AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANTS TO LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES FOR SUBGRANTING

If you were issued an award under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Grants to Organizations go to ORGANIZATIONS.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR AWARDS (GTCs)

General Terms and Conditions for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Organizations Incorporating Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 CFR), Including updates effective November 12, 2020 (issued AFTER October 2020)
 

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR AWARD AND eGMS REACH HANDBOOK

This companion resource to the GTCs provides details for understanding your award policy and procedure requirements, including requesting payment and changes to your project, among other important items using the National Endowment for the Arts’ online grants management system for award recipients, REACH.

How to Manage Your National Endowment for the Arts Award and eGMS Reach Handbook (3.23)
 

SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE ARP GRANTS TO LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES

These Specific Terms and Conditions apply to Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) that are designated to operate on behalf of their local governments or are an operating unit of city or county government that are eligible to make subawards or subgrants under the National Endowment for the Arts opportunity “American Rescue Plan Grants to Local Arts Agencies for Subgranting.” These Specific Terms and Conditions address requirements that apply to both the Local Arts Agency in its role as a subgrantor of Federal funds, and the subrecipient entities who receive such awards.
Specific Terms and Conditions For the American Rescue Plan Grants to Local Arts Agencies
 

FUNDING ACCOUNTABLITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT (FFATA) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Basic overview and background information regarding FFATA and subaward reporting; Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subrecipient Reporting System www.fsrs.gov

For subawards issued on or after October 1, 2020, the threshold for reporting is $30,000 or more in federal funds per subaward regardless of the fiscal year of the ARP LAA award.
FFATA FAQs
 

UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER

See information regarding the SAM UEI (Unique Entity Identifier).

Notice to Recipients that Subgrant NEA Funds: Federal Government-Wide Unique Entity Identifier Transition on April 4, 2022.
 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ARP Grants to Local Arts Agencies

Before reviewing these FAQs read through the Specific Terms and Conditions: For the American Rescue Plan Grants to Local Arts Agencies, above.  The Specific Terms are also included in your award’s Documents Tab in REACH. Many of your questions will already be answered in the Specific Terms.
ARP Locals Subgranting FAQs
 

REQUESTING PAYMENT

The Arts Endowment has partnered with Enterprise Service Center (ESC), a division of the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to process payments. Payments will be issued to the bank account in your entity’s SAM.gov account. Please ensure that the banking information is correct and up-to-date. If there are questions regarding your organization’s SAM.gov account or banking information you may receive an email from ESC. ESC’s emails are sent from an @faa.gov address. If you have any concerns, contact the Arts Endowment’s Office of Grants Management at grants@arts.gov
 

PROGRESS REPORT REQUIREMENTS

Generally, only one progress report will be required during the period of performance of the award. It is submitted as part of the Payment Request form through REACH. Limit your response to the space provided on the online form.

The Progress Report is due the first time the cumulative amount requested exceeds two thirds (2/3) of the award  amount. The Progress Report must include a description of grant supported activities that,

  • Have been undertaken since the grant period start date, and
  • Are scheduled for the remainder of the grant period.

PAYMENT REQUEST FORM

Online form available only through  REACH | Instructions
 

FINAL REPORT INSTRUCTIONS AND TIPS

Please review these documents closely before starting to prepare your final reports:

Tips for Grantees with an American Rescue Plan Grant to Local Arts Agencies for Subgranting

How to Prepare Your FY22 Final Reports
 

FINAL REPORT FORMS

All three final report documents will be submitted through REACH. Log in to REACH and open the Forms & Reports tab to view and submit the required reports for your award. Required final reports are due 120 days after your period of performance (award period) ends.  As a reminder, you cannot close out your award while you have ARP subgrants open; if you need a final reporting extension, submit a Change Request.

  1. Federal Financial Report (FFR): Web form available only through REACH | Instructions

  2. Final Descriptive Report (FDR): Web form available only through REACH

    Sample form: American Rescue Plan FDR - Local Arts Agency Subgranting

  3. Local Arts Agency Subgrant Report: Complete spreadsheet and then upload to REACH

    LAA Subgrant Report: General Instructions and Spreadsheet

QUESTIONS?

Join us for an informal Final Reports Q&A Zoom session. Grants Office staff will be available to answer your questions. 

Please register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Tuesday, September 19th @ 2:00pm ET

Register Here

Q&A session will include closed captioning.