Tag: National Endowment for the Arts
‘The impacts are everywhere.’ Federal cuts devastate nonprofits
Rhode Island’s nonprofits are in turmoil. This important segment of the economy – 16% of the workforce – has an uncertain future and the...
R.I. State Council on the Arts grants $945K to 160 entities
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. State Council on the Arts on Tuesday awarded a total of $945,000 to 160 arts and culture entities across the...
Performing arts groups celebrate as R.I. federal judge strikes down NEA...
A quartet of performing arts groups has won a legal faceoff with the National Endowment for the Arts after a federal judge in Providence...
DEI TEST: Roll back? Push ahead? For many organizations, a critical...
The diversity pledges flooded corporate inboxes across the country as protests filled the streets over George Floyd, a Black man who died under the...
Judge denies arts groups’ injunction request over NEA certification requirement
PROVIDENCE – A federal judge on April 2 denied the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc.’s and arts organizations’ request for a...
R.I. Foundation earmarking $3M to support nonprofits impacted by federal funding...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is earmarking $3 million in grants to help local nonprofits that suffered lost federal funding due to recent...
Arts group makes small change to funding application process, but ACLU...
PROVIDENCE – The National Endowment for the Arts made a small concession to its funding application process amidst a current legal battle with local...
ACLU, arts organizations sue National Endowment for the Arts over ‘unconstitutional’...
PROVIDENCE – Local and national artists along with theater organizations on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Arts calling...
10 artist organizations receive $275K to support various programming
PROVIDENCE – Eight local arts organizations, a local college and one artist received a total of $275,000 in grants from the National Endowment for...
FirstWorks receives $60K grant from National Endowment for the Arts
PROVIDENCE – FirstWorks announced on May 25 that it received a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help support a...



















