museums 
and libraries, IMLS encourages collaboration between these community 
resources. The Institute's library programs help libraries use new 
technologies to identify, preserve, and share library and information 
resources across institutional, local, and State boundaries and to reach 
those for whom library use requires extra effort or special materials. 
Museum programs strengthen museum operations, improve care of 
collections, increase professional development

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opportunities, and enhance the community service role of museums.
    IMLS awards grantsto all types of museums and libraries. Eligible 
museums include art, history, general, children's, natural history, 
science and technology, as well as historic houses, zoos and aquariums, 
botanical gardens and arboretums, nature centers, and planetariums. 
Eligible libraries include public, school, academic, research, and 
special libraries. The Institute makes grants in 10 program categories.
States  These grants improve electronic sharing of information and 
expand public access to an increasing wealth of information and 
services.
Native Americans  This program provides small grants for core library 
operations of tribes and Alaska Native villages, technical assistance 
for these libraries, and enhancement grants to promote innovative 
practices in libraries serving Native Americans and Alaskan Native 
villages.
Native Hawaiians  This program provides a single grant to an 
organization that primarily serves and represents Native Hawaiians.
National Leadership  This program provides grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements to enhance the quality of library and museum 
services nationwide. The program supports model projects that can be 
widely replicated and encourages the use of promising practices in 
libraries and museums.
General Operating Support  This program awards unrestricted grants to 
museums for ongoing institutional activities. General operating support, 
often cited as the most difficult type of money to raise, helps museums 
enhance their educational services, strengthen collections care, and 
raise funds from other sources.
Conservation Project Support  This program awards matching grants to 
help museums identify conservation needs and priorities and perform 
activities to ensure the safekeeping of their collections.
Museum Assessment  This program offers museums grants of technical 
assistance in the areas of institutional assessment, collections 
management assessment, and a public dimension assessment.
Conservation Assessment  The program provides eligible museums with an 
alternative source of general conservation survey grants. For more 
information, contact the Conservation Assessment Program, Suite 566, 
1730 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20006. Phone, 202-634-1422.
National Award for Museum Service  This program recognizes outstanding 
museums that provide meaningful public service for their communities.

Sources of Information

Electronic Access  Information about IMLS programs, application 
guidelines, and lists of grantees are available electronically. 
Internet, www.imls.gov. E-mail, [email protected].
Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements  For information about 
applying for IMLS funding, contact the appropriate program office. 
Museums should contact the Office of Museum Services, Institute of 
Museum and Library Services, Room 609, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20506 (phone, 202-606-8539). Libraries should contact the 
Office of Library Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 
Room 802, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506 (phone, 
202-606-5227).

For further information, contact the Office of Legislative and Public 
Affairs, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Room 510, 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-606-8536. 
Internet, www.imls.gov. E-mail, [email protected].