FY23 NEA Grants to Orchestras
May 31, 2023, Washington, D.C.
NEA Grants Support Orchestral Concerts and Community Programming
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 114 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects and Challenge America categories in FY2023, totaling $2,536,500. In FY23 orchestras directly received NEA grant support through two rounds of Grants for Arts Projects, primarily in the discipline categories of music and arts education, with a few in the opera discipline as well. Successful projects include presenting concerts and festivals, state-wide touring, emerging as well as familiar works, artist residencies, community engagement and education programs, and programs for young musicians. In addition to direct grants to orchestras, countless awards support related orchestral- and instrument training program projects.
Awards to all arts disciplines through the NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects and Challenge America categories in FY2023 numbered 2,642 and totaled $62,426,310. In addition to these major categories, NEA FY2023 funding supports the following:
- Each year, 40 percent of the agency’s grantmaking funds are designated for state arts agencies, regional arts organizations, and national service organizations that support the work of the states and regions. In FY23, the NEA awarded $67,905,400 in State and Regional Partnerships support. Orchestras, in turn, benefit from these grant opportunities.
- The Endowment has awarded $1,075,000 in research grants, plus $525,000 in Research Labs grants. Additional FY2023 grants include national initiatives including but not limited to the NEA/Walter Reed Healing Arts Partnership, the Big Read, Poetry Out Loud, literature fellowships, and Our Town.
The League has compiled the grants to orchestras and grants related to the orchestra field, listed below. The latest information and full descriptions of all supported projects can be obtained directly via the agency’s grant search tool.
Grants for Arts Projects (Part 1)
Grants to Orchestras
Application Deadline of February 10, 2022
Award Announced January 10, 2023
Project descriptions are not included in order to accommodate any pandemic-related adjustments. Current information is available in the Recent Grant Search. If any orchestral grants are missing from the list below or are there are errors to correct, please email advocacy@americanorchestras.org.
Albany (NY) Symphony, $25,000
American Composers Orchestra, $20,000
Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra, $30,000
Asheville Symphony, $10,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra, $35,000
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, $45,000
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, $15,000
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, $10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, $30,000
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, $35,000
Civic Orchestra of Chicago, $35,000
The Cleveland Orchestra, $40,000
Florida Youth Orchestra, $10,000
Gateway Chamber Orchestra, $10,000
Handel & Haydn Society, $45,000
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, $10,000
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
Jacksonville Symphony, $15,000
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, $20,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic, $60,000
Louisville Orchestra, $15,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
Nashville Symphony, $50,000
National Symphony Orchestra, $45,000
New Haven Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
New World Symphony, $50,000
Oakland Symphony, $15,000
Oklahoma Philharmonic Society, $25,000
Orchestra 2001, $10,000
Orchestra of New Spain, $10,000
Orchestra of St. Luke’s, $25,000
Oregon Symphony, $20,000
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, $10,000
Pacific Symphony, $25,000
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, $20,000
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, $35,000
Portland Youth Philharmonic, $10,000
Post-Classical Ensemble, $25,000
Princeton Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
Richmond Symphony, $15,000
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, $20,000
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, $30,000
San Diego Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
San Francisco Symphony, $50,000
Santa Rosa Symphony, $15,000
Seattle Symphony, $40,000
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
South Florida Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, $40,000
Stamford Symphony, $10,000
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio, $10,000
Related Grants For Arts Projects, Part 1 Grants
Austin Soundwaves, $30,000
American Composers Alliance, $10,000
The Barclay, $15,000
Boston University Tanglewood Institute, $35,000
Buffalo String Works, $15,000
Carnegie Hall, $65,000
Chicago Arts and Music Project, $10,000
Cincinnati May Festival, $20,000
The Cliburn, $10,000
Corning-Elmira Musical Arts, $10,000
Colour of Music Festival, $10,000
DanceAbility International, $15,000
Gateways Music Festival, $15,000
The Gilmore, $15,000
Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival, $30,000
Grand Teton Music Festival, $10,000
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, $10,000
Harlem Center for Strings, $10,000
Harmony Project, $45,000
KID smART, $35,000
Lakes Area Music Festival, $10,000
League of American Orchestras, $85,000
Levine Music, $10,000
The Mann, $25,000
Marlboro Music, $25,000
Merkin Concert Hall, $15,000
Midori & Friends, $15,000
Music Worcester, $10,000
New School Concerts, $15,000
Perlman Music Program, $20,000
Project STEP, $50,000
Third Street Music School, $20,000
Palaver Strings, $15,000
Rainey Institute, $15,000
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, $10,000
Savannah Music Festival, $30,000
Sunflower Music Festival, $10,000
Vanderbilt University, $20,000
Young Concert Artists, $15,000
Washington Performing Arts, $30,000
Grants for Arts Projects (Part 2)
Grants to Orchestras
Application Deadline of July 7, 2022
Award Announced May 24, 2023
Project descriptions are not included in order to accommodate any pandemic-related adjustments. Current information is available in the Recent Grant Search. If any orchestral grants are missing from the list below or are there are errors to correct, please email advocacy@americanorchestras.org.
A Far Cry, $25,000
American Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras, $15,000
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, $12,500
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, $45,000
Austin Symphony Orchestra, $25,000
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, $45,000
Berkeley Symphony, $15,000
Boston Landmarks Orchestra, $20,000
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, $35,000
Central Ohio Symphony, $12,500
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, $20,000
CityMusic Cleveland, $30,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra (GA), $10,000
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, $25,000
Dr. Shirley Linzy Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas, $18,000
Eugene Symphony, $25,000
Grand Rapids Symphony, $15,000
Grant Park Music Festival, $45,000
Houston Youth Symphony, $45,000
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, $17,500
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, $25,000
Madison Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
Minnesota Orchestra, $40,000
Mobile Symphony, $25,000
New Orchestra of Washington, $15,000
New York Philharmonic, $30,000
The New York Pops, $17,500
New York Youth Symphony, $25,000
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, $35,000
Paducah Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, $10,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra, $70,000
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, $30,000
Pro Musica (MO), $15,000
Redlands Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
San Diego Youth Symphony, $31,000
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, $20,000
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, $55,000
Sarasota Orchestra, $15,000
Tucson Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
Tulare County Symphony Association, $10,000
Vermont Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
Wheeling Symphony, $17,500
Related Grants For Arts Projects, Part 2 Grants
Ad Astra Music Festival, $10,000
American Cello Institute, $17,500
American Composers Orchestra, $20,000
Aspen Music Festival and School, $30,000
Association of California Symphony Orchestras, $15,000
Boston Music Project, $20,000
Bravo! Vail, $20,000
Brevard Music Center, $20,000
Cabrillo Music Festival, $35,000
California Music Center, $10,000
Cleveland Institute of Music, $15,000
Community Music School of Springfield, $20,000
Contemporaneous Inc, $15,000
Delirium Musicum, $17,500
Education Through Music- Los Angeles, $20,000
El Sistema USA, $20,000
From the Top, $15,000
Garth Fagan Dance, $20,000
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, $14,400
Harmony Program, $45,000
Heart of Los Angeles, $50,000
Longy School of Music of Bard College, $30,000
Make Music NOLA, $20,000
Miami Music Project, $51,000
Music Haven, $50,000
Noel Pointer Foundation, $40,000
Ojai Music Festival, $35,000
Omaha Conservatory of Music, $25,000
Orchestrating Dreams, Inc, $30,000
People’s Music School, $46,000
Ravinia, $35,000
Settlement Music School, $35,000
Sphinx Organization, $70,000
Tanglewood Music Center, $50,000
Villa Musica, $15,000
Challenge America
Grants to Orchestras
Application Deadline of April 21, 2022
Award Announced January 10, 2023
Project descriptions are not included in order to accommodate any pandemic-related adjustments. Current information is available in the Recent Grant Search. If any orchestral grants are missing from the list below or are there are errors to correct, please email advocacy@americanorchestras.org.
Allentown Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
Empire State Youth Orchestras, $10,000
Erie Philharmonic, $10,000
Glacier Symphony and Chorale, $10,000
Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras, $10,000
IRIS Orchestra, $10,000
Itasca Orchestra and Strings, $10,000
The Jackson (TN) Symphony, $10,000
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
Northern Kentucky Symphony, $10,000
Orquesta Northwest, $10,000
Richardson Symphony, $10,000
South Bend Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
Tulsa Area Youth Symphony, $10,000
Related Challenge America Grants
Boston String Academy, $10,000
Endless Mountain Music Festival, $10,000
Friends of Chamber Music of Troy, $10,000
Golden Valley Music Society, $10,000
INTEMPO Organization, $10,000
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