FY27+ CF FDR FY27+ Creative Forces FDR

Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant:
Final Report
The information provided in this final report form will be used to report to Mid-America Arts Alliance
(M-AAA) and funders, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Respond to narrative questions in the text fields provided below. Include "human interest" stories or
other anecdotal information about the project within the narrative as appropriate.
At the end of the form, you may upload copies of programs, reviews, relevant news clippings,
playbills, evaluation materials, or other evidence of your accomplishments, including evidence of your
acknowledgement of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mid-America Arts Alliance
support. Feel free to include relevant web links.
You may cut and paste the answer into the form from another document. Limit your response to fit
the word limits (generally 500 words). To expand the size of the text box, drag the lines in the lower
right corner down so you can see your narrative in full. Insert a space between paragraphs when
possible. The contents of this report are subject to change by M-AAA and NEA.

GRANTEE INFORMATION
● Grantee Organization Legal Name
● Grant Number
● Grantee Primary Contact Person Information:
o First Name
o Last Name
o Job Title or Artistic Discipline
o Work Phone Number
o Mobile Phone Number
o Work Email Address

PART IA: PROJECT INFORMATION
1. Were you able to carry out ALL approved project activities? (dropdown: yes/no)
2. Describe the activities supported by this award. Please report solely on activities funded in this
grant (subgrant). These activities must be consistent with your application narrative, the
approved project budget, and any approved grant amendments. (3,000 character limit)
3. What did this project accomplish and who benefited? List and describe key accomplishments of
this project. Include any direct and indirect benefits/impacts that resulted from this grant. Where
possible, identify beneficiaries of the project (e.g., types of individuals, organizations,
disciplines/fields, or communities). (3,000 character limit)
4. Did the project encounter any events and/or circumstances that impeded your ability to conduct
the project as planned? (dropdown: yes/no) If “yes”, a text box appears: “Describe the nature of
the challenge(s) and how you addressed them.” (2,000 character limit)
PARTNER INFORMATION (repeatable section)
5. What kind of partner did the project involve? (dropdown: individual/organizational/both)

6. Partner Legal Name (Organization’s business name as it appears on its Federal Employer
Identification Document or Individual’s name as it appears on their Social Security Card)
7. Choose the category that best describes this partner’s legal status. (select one)
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College/University
Federal government agency
For-profit company
Library
Local government agency
Individual-artist
Individual-nonartist
Media organization
Non-profit organization – other
Nonprofit arts organization
Nonprofit community organization
Private Foundation
Religious organization
School or School District (K-12)
State government agency
Tribal government agency
Other (if selected, a text box appears: “You answered “Other”, tell us more.”) (500 word limit)

8. Choose the type of institution or institutional affiliation that best describes this partner.
(dropdown: select one)
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Department of Defense Center/VA/Clinic
State/Local Arts Agency
Veteran/Military Assistance Agency/Organization
Website/Tech Organization
Not Applicable

9. Describe the nature of this partner's involvement. How did they advance or support the project?
(700 character limit)
10. Did this partner contribute toward the 1:1 cost-share (match) for this grant (including cash and inkind)? (dropdown: yes/no/not applicable)

PART IB: PROJECT CAPACITY
Reflect on the grant accomplishments from the beginning to the end of the grant. Using the scales
below, rate the progress made and write a narrative about what contributed to the progress.
PARTNERSHIPS
11. On a scale of 1 to 5, indicate the strength of your partnerships, overall, for this project, now that
you have completed this grant. (5 point Likert scale: 1=not strong at all to 5=very strong)
12. What contributed to this rating? Consider changes that occurred while carrying out project
activities, as well as barriers. (2000 character limit)
MILITARY CULTURE
13. On a scale of 1 to 5, indicate the current strength of your organization’s understanding of military
culture. (5 point Likert scale: not strong at all to very strong)

14. What contributed to this rating? Consider the impact participants, partners, and organizations
have had on your organization’s understanding of military culture. (2,000 character limit)
VALUE OF THE ARTS
15. On a scale of 1 to 5, indicate the strength of your organization’s current knowledge of the benefits
arts can have on psychological and emotional well-being. (5 point Likert scale: no knowledge at all
to very knowledgeable)
16. What contributed to this rating? Consider how that knowledge resulted in changes for
participants, partners, your organization and project activities. (2,000 character limit)
ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY
17. On a scale of 1 to 5, indicate the extent to which your organization developed capacity (skills,
knowledge, tools, or resources) to support military-connected individuals. (5 point Likert scale: no
change in organizational capacity at all to substantial increase in organizational capacity)
18. What contributed to this rating? Describe any changes in organization capacity. (2,000 character
limit)
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
19. On a scale of 1 to 5, indicate the extent to which the program will continue to develop or sustain
after grant funding ends.
(5 point Likert scale: the program will end without grant funding, to the program will continue to
develop/sustain without grant funding)
20. What contributed to this rating? (2,000 character limit)

PART IC: GRANTEE LEARNING
Reflect on your accomplishments from the beginning to the end of the grant.
21. Did your organization develop a logic model? This may be a logic model specific to the Creative
Forces project or a general logic model that includes the Creative Forces project. (dropdown:
yes/no)
22. Did your organization collect data related to this project as part of measuring performance or an
evaluation study? (dropdown: yes/no)
23. Briefly describe the best practices/lessons learned. (2,000 character limit)
24. Did your organization release information about best practices/lessons learned? For example, did
your organization share information through a conference presentation, a blog post, or a write-up
about strategies, challenges, or outcomes? (dropdown: yes/no)
25. Can you share any documents or resources with the NEA Creative Forces Team? (dropdown:
yes/no)

PART IIA: PROJECT ACTIVITY DATA
Provide data for activities supported with this award (including both M-AAA and cost share funded
activities) during the period of performance. Indicate the number of activities delivered. Leave blank
any items for which actual figures/supportable estimates do not exist.
NOTE: This is a standard Final Descriptive Report question, and grantees from a wide range of grants are asked these
questions. Some may not apply specifically to this project.

26. Number of Professional Original Works of Art Created (Do not include student works, adaptations,
re-creations, or restaging of existing works.)
27. Number of Fairs/Festivals Held (Report media arts and film festivals in the Exhibitions field, not
here. Do not break out fair/festival activities (performances, etc.) in other project activity fields.)
28. Number of Exhibitions Curated/Presented (Include visual arts, media arts, design, and film
festivals. Count each curated film series as a single exhibition. An exhibition staged multiple times
should be counted as one exhibition.)
29. Number of Concerts/Performances/Readings
30. Number of Arts Instruction Activities (Include classes, demonstrations, lectures, and other means
used to teach knowledge of and/or skills in the arts. A class taught over multiple sessions should
be counted as one class. A class repeated for multiple audiences should be counted per
audience.)
31. If you offered a class taught over multiple sessions, how many sessions were offered?
32. Indicate the arts discipline(s) involved in the project. (Select all that apply.)
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Dance
Opera/Music Theatre
Theatre
Visual Arts
Design Arts
Crafts
Photography
Media Arts
Literature
Interdisciplinary
Folklife/Traditional Arts
Humanities
Multidisciplinary
Music
Non-arts/Non-humanities – None of the above

33. Indicate the number of activities delivered by arts discipline. Type “0” for any items for which
actual figures/supportable estimates do not exist.
34. Are there non-arts related activities included in this project? (dropdown: yes/no) If “yes” a text
box appears: “Describe the non-arts related activities included in this project.” (500 word limit)

PART IIB: INDIVIDUALS BENEFITED
Provide data for individuals who directly benefited during the period of performance. Type "0" any
items for which actual figures/supportable estimates do not exist. If not applicable, type "N/A"
35. Number of individuals who were paid in whole or in part with project funds:
● Artists
● Others (includes employees, temporary staff, support and technical staff, and
contractors who did not work as artists on the project)

36. Of those who were paid with project funds, how many were hired (as employees, not contractors)
by your organization during the project period as a result of this award?
● Artists
● Others
37. Identify the groups of military-connected individuals that directly benefited from engaging with
your project's funded activities. (select all that apply)
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Service Member: Active Duty
Service Member: National Guard/Reserve
Veterans
Family Unit
Spouse/Partner
Children (Age 0-18)
Caregiver: Residential
Caregiver: Clinical
Other (if selected, a text box appears: “You answered “Other”, tell us more.”)

38. Provide an unduplicated count of how many military-connected individuals were served in each
group. Type "0" for any items for which actual figures/supportable estimates do not exist.
● Service Member: Active Duty
● Service Member: National Guard/Reserve
● Veterans
● Family Unit
● Spouse/Partner
● Children (Age 0-18)
● Caregiver: Residential
● Caregiver: Clinical
● Other
INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN “IN-PERSON” ARTS EXPERIENCES
Include information about any in-person and virtual activities funded by the NEA and the project cost
share reported on your Federal Financial Report.

39. Adults and Youth Engaged in “In-Person” Arts Experiences: Enter the number of people who
directly engaged with the arts, whether through attendance at arts events or participation in arts
learning or other types of activities in which people were directly involved with artists or the arts.
Do not count individuals reached through TV, radio or cable broadcast, the Internet, or other
media. Avoid inflated numbers, and do not double- count repeat attendees.
• Adults (18+ years)
• Children/Youth (0-17 years)
40. "Adults and Youth Engaged in “Virtual” Arts Experiences (optional): If your project used online
or mobile components to engage audiences (e.g., podcasts, live web streaming, mobile
applications, online videos/audio/games, e-book or e-reader downloads, distance learning,
internet-based artworks, online collections/ exhibitions, etc.), then please enter an estimate of
the total number of unique visitors who accessed these components during the grant period. Do
not include people who visited a website for unrelated content.
• Adults (18+ years)

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Children/Youth (0-17 years)

RECOMMENDATION AND REFFERRAL PROCESS
41. To what extent is a referral/recommendation process in place between your organization and
clinics, hospitals, and/or community arts organizations. (dropdown: does not exist, in
development, exists.
42. Describe the reason for your answer to [the previous question / #41]. (2000 character limit)
43. How many agencies make referral/recommendations?
44. What is the total number of referrals?

PART IIC. POPULATION DESCRIPTORS
Questions in this section (Part IIC.) are for research purposes only; your response will not be used in
panel deliberations or for funding decisions related to any future application(s) you may submit to MAAA or the NEA.
AGE GROUP
45. Please select all age groups that your project intended to serve directly.
● No Specific Age Group
● Children/Youth (0-17 years)
● Young Adults (18-24 years)
● Adults (25-64 years)
● Older Adults (65+ years)
46. If your project focused on serving one or more age groups, then did it succeed in this objective?
(dropdown: yes/no)
UNDERSERVED/DISTINCT GROUPS
47. Did your project intend to benefit underserved groups/communities? "Underserved
groups/communities,” in this context, include populations whose opportunities to benefit from
arts programming have been limited by factors such as their geography, ethnicity, economic
status, and/or disability. (dropdown: yes/no)
48. Select the factors that limit the groups’/communities’ opportunities to benefit from arts
programming. Check all that apply.
o Geography
o Economic status
o Ethnicity
o Disability
o Other limiting factor/s. Please describe: [Text box 100 characters]
49. If your project focused on serving one or more underserved/distinct groups, did your project
succeed in serving one or more underserved groups/communities? (yes/no)
IIIA. ACQUIRED FUNDING
50. During the grant period, what additional funding did you receive that applied to this project?
Provide the amount and a description of the funding.
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Total Federal Funding

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Federal Funding Description
Total Matching Funds
Matching Funds Description
Total In-Kind Contributions
In-Kind Contributions Description
Total Other Funds
Other Funds Description
Total Acquired Funding (auto-calculated field)

PART IIIB. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
51. Upload any additional documents that you believe describe your project during the grant period
(optional). Examples include: Sustainability Plan, Logic Model, Evaluation Plan, Best
Practices/Lessons Learned Documents, Referral Documents, other documents to share with the
NEA Creative Forces Team.
PART IIIC. Geographic Location of Project Activity (repeatable section)
52. Venue Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip Code.
53. Venue Latitude (optional). Use Decimal Degrees, without the degree symbol (DDD.DDDDD). For
example, the latitude of the NEA's current building is 38.883671.
54. Venue Longitude (optional) Use Decimal Degrees, without the degree symbol (DDD.DDDDD). For
example, the longitude of the NEA's current building is -77.021439.
55. Activity title and brief description
56. Number of days during the funded grant period on which activities occurred at this venue
57. Venue Accessibility

Provide information about the venue’s accessibility. Select a response to each of the following
statements: (dropdown: yes/no/not applicable) (If “not applicable” or “no” are selected, a text box
appears: You answered, “Not applicable” or “No” to one of the statements above, please explain.)
a. The venue has designated accessible parking spaces with adjoining curb cuts and an accessible
route from parking to the venue entrance.
b. The venue has ground-level entry, ramped access, and/or elevators.
c. The venue has integrated and dispersed wheelchair seating in assembly areas with companion
seating.
d. The venue has signage at inaccessible entrances with directions to accessible entrances.
e. The venue has a wheelchair accessible toilet stall, including a 60” diameter or T-turn clear
floor space, free of the door swing.
f. The venue has accessible emergency exits and audio/visual emergency alarms.

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