3135-0112 Organizations Livability FDR (for FY 17 and later)

OMB No. 3135-0112 Expires xx/xx/xxxx

National Endowment for the Arts

FY17 & Later FINAL DESCRIPTIVE REPORT - Livability
[Month Year]

Submit your Final Descriptive Report (FDR) within 90 days after the period of performance end
date. The FDR must be emailed as a PDF to [email protected]. Before completing this form,
please review the FDR formatting instructions in the Final Report Tips document, found here:
www.arts.gov/grants/manage-your- award/fy17-and-later. FDRs must be completed in Adobe
Reader, version 9 or newer, and saved as a PDF to upload to our final reports database. Please
follow the instructions carefully; improperly formatted reports cannot be accepted.
The FDR has three parts; the first two are included in this fillable form. Part III of the FDR is an online
reporting system for the geographic location of project activities. Refer to your Reporting
Requirements document or, if a cooperative agreement, to your award document to determine if
you must submit a final product in addition to your FDR and Federal Financial Report.

ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Organization:
Grant #:

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Period of Performance:

Cooperative Agreement #:
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DCA
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Contact (First, Last Name):
Title:
Email:

Phone:

Website:

PART I: PROJECT STRATEGIES AND NARRATIVE
In your application, you identified the strategies you expected to employ to strengthen
communities through the arts. Please check below all the strategies that were actually used in
your project. Please discuss these strategies in the next section. Check all that apply.
Develop Plan(s) for Cultural and/or Creative Sector Growth. Includes activities such as planning for
arts/cultural districts and creative industry hubs/districts/clusters, cultural asset mapping, and other
cultural planning activities.
Use Design to Enhance/Revitalize Public Space(s). Includes design activities such as charrettes and
competitions, development of design specifications, and other design activities.
Commission and/or Install New Art to Improve Public Space(s). Includes commissioning of permanent
and/or temporary site-specific public art (e.g., murals and sculptures, sculpture gardens and waterfront
art).
Plan and/or Conduct Arts Activities to Foster Interaction Among Community Members. Includes arts
activities (e.g., arts festivals, outdoor exhibitions, and performances) intended to engage community
members in public spaces.
Engage Artists and/or Arts Organizations. Includes involvement of artists and/or arts organizations in
cultural planning, design, and community engagement activities.
Other Strategies to Improve Livability through Arts and Design.

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PROJECT NARRATIVE: In this section, please respond to each narrative question in the text fields
provided below. You may cut and paste the answer into the form from another document, but please
limit your response to the posted character limits.
Please include "human interest" stories or other anecdotal information about the project within the
narrative as appropriate. On occasion you may be contacted for copies of programs, reviews,
relevant news clippings, playbills, or other evidence of your accomplishments, including evidence of
your acknowledgement of Arts Endowment support. Feel free to include relevant web links.
1. Were you able to carry out ALL approved project activities? (Yes/No check box)
Describe the activities supported by the award; please elaborate on your use of the
strategies identified in the Project Strategies section. Please report solely on
activities funded by the Arts Endowment and the project match as identified in your
approved project budget, application narrative, and any approved grant
amendments. (3,000 character limit)
2. What did the project accomplish during the period of performance? Please highlight key
accomplishments and relate them to the goals of your project. Describe specific tools used to
measure outcomes. What factors were instrumental to your project’s success? (3,000 character
limit)
3. Discuss anticipated long-term impacts that may not have been measurable within the grant period
of performance (e.g., changes in migration patterns, job and/or revenue growth for the community,
or growth in overall levels of social and civic engagement). Please be as specific as possible. (3,000
character limit)
4. Discuss any actual or expected changes in policies, laws, and/or regulations that could
strengthen communities through the arts as a result of your project. (3,000 character limit)
5. A. Did the project encounter any events and/or circumstances that impeded your ability to
conduct the project as planned? (Yes/No check box)
B. If yes, please describe the nature of the challenge(s). Were you able to overcome the
challenge(s) and, if so, how? Please describe any lessons learned. (3,000 character limit)
6. Please complete the following tables regarding the involvement of key partners, funders
(besides the Arts Endowment), and key artists. (Actual tables on p.8)

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Grant #:

1. Were you able to carry out ALL approved project activities? Yes

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or DCA #:

No

Describe the activities supported by the award; please elaborate on your use of the strategies
identified in the Project Strategies section. Please report solely on activities funded by the Arts
Endowment and the project match as identified in your approved project budget, application
narrative, and any approved grant amendments. (3,000 character limit)

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Grant #:

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2. What did the project accomplish during the period of performance? Please highlight key accomplishments
and relate them to the goals of your project. Describe specific tools used to measure outcomes. What
factors were instrumental to your project’s success? (3,000 character limit)

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Grant #:

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3. Discuss anticipated long-term impacts that may not have been measurable within the grant period
of performance (e.g., changes in migration patterns, job and/or revenue growth for the community, or
growth in overall levels of social and civic engagement). Please be as specific as possible. (3,000
character limit)

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Grant #:

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or DCA #:

4. Discuss any actual or expected changes in policies, laws, and/or regulations that could strengthen
communities through the arts as a result of your project. (3,000 character limit)

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Grant #:

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5. A. Did the project encounter any events and/or circumstances that impeded your ability to
conduct the project as planned?
Yes

No

B. If yes, please describe the nature of the challenge(s). Were you able to overcome the
challenge(s) and, if so, how? Please describe any lessons learned. (3,000 character limit)

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6. Please complete the following tables regarding the involvement of key partners, funders (besides
the Arts Endowment), and key artists.
Name of Key
Type of Entity
Partner/Funder

Nature of Involvement

(text field)

(text field – 700 character limit per field)

(drop down menu)
• Nonprofit Arts
Organization
• Nonprofit
Community
Organization
• Private Foundation
• School or School
District (K-12)
• Local Government
Agency
• State Government
Agency
• Federal
Government
Agency*
• College/University
• Library
• Religious
Organization
• Media
Organization
• For-profit
Company
• Nonprofit
organization other
than those
identified above
• Other

Contributed
Match?
(Including
In-Kind)
(Yes/No)

(text field)
(drop down menu)
(text field – 700 char.)
(Yes/No)
(text field)
(drop down menu)
(text field – 700 char.)
(Yes/No)
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*Please note that funding from other Federal Government Agencies CANNOT be counted as match.
Name of Key Artist

Nature of Involvement

(text field)
(text field)
(text field)
(text field)
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PART IIA: PROJECT ACTIVITY
Provide data for activities supported with this award (NEA and matching funds) during the period of
performance. Indicate the number of activities delivered. Leave blank any items that are not applicable or for
which actual figures/supportable estimates do not exist.
Project Activity
Number of Professional Original Works of Art Created
• Do not include student works, adaptations, re-creations, or restaging of existing works.
Number of Fairs/Festivals Held
• Report media arts and film festivals in the Exhibitions field below, not here.
• Do not break out fair/festival activities (performances, etc.) in other project activity fields.
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.
Number of Concerts/Performances/Readings
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.
Number of Hours Artists Were in Residence
• Count hours of scheduled community/classroom engagement conducted by an artist or
group of artists. Do not multiply the number of hours by each group member.
Number of Community Action Plans Developed and Approved that Support Community
Livability Through the Arts
• Include plans for arts/cultural districts and creative industry hubs/districts/clusters.
Number of Design Plans Produced
• Include feasibility, predevelopment, and other design plans produced to enhance and/or
revitalize public spaces.
Number of Works of Art Installed in Public Spaces
• Include works of art permanently or temporarily installed in a public space.

Number

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PART IIB: INDIVIDUALS BENEFITED
Provide data for individuals who directly benefited during the period of performance. Leave blank any items
that are not applicable or for which actual figures/supportable estimates do not exist.
Individuals Compensated from the Project Budget
Enter the number of individuals who were paid, in whole or in
part, with project funds reported on your Federal Financial
Report (both the NEA and the Recipient Share). Please refer to
the Final Report Tips on the Manage Your Award page of our
website for additional guidance in making this calculation.

A

B

Number of
individuals

Of the number reported
in column A, how many
were hired during the
project period as a
result of this award?

Artists
Others (includes employees, temporary staff, and contractors
who did not work as artists on this project)
Total
"In-Person" Arts Experience
Enter the number of people that directly engaged with the arts, whether
through attendance at arts events or participation in arts learning or
other types of activities that involved people directly interacting with
artists or the arts. Do not count individuals who were primarily reached
through television, radio, the Internet, or other media. Avoid inflated
numbers, and do not double-count repeat attendees.

Number
a. Adults
b. Children/Youth
c. Total

Virtual Arts Experience

Total Number of
Unique Visitors

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.
If your project used online or mobile components to engage audiences, then please select the “type” that
best describes the form of technology used. (Select all that apply.)
Podcasts
Live web streaming
Mobile applications
Online videos/audio/games
E-book or e-reader downloads
Distance learning
Internet-based artworks
Online collections/exhibitions
Other. Please enter the type of other technology: [Text box]

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PART IIC: POPULATION DESCRIPTORS
For the next three sections, please select all groups of people that your project intended to serve directly. Then
answer two follow-up questions in each section.
Racial/Ethnic Groups
N - American Indian or Alaskan Native
A - Asian
B - Black or African American
H - Hispanic or Latino
P - Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
O - Other Racial/Ethnic Group. Please enter the type of group: [Text box]
U - No Specific Racial/Ethnic Group
If your project focused on serving one or more racial/ethnic groups, then did it succeed in this objective?
Yes

No

If yes, then please complete this table. Provide an estimate, if available, of the percentage that the group(s)
represented in the total population served by this project.
Racial/Ethnic Groups
(drop down menu)
• American Indian or Alaskan Native
• Asian
• Black or African American
• Hispanic or Latino
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
• Other Racial/Ethnic Group
(drop down menu)
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Percentage of Total Population Served
(text field)

(text field)

Age Groups
1. Children/Youth (0-17 years)
2. Young Adults (18-24 years)
3. Adults (25-64 years)
4. Older Adults (65+ years)
5. No Specific Age Group
If your project focused on serving one or more specific age groups, then did it succeed in this objective?
Yes

No

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If yes, then please complete this table. Provide an estimate, if available, of the percentage that the group(s)
represented in the total population served by this project.
Age Groups

Percentage of Total Population Served

(drop down menu)
• Children/Youth (0-17 years)
• Young Adults (18-24 years)
• Adults (25-64 years)
• Older Adults (65+ years)

(text field)

(drop down menu)
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(text field)

Underserved/Distinct Groups
D - Individuals with Disabilities (physical, cognitive, or sensory)
I - Individuals in Institutions (include people living in hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, assisted
care facilities, correctional facilities, and homeless shelters)
P - Individuals below the Poverty Line
E - Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
M - Military Veterans/Active Duty Personnel
Y - Youth at Risk
O - Other Underserved/Distinct Group. Please enter the type of group: [Text box]
U - No Specific Underserved/Distinct Group
If your project focused on serving one or more underserved/distinct groups, then did it succeed in this
objective?
Yes
No
If yes, then please complete this table. Provide an estimate, if available, of the percentage that the group(s)
represented in the total population served by this project.
Underserved/Distinct Groups
(drop down menu)
• Individuals with Disabilities (physical, cognitive, or sensory)
• Individuals in Institutions (include people living in hospitals,
hospices, nursing homes, assisted care facilities, correctional
facilities, and homeless shelters)
• Individuals below the Poverty Line
• Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
• Military Veterans/Active Duty Personnel
• Youth at Risk
• Other Underserved/Distinct Group
(drop down menu)
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Percentage of Total Population Served
(text field)

(text field)

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PART III: GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF PROJECT ACTIVITY
For your Final Descriptive Report to be complete, you must report the locations of specific project activity using
the Geographic Location of Project activity online reporting tool at https://apps.nea.gov/GEO/Default.aspx.