2001 National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program

Notice is hereby given that Public Law 99-190, as amended, authorizing the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program, has been funded for 2001 in the amount of $7,000,000.00. All requests for information and applications for grants should be received by December 31, 2000 and addressed to: Charles H. Atherton, Secretary, Commission of Fine Arts, National Building Museum, Suite 312, 441 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-504-2200.

Deadline for receipt of grant applications is March 1, 2001.

This program provides grants for general operating support of organizations whose primary purpose is performing exhibiting, and/or presenting the arts. To be eligible for a grant, organizations must be located in the District of Columbia, must be non-profit, non-academic institutions of demonstrated national repute, and must have annual incomes, exclusive of federal funds, in excess of one million dollars for each of the past three years.