13 FY19 FDR - Our Town

OMB No. 3135-0140
Expires xx/xx/xxxx
National Endowment for the Arts

FY19 OUR TOWN FINAL DESCRIPTIVE REPORT
November 2018

Submit your Final Descriptive Report (FDR) within 90 days after the period of performance end date. The FDR must
be submitted through your eGMS REACH account, which can be accessed at https://grants.arts.gov/eGMSReach/Login. 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/fy18-and-later. FDRs must be completed in
Adobe Reader, version 9 or newer, and saved as a PDF. Please follow the instructions carefully; improperly
formatted reports cannot be accepted.

ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Organization:
Grant #:

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Period of Performance (month/day/year):

Cooperative Agreement #:
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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.
Illuminate: Bring new attention to or elevate key community assets and issues, voices of residents, local history,
or cultural infrastructure. Project examples include an arts festival that brings attention to a community’s unique
history or cultural heritage; creative asset mapping that builds understanding of a community’s cultural
infrastructure; and creative business development that provides greater visibility to a local craft tradition.
Energize: Inject new or additional resources, activities, or people into a place, community issue, or local
economy. Project examples include performances that attract visitors to a neighborhood or community;
investments in creative business and/or professional artist development that bolster a local economy; cultural
district planning, and a project that engages community members in developing, selecting, or executing a
temporary work of art.
Imagine: Envision new possibilities for a community or place - a new future, a new way of overcoming a
challenge, or approaching problem-solving. Project examples include an artist leading or partnering in the

creative processes of visioning solutions to community issues; cultural planning; the design of a new public space;
and community co-creation of art that imagines a fresh solution to a community problem.
Connect: Bring together communities, people, places, and economic opportunity via physical spaces or new
relationships. Project examples include a temporary public art project that brings diverse members of a
community together in its development; arts festivals or performances intended to build familiarity and
relationships among a community’s residents; and/or the design of public spaces that bridge physically and socially
isolated neighborhoods.
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. As you exit each text field, it will expand to show your entered
text.
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 this award. Please report solely on activities funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
and the project match reported on your Federal Financial Report. These activities must be consistent with
your application narrative, the approved project budget, and any approved grant amendments. (3,000
character limit)
2. What did this project accomplish and who benefited? List and describe key accomplishments of this project.
Where possible, identify beneficiaries of the project (e.g., types of individuals, organizations,
disciplines/fields, or communities). Cite any evidence and describe specific tools and/or methods used to
measure outcomes. (3,000 character limit)
3. After your Our Town project, will the project and/or partnerships be sustained and, if so, how? Is there
evidence that the model established by your Our Town project will be replicated by others or scaled within
your community? Is there evidence that this way of working with arts and culture to strengthen your
community will be sustained over the long term? (2,000 character limit)
4. 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, then please describe the nature of the challenge(s) and how you addressed them.
(2,000 character limit)
5. Please complete the following tables regarding the involvement of key partners, funders
(besides the Arts Endowment), key artists, and other key individuals (e.g., mayor, resident
leader, business leader). (Actual tables with project narrative question #6.)

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

No

Describe the activities supported by this award. Please report solely on activities funded by the National
Endowment for the Arts and the project match reported on your Federal Financial Report. These
activities must be consistent with your application narrative, the approved project budget, and any
approved grant amendments. (3,000 character limit)

[EXPANDABLE TEXT FIELD – 3,000 CHARACTER LIMIT]

2. What did this project accomplish and who benefited? List and describe key accomplishments of this
project. Where possible, identify beneficiaries of the project (e.g., types of individuals, organizations,
disciplines/fields, or communities). Cite any evidence and describe specific tools and/or methods used
to measure outcomes. (3,000 character limit)

[EXPANDABLE TEXT FIELD – 3,000 CHARACTER LIMIT]

3. After your Our Town project, will the project and/or partnerships be sustained and, if so, how? Is there
evidence that the model established by your Our Town project will be replicated by others or scaled
within your community? Is there evidence that this way of working with arts and culture to strengthen
your community will be sustained over the long term? (2,000 character limit)

[EXPANDABLE TEXT FIELD – 2,000 CHARACTER LIMIT]

4. 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, then please describe the nature of the challenge(s) and how you addressed
them. (2,000 character limit)

[EXPANDABLE TEXT FIELD – 2,000 CHARACTER LIMIT]

5. Please complete the following tables regarding the involvement of key partners, funders (besides the Arts
Endowment), key artists, and other key individuals (e.g., mayor, business leader).

Name of Key
Partner/Funder

Type of Entity

Nature of Involvement

Contributed
Match?
(Including
In-Kind)

(text 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
• Tribal Government
Agency
• Other

(text field – 700 character limit per field)

(Yes/No)

(text field)
(drop down menu)
(text field – 700 char.)
(Yes/No)
(text field)
(drop down menu)
(text field – 700 char.)
(Yes/No)
CLICK HERE TO ADD NEW ROW
*Please note that funding from other federal government agencies CANNOT be counted as match (cost share).

Name of Key Artist
(text field)
(text field)
CLICK HERE TO ADD NEW ROW

Nature of Involvement
(text field)
(text field)

Name of Other Key Individual Nature of Involvement
(text field)
(text field)

(text field)
(text field)

PART IIA: PROJECT ACTIVITY
Provide data for activities supported with this award (NEA and cost share funding) 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 Plans or Products Developed and Approved that Support Cultural Planning
• Include cultural plans, plans for arts/cultural districts, creative asset maps, and plans for
public art.
Number of Design Plans Produced
• Include design plans for artist space, cultural facilities, and public space, and plans facilitated by
an artist/designer.
Number of Works of Art Installed or Performed in Public Spaces
• Include works of art permanently or temporarily installed in a public space.
Number of Works of Art Produced as Result of Community Collaboration
• Include works of art produced through the process of engaging stakeholders to participate or
collaborate alongside artists/designers in conceiving, designing, or fabricating a work of art.
Number of Programs or Services that Supported Artist and Creative Industries
•

Include programs or services that supported creative industries, cultivated strong infrastructure
for supporting creative industries, and/or supported artists professionally, such as through skill
development or accessing markets/capital.

Number

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 (both the NEA and the cost share) reported on
your Federal Financial Report.

A

B

Number of
individuals

Of the number reported in
column A, how many
were hired (as employees,
not contractors) by your
organization 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 doublecount 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]

PART IIC: POPULATION DESCRIPTORS
For the next three sections, please select all groups of people that your project intended to serve directly. Then answer
the follow-up question 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
W - White
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

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

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