Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) announced $2.4 million in National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Direct Grants to his congressional district in New York City. These federal stimulus funds, authorized through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, are intended for nonprofit arts organizations in support of job preservation during the current economic recession, at a time when philanthropic and private support for the arts has diminished.


“I am very proud that the 8th congressional district of New York City is the most flourishing and dynamic cultural district in the country,” said Nadler. “And, as always, I am proud to support the important and enriching organizations which give New York and the United States their creative edge. It’s always essential to support the arts in our communities, but these stimulus funds are particularly significant right now for the retention of thousands of local jobs.”

The NEA Direct Grants for 2009, listed alphabetically, are:

$50,000 - Academy of American Poets, Inc.
$25,000 - Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
$50,000 - Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
$50,000 - American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
$50,000 - American Music Center, Inc.
$25,000 - American Symphony Orchestra League
$25,000 - American Symphony Orchestra League
$25,000 - American Symphony Orchestra, Inc
$50,000 - Anthology Film Archives
$25,000 - Armitage Foundation Ltd.
$25,000 - Art in General, Inc.
$25,000 - Bond Street Theatre Coalition, Ltd
$25,000 - Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.
$50,000 - Chamber Music America, Inc.
$50,000 - City Lore, Inc.
$50,000 - College Art Association of America, Inc.
$50,000 - Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
$50,000 - Creative Time, Inc.
$50,000 - Dance New Amsterdam, Inc.
$25,000 - Dance Notation Bureau, Inc.
$50,000 - Dance Theatre Workshop, Inc.
$50,000 - Dia Center for the Arts
$50,000 - DOVA, Inc.
$25,000 - Early Music Foundation, Inc.
$25,000 - Early Stages Program, Inc.
$50,000 - Educational Video Center
$50,000 - Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School
$25,000 - Epic Theatre Center, Inc.
$50,000 - Fiji Theater Company, Inc.
$50,000 - Foundry Theatre, Inc.
$25,000 - Gotham Chamber Opera, Inc.
$50,000 - Group I Acting Company, Inc.
$50,000 - House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
$25,000 - Independent Curators International
$50,000 - Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
$50,000 - Jazz Foundation of America, Inc.
$50,000 - Jose Limon Dance Foundation
$50,000 - Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
$50,000 - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
$50,000 - Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc.
$50,000 - Moving Image, Inc.
$50,000 - New 42nd Street, Inc.
$50,000 - New Group, Inc.
$50,000 - New York City Ballet, Inc.
$50,000 - New York City Opera, Inc.
$50,000 - New York Historical Society
$25,000 - Opera America, Inc.
$25,000 - Pearl Theatre Company, Inc.
$50,000 - Performance Zone, Inc.
$25,000 - Second Stage Theatre, Inc.
$50,000 - Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
$50,000 - Studio in a School Association, Inc.
$25,000 - Thin Man Dance, Inc.
$50,000 - Trisha Brown Company, Inc.
$50,000 - Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.
$50,000 - Women Make Movies, Inc.
$50,000 - World Music Institute, Inc.