NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Report Update

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form 2 FY18+ FDR and Financial Report - Literature Fellowship	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form 1 FY17 FDR - Literature Fellowship	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form 1 NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Individuals)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Form FY24-SAA/RAO PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS FY24 & Later FDR: State Arts Agencies & Regional Arts Organizations	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form FY24-Subgrant Spre FY24-Subgrant-Spreadsheet	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 6 FY22 FDR - SAA & RAO	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 4 FY22 FDR American Rescue Plan - Standard - Local Arts Agency	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 2 FY22 FDR - Poetry Out Loud	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 5 FY22 FDR American Rescue Plan - Standard - Local Arts Agency subgranting spreadsheet	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 3 FY22 FDR - Poetry Out Loud - Participant List	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form 1 FY18-21 FDR - SAA & RAO	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 1 NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form FY24-Standard FY24 FDR - STANDARD	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form FY24-Research FY24 FDR- RESEARCH	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form FY24-Our Town FY24 FDR - OUR TOWN	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form FY24-Arts Educatio FY24 FDR - ARTS EDUCATION	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form FY24-Creative Forc Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Supplemental Application Report (SAR)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form 9 FY18 FDR - Multi-use Standard	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 17 FY20+ FDR - Our Town eGMS ADF (webform)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 18 FY20+ FDR - Standard eGMS ADF (webform)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form 16 FY20+ FDR - Arts Education eGMS ADF (webform)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form 15 FY19-FY22 FDR - Standard - General Operating Support waiver	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 21 FY21+ Geographic Location of Project Activity - Form	Form	Modified	Available
Form 20 Creative Forces MFDR	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 19 Creative Forces SAF	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 5 FY15-FY17 FDR - Standard	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 14 FY19 FDR - Standard	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 13 FY19 FDR - Our Town	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 12 FY19 FDR - Arts Education	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 11 FY18-FY20 Geographic Location of Project Activity Form - Excel attachment	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form 10 FY18 Geographic Location of Project Activity - Instructions and Form	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 7 FY18 FDR - Multi-use Arts Education	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form 6 FY17 Geographic Location of Project Activity - Instructions and Form	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form 4 FY15-FY17 FDR - Arts Education	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 3 FY15-FY17 FDR - Livability	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form 3 NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Missing upstream
FDR Supporting Statement 2022.pdf	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2022-09-06	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
232958	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Individuals)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	FY18+ FDR and Financial Report - Literature Fellowship
232958	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Individuals)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	FY17 FDR - Literature Fellowship
232958	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Individuals)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
232957	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified	PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS FY24 & Later FDR: State Arts Agencies & Regional Arts Organizations
232957	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY24-Subgrant-Spreadsheet
232957	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY22 FDR - SAA & RAO
232957	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY22 FDR American Rescue Plan - Standard - Local Arts Agency
232957	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY22 FDR - Poetry Out Loud
232957	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY22 FDR American Rescue Plan - Standard - Local Arts Agency subgranting spreadsheet
232957	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY22 FDR - Poetry Out Loud - Participant List
232957	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY18-21 FDR - SAA & RAO
232957	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	Form and Instruction	Modified
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY24 FDR - STANDARD
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY24 FDR- RESEARCH
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY24 FDR - OUR TOWN
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY24 FDR - ARTS EDUCATION
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Supplemental Application Report (SAR)
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY18 FDR - Multi-use Standard
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY20+ FDR - Our Town eGMS ADF (webform)
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY20+ FDR - Standard eGMS ADF (webform)
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY20+ FDR - Arts Education eGMS ADF (webform)
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY19-FY22 FDR - Standard - General Operating Support waiver
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form	Modified	FY21+ Geographic Location of Project Activity - Form
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Creative Forces MFDR
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Creative Forces SAF
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY15-FY17 FDR - Standard
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY19 FDR - Standard
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY19 FDR - Our Town
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY19 FDR - Arts Education
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form	Modified	FY18-FY20 Geographic Location of Project Activity Form - Excel attachment
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY18 Geographic Location of Project Activity - Instructions and Form
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY18 FDR - Multi-use Arts Education
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY17 Geographic Location of Project Activity - Instructions and Form
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY15-FY17 FDR - Arts Education
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified	FY15-FY17 FDR - Livability
232951	NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 3135-0140	ICR Reference No: 202208-3135-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202110-3135-002
Agency/Subagency: NEA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Report Update
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/08/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/06/2022
Terms of Clearance:

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2025
Responses	15,838	0	13,404
Time Burden (Hours)	43,311	0	35,682
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,063,104	0	876,175

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Abstract: Final Descriptive Reports (FDR) elicit relevant information from individuals, nonprofit organizations, and government arts agencies that receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Reporting requirements are necessary to ascertain that grant projects have been completed and all terms and conditions are met.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 954 Name of Law: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 32465	05/31/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 54547	09/06/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Governments)	1, 2, 3, FY24-Subgrant Spreadsheet, FY24-SAA/RAO, 4, 5, 6	FY18-21 FDR - SAA & RAO ,   FY22 FDR - Poetry Out Loud - Participant List ,   FY22 FDR American Rescue Plan - Standard - Local Arts Agency subgranting spreadsheet ,   FY22 FDR - Poetry Out Loud ,   FY22 FDR American Rescue Plan - Standard - Local Arts Agency ,   FY22 FDR - SAA & RAO ,   FY24-Subgrant-Spreadsheet ,   PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS FY24 & Later FDR: State Arts Agencies & Regional Arts Organizations
NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Individuals)	1, 2	FY17 FDR - Literature Fellowship ,   FY18+ FDR and Financial Report - Literature Fellowship
NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - Final Descriptive Reports FY2022 and Later (For Organizations)	4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 3, 7, 10, 11, 5, 19, 20, 21, 8, FY24-Creative Forces, FY24-Arts Education, FY24-Our Town, FY24-Research, FY24-Standard, 16, 15, 18, 17, 9	FY15-FY17 FDR - Livability ,   FY15-FY17 FDR - Arts Education ,   FY17 Geographic Location of Project Activity - Instructions and Form ,   FY18 FDR - Multi-use Arts Education ,   FY18 Geographic Location of Project Activity - Instructions and Form ,   FY18-FY20 Geographic Location of Project Activity Form - Excel attachment ,   FY19 FDR - Arts Education ,   FY19 FDR - Our Town ,   FY19 FDR - Standard ,   FY15-FY17 FDR - Standard ,   Creative Forces SAF ,   Creative Forces MFDR ,   FY21+ Geographic Location of Project Activity - Form ,   FY19-FY22 FDR - Standard - General Operating Support waiver ,   FY20+ FDR - Arts Education eGMS ADF (webform) ,   FY20+ FDR - Standard eGMS ADF (webform) ,   FY20+ FDR - Our Town eGMS ADF (webform) ,   FY18 FDR - Multi-use Standard ,   Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Supplemental Application Report (SAR) ,   FY24 FDR - ARTS EDUCATION ,   FY24 FDR - OUR TOWN ,   FY24 FDR- RESEARCH ,   FY24 FDR - STANDARD

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	15,838	13,404	0	2,434	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	43,311	35,682	0	7,629	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,063,104	876,175	0	186,929	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is an increase in the burden statement due to an increase in the number of awards made per year and the addition of the FY24 forms. While there is an increase in the burden statement, the total burden in terms of hours has been reduced due to several adjustments made to the forms for FY24 and beyond to streamline and reduce burden; further, forms for FY14 and prior were removed. These details are further explained in the Supporting Statement.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,726,342

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 09/06/2022

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