Mark the ONE item which best describes your legal status:

01 Individual
02 Organization - Nonprofit
03 Organization - Profit
04 Government - Federal
05 Government - State
06 Government - Regional
07 Government – County
08 Government – Municipal
09 Governmental – Tribal: Governing authorities of tribes, bands, reservations, or sovereign nations of American Indians/Alaskan Natives.
99 None of the Above

II. TYPE OF ACTIVITY
Select the code that best describes the activities of the project:

01 Acquisition
02 Audience Services
03 Fellowships
04 Artwork Creation
05 Concert/Performance/Reading
06 Exhibition
08 Fair/Festival
09 Identification/Documentation
10 Organization Establishment
11 Operating Support
12 Arts Instruction: Include lessons, classes, and other means used to teach knowledge of and/or skills in the arts.
13 Marketing
14 Professional Support Administrative
15 Professional Support - Artistic
16 Recording/Filming/Taping
17 Publication
19 Research/Planning: Include program evaluation, strategic planning, and establishing partnerships/collaborations between agencies.
20 School Residency: Artist activities in an educational setting wherein one or more core student groups receive repeated artist contact over time.
21 Other Residency: Artist activities in a non-school setting wherein one or more core student groups receive repeated artist contact over time.
22 Seminar/Conference
24 Distribution of Art
25 Apprenticeship
26 Regranting
27 Translation
28 Writing About Art
29 Professional Development - Training: Activities enhancing career advancement.
30 Student Assessment: The measurement of student progress toward learning objectives. Not to be used for program evaluation.
31 Curriculum Development/ Implementation: Include the design, implementation, and distribution of instructional materials, methods, evaluation criteria, goals and objectives.
33 Building Public Awareness: Activities designed to increase public under standing of the arts or to build public support for the arts.
34 Technical Assistance: Activities with technical/administrative functions.
35 Web Site/Internet Development
36 Broadcasting
99 None of the Above

III. APPLICANT INSTITUTION
Mark the ONE item which best describes you:

01 Individual - Artist
02 Individual - Non-Artist
03 Performing Group
04 Performing Group - College/University
05 Performing Group - Community
06 Performing Group - Youth
07 Performance Facility
08 Art Museum
09 Other Museum
10 Gallery/Exhibit Space
11 Cinema
12 Independent Press: A non-commercial publisher or printing press which issues small editions of literary and other works.
13 Literary Magazine
14 Fair/Festival
15 Arts Center
16 Arts Council/Agency
17 Arts Service Organization: An organization that has as its central function the provision of services that assist or promote the arts and/or arts organization (e.g. statewide assemblies, NASAA, arts education alliances, etc.). Not to include presenters or producers of the arts or regional arts organizations.
18 Union/Professional Association: Include artist coalitions, professional associations, and all artists' clubs, guilds, and societies.
19 School District
20 Parent-Teacher Organization
21 Elementary School
22 Middle School
23 Secondary School
24 Vocational/Technical School
25 Other School: Non-arts schools not included in codes 19-24, 26 or 48.
26 College/University
27 Library
28 Historical Society
29 Humanities Council
30 Foundation
32 Community Service Organization: A non-arts organization designed to improve the lives of its membership and larger community through volunteerism and other services. Examples include youth centers, chambers of commerce, YMCAs, Junior League, etc.
34 Health Care Facility
36 Seniors' Center: A facility or organization offering programs, care or services for people age 65 and over.
37 Parks and Recreation
38 Government - Executive: The administrative branch of government, federal, state, county, local or tribal. Include grants to municipalities.
39 Government - Judicial
40 Government - Legislative (House)
41 Government - Legislative (Senate)
42 Media - Periodical
43 Media - Daily Newspaper
44 Media - Weekly Newspaper
45 Media - Radio
46 Media - TV
47 Cultural Series Organization
48 School of the Arts: Any school which has arts education as its primary educational mission. Include magnet schools for the arts, community arts schools, conservatories, schools for the artistically gifted, etc.
49 Arts Camp/Institute: An organization dedicated to camps, institutes or in depth experiences for limited time duration.
50 Social Service Organization
51 Child Care Provider
99 None of the Above

IV. and V. DISCIPLINES: APPLICANT AND PROJECT
Mark the ONE item which best describes your main area of work in the arts (APPLICANT) and the art form of the funded project (PROJECT.) The PROJECT DISCIPLINE may differ from the APPLICANT DISCIPLINE. Use of supplemental letters (e.g. 01A) is encouraged but optional:

01 Dance
A - Ballet
B - Ethnic/Jazz
C - Modern

02 Music
A - Band
B - Chamber
C - Choral
D - New
E - Ethnic
F - Jazz
G - Popular
H - Solo/Recital
I - Orchestral

03 Opera/Musical Theatre
A - Opera
B - Musical Theatre

04 Theatre
A - General
B - Mime
D - Puppet
E - Theatre for Young Audiences

05 Visual Arts
A - Experimental
B - Graphics
D - Painting
F - Sculpture

06 Design Arts
A - Architecture
B - Fashion
C - Graphic
D - Industrial
E - Interior
F - Landscape Architecture
G - Urban/Metropolitan

07 Crafts
A - Clay
B - Fiber
C - Glass
D - Leather
E - Metal
F - Paper
G - Plastic
H - Wood
I - Mixed media

08 Photography

09 Media Arts
A - Film
B - Audio
C – Video
D – Technology/Experimental

10 Literature
A - Fiction
B - Non-Fiction
C - Playwriting
D - Poetry

11 Interdisciplinary

12 Folk Arts
A - Folk/Traditional Dance
B - Folk/Traditional Music
C - Folk/Traditional Crafts & Visual Arts
D - Oral Traditions (include folk/traditional storytelling)

13 Humanities

14 Multidisciplinary (Use this code to describe your area of work in which the majority of activities cannot be attributed to one discipline.)

15 Non-Arts/Non-Humanities

VI. ARTS EDUCATION
This code identifies which projects are arts education activities, i.e. an organized and systematic educational effort with the primary goal of increasing an identified learner's knowledge of and/or skills in the arts with measurable outcomes:

01 50% or more of project activities are arts education directed to:
A - K-12
B - Higher Education
C - Pre-Kindergarten
D - Adult Learners

02 Less than 50% of project activities are arts education directed to:
A - K-12
B - Higher Education
C - Pre-Kindergarten
D - Adult Learners

99 No Arts Education

VII. PROJECT DESCRIPTORS
Mark which, if any, of the descriptors below comprise a significant portion (50% or more) of the grant’s resources/activities. Mark all that apply. If none apply or if the descriptors apply to a small portion of your funding/activity, leave this field blank.

P - Presenting/ Touring: movement of artists and artworks for performances, readings, exhibits, etc. in different geographic areas.

Y - Youth at Risk: Include arts-related intervention programs

A - Accessibility: related to ADA/504 compliance, activities to increase access to the arts for persons with disabilities.

T - Technology: Using technology for the creation or dissemination of artworks.

I - International: foreign artists visiting the USA, linkages with artists or institutions in other countries.

VIII. GRANTEE RACE
Coding should reflect the predominant racial characteristics of grant applicant:. For organizations or groups, use code that represents 50% or of staff, or board, or membership:

N - 50% or more American Indian/Alaska Native
A - 50% or more Asian
P - 50% or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
B - 50% or more Black/African American
H - 50% or more Hispanic/Latino
W - 50% or more White
M - Multicultural
99 - No single group listed above comprises 50% or more of staff or board or membership

IX. PROJECT RACE
If the majority of the grant activities are intended to involve, act a as a clear representation of the cultural traditions of one particular group or deliver services to a designated population choose that group’s code. If the activity is not designed to represent or reach any one particular group, choose code 99:

N - American Indian/Alaska Native
A - Asian
P - Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
B - Black/African American
H - Hispanic/Latino
W - White
M - Multicultural
99 - No single group

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