    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2002]
    [Pages 462-468]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    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                                          Eileen B. Mason,
                                                              Acting
    Senior Deputy Chairman                            Eileen B. Mason
    Deputy Chairman, Grants and Awards                Patrice Powell, Acting
    Deputy Chairman, Guidelines, Panel, and Council   A.B. Spellman
            Operations
    Deputy Chairman, Management and Budget            Laurence M. Baden
    Director, Communications                          Mark Weinberg
    Director, Congressional and White House Liaison   Ann Guthrie Hingston
    Budget Officer                                    Aaron Fineman
    Chief Information Officer                         Michael Burke
    Contracts and Grants Officer                      Nicki Jacobs
    Director, Administrative Services                 Murray R. Welsh
    Director, Civil Rights/Equal Employment           Angelia Richardson
            Opportunity
    Director, Human Resources                         Maxine C. Jefferson
    Director, Policy Research and Analysis            Keith Stephens, Acting
    Federal Partnership Director                      Rosalie Kessler
    Finance Officer                                   Sandra Stueckler
    General Counsel                                   Hope O'Keeffe, Acting
    Inspector General                                 Daniel Shaw
    Local Art Agencies/Challenge America Director     Jeff Watson, Acting
    State and Regional Director                       Edward Dickey
    Music/Opera Director                              Wayne Brown
    Presenting/Multidisciplinary Director             Vanessa Whang
    Dance Director                                    Douglas Sonntag
    Design Director                                   Mark Robbins
    Indemnity Program Administrator                   Alice M. Whelihan
    AccessAbility Coordinator                         Paula Terry
    International Coordinator                         Pennie Ojeda
    Leadership and Millennium Coordinator             Michael McLaughlin
    Arts Education Director                           Douglas 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                                          Bruce Cole

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        General Counsel                               Laura Nelson, Acting
        Inspector General                             Sheldon Bernstein
        Deputy Chairman                               Lynne Munson
            Accounting Officer                        Tony Banko
            Administrative Services Officer           Barry Maynes
            Chief Information Officer                 Brett Bobley
            Director, Division of Education           Wilsonia Cherry,
                    Programs                                  Acting
            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             Larry Myers
                    Planning
            Equal Employment Officer                  Willie McGhee
            Director, Office of Grants                Susan Daisey
                    Management
            Director, Enterprise Office               (vacancy)
            Director, Governmental Affairs            (vacancy)
            Director, Office of Public                Mary Lou Beatty,
                    Affairs                                   Acting
            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, imlsinfo@imls.gov.

    Director                                          Robert S. Martin
        Deputy Director for the Office of             Mary Chute
                Library Services
        Deputy Director for the Office of             (vacancy)
                Museum Services
            Director, Legislative and Public          Mamie Bittner
                    Affairs
            Director, Policy, Planning, and           Teresa Lattaie
                    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 purpose of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities is to
    develop and promote a broadly conceived national policy of support for
    the humanities and the arts in the United States, and for institutions
    which preserve the cultural heritage of the United States.

    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 is advised on its respective
    grantmaking and related policies, programs, and procedures by its own
    National Council, composed of the Endowment Chairman

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    and other members appointed by the President and confirmed by the
    Senate. Members of Congress, appointed by the leadership of the House
    and the Senate, serve in an ex officio, non-voting capacity on the
    National Council on the Arts. The Federal Council's membership comprises
    the Chairmen of the two Endowments, the Director of Museum and Library
    Services, and other key Federal cultural officials. Excluding
    participation by certain of its members, the Federal Council makes
    agreements to indemnify against loss or damage items eligible under the
    Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (20 U.S.C. 971).

    National Endowment for the Arts

    The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent, grantmaking
    agency that supports significant projects of artistic excellence, thus
    preserving and enhancing our Nation's diverse culturalheritage.
    The National Endowment for the Arts serves the American people by
    funding projects and activities that support and preserve artistic
    excellence, advance arts learning for children and youth, and provide
    access to the best of the arts communities throughout the Nation. Grants
    are made to nonprofit arts organizations for specific projects in dance,
    design, folk and traditional arts, literature, media arts, music,
    musical theater, opera, theater, and the visual arts. Competitive
    fellowships are awarded to published creative writers and literary
    translators of exceptional talent; honorific fellowships are given to
    jazz masters and significant, influential master folk and traditional
    artists. The Endowment also works in partnership with the 56 State and
    special jurisdictional arts agencies and their regional arts
    organizations, dedicating 40 percent of its program appropriation to
    this purpose.

    Sources of Information

    Grants  For information about Endowment funding opportunities, contact
    the Public Information Office. Phone, 202-682-5400. Internet,
    www.arts.gov/guide.

    Publications  To obtain a copy of the Endowment's annual report, funding
    guidelines, or other publications, contact the Public Information
    Office. Phone, 202-682-5400. Internet, www.arts.gov/pub.

    For further information, contact the Public Information Office, 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.
    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,

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    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 202-606-8500.

    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.

    Preservation and Access  This division supports projects that will
    create, preserve, and increase the availability of resources important
    for research, 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 402, 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 402, 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 ($24 domestic, $30 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 402, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
    Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-606-8400. Internet, www.neh.gov. E-
    mail, info@neh.gov.

    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

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    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 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, imlsinfo@imls.gov.

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    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, imlsinfo@imls.gov.

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