Performing Arts Global Exchange, FY 2026 | 2025NEAPAGE01

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Performing Arts Global Exchange (PAGE), FY 2026 is a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) discretionary grant program meant to expand access to international performing arts across the United States and its territories while helping communities build deeper understanding of other cultures through live performance. The program is structured as a nationwide exchange pipeline: rather than awarding many grants directly to local presenters, the NEA plans to make a single primary award to a U.S. Regional Arts Organization (RAO). That RAO then operates the program by creating an annual PAGE artist roster and issuing subawards to nonprofit presenting organizations that book artists from that roster.

The core purpose is twofold: increasing the availability of international performing arts programming in more places, and encouraging meaningful cultural learning that goes beyond a single performance. To do this, the RAO curates a roster of performing artists who are based in a selected international focus region and who have not widely toured in the United States. The idea is to bring forward high-quality artists that U.S. audiences may not already be seeing regularly, and to concentrate attention each year on a region chosen for its depth and diversity of artistic traditions. Presenters anywhere in the U.S. or its territories can participate by contracting with artists from the roster and applying for subaward support through the RAO.

A major priority in PAGE is reaching underserved communities, especially places that have limited access to international artistic work due to geography, resources, or other barriers. The program design pushes activity beyond major cultural hubs and encourages presenters to bring these artists to communities where such experiences are rare. The required project components reinforce that emphasis on access and learning: every subaward-supported project must include at least one public performance and at least one community engagement activity. The engagement activity is not optional and is intended to create direct interaction between audiences and visiting artists, such as workshops, master classes, talkbacks, demonstrations, residencies, open rehearsals, or other participatory formats that connect the community with the artists in a more personal and educational way.

From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number 2025NEAPAGE01 and falls under the Arts funding activity category (CFDA 45.024). The funding instrument is a grant, and the opportunity category is discretionary. Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (specifically excluding institutions of higher education), with the program expecting to fund one award total. The maximum award amount (ceiling) is $300,000, and the original application closing date is January 23, 2025. In practical terms, this means the main applicant is expected to be an RAO capable of managing a national program: curating and maintaining the roster, running a competitive subaward process, ensuring compliance and reporting, and supporting presenters in delivering both the performance and the community engagement components in line with PAGE goals.

• The National Endowment for the Arts in the arts sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Performing Arts Global Exchange, FY 2026" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.024.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-11-25.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-23. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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