[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, [email protected].

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, [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

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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, [email protected].

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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, [email protected].

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