Grants Information
The Grants Program is our annual funding program which allows Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, units of government, schools, colleges, universities, and Indian tribal government entities to apply for funding for arts activities including exhibitions, publications, screenings, lectures, or performances in New Mexico. The program is intended to deliver on our mission of public support for the arts to ensure the arts are central to the lives of all New Mexicans.
New Mexico Arts funds nonprofits and governmental organizations for arts activities in the following discipline areas: performing arts, visual arts, literary arts, media arts, multidisciplinary arts (involving more than one artistic discipline), and interdisciplinary arts (relating two or more artistic disciplines). We support programs that foster arts education, arts economic development, performing and visual arts, and contemporary and traditional folk arts in New Mexico.
New Mexico based organizations wishing to apply that are not listed above may enter a fiscal sponsorship with a nonprofit organization. If using a Fiscal Agent, a formal agreement between the agent and the applicant is required.
Important for FY2026
New Mexico Arts is moving to a two-year funding cycle for FY2026. Applicants who are awarded funding in FY2026 will be allowed to submit a shorter application update in FY2027 (guidelines to be posted in September 2025), but you must have been successfully funded in FY2026 in order to submit in FY2027. If an organization misses the FY2026 deadline, they will need to wait for two years until September 2026, to next apply for funding from New Mexico Arts.
Grants Team
Anna Blyth, 505-412-0547, Anna.Blyth@dca.nm.gov,
Colleges, Universities, & Government Entities
Maggie Hanley, 505-470-9022, Maggie.Hanley@dca.nm.gov,
Arts Projects, Community Arts, and Major Cultural Organizations
Kevin Lenkner, 505-412-5791, Kevin.Lenkner@dca.nm.gov,
Arts in Social Service, Arts Learning in Schools & Communities,
Local Arts Councils and Service Organizations
Amy Mills, 505-490-1872, Amy.Mills@dca.nm.gov,
Traditional Folk Arts Projects
Sue Sneeringer, 505-795-5179, Sue.Sneeringer@dca.nm.gov,
Online Systems Administrator
Got Your UEI?
All New Mexico Arts new and returning applicants — excluding Folk Arts Apprenticeships — are required to have a Unique Entity Identifier. All organizations who apply to New Mexico Arts are required to have a Unique Entity ID (UEI) from SAM.gov in alignment with requirements from the National Endowment for the Arts. A Unique Entity ID (UEI) is a 12-character (alpha-numeric) code that uniquely identifies all entities. UEIs are issued by SAM.gov and are a part of an entity’s record in the Entity Information section of SAM.gov.
Download the UEI fact sheet here. Please see SAM.gov for further information. Once assigned, the UEI number will never expire; however, entity registrations do expire annually and require annual renewal.
Page header image, Keshet 2022 Winter Dance Concert
