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State Campaigns Federal Issues

Urge Support for the Arts in COVID-19 Relief Legislation

Current Status: On August 8, the Small Business Administration’s highly popular Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ends with more than a $130 billion surplus. We are urging Congress to use these funds to allow the arts and culture sector, including nonprofits and gig...

Urge Congress to Cosponsor Two Creative Economy Bills

On Arts Advocacy Day, Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) announced new legislation to strengthen the creative economy to a crowd of over 500 arts advocates. Entitled Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy (CREATE) Act (S.2648), the comprehensive...

Support a Universal Charitable Deduction to Encourage Charitable Giving

Current Ask: Request your representative restore the full value and scope of the charitable deduction by supporting one or more of the bills in the 116th Congress that would create a Universal Charitable Deduction to incentivize all taxpayers to give to charities,...

The Arts in Juvenile Justice

For Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, we urge Congress to: Appropriate $61.5 million for Title V Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Incentive Grants at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Include report language...

Increase NEA Funding!

Current Ask: Request your members of Congress sign onto the letters asking the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities be funded at a level of $170 million for fiscal year (FY) 2021. Background: In January 2020, the second...

Help us advocate for Creative Districts in Nebraska

Creative Districts Legislation would authorize the Nebraska Arts Council to develop and recommend to the Legislature for the certification and establishment of Creative Districts in the state. The plan will include how the Nebraska Arts Council would establish a competitive...

Help us advocate for "Support the Arts" license plates in Nebraska

“Support the Arts” License Plates A number of states have a specialty art license plate, with distinctive designs and arts messages that help promote their state. This license plate will help citizens celebrate and show support for the arts in Nebraska. Proceeds from...

Increase Support for Arts Therapies for Servicemembers and Veterans

The arts are essential for the health and well-being of our active duty service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers across the military continuum. The arts promote readiness and resilience from pre-deployment to deployment and provide viable employment...