National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

NASAA advocates for federal funding for the arts and aims to protect that portion of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant budget that is dedicated to state arts agencies. It provides national representation for state arts agencies

NASAA monitors state arts agency trends and documents the scope and impact of state arts agency activities.^[2] NASAA collects and curates and publishes data and information on a range of topics:

• Current data on state arts agency revenues, including legislative appropriations levels, per capita funding and state rankings
• Presentations and summaries that synthesize key trends in public funding for the arts
• Information on dedicated revenue strategies that are used to supplement state arts agency budgets
• Historical data on state arts agency appropriations from 1970 to the present day.^[3]

• State agency grant making
• Grants to individual artists
• Support for local arts agencies
• Funding for arts education
• National Endowment for the Arts grant making.^[4]

• Terms, powers and duties of state arts agency councils
• State arts agency staffing and compensation data
• State arts agency structure and organizational charts
• Placement of state arts agencies within state government.^[2]

NASAA publications provide information on strategic planning, needs assessment and program evaluation methods specifically adapted to public arts agencies.

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

The US comprises six regional arts organizations, themselves divided into 55 distinct state and territorial arts agencies. NASAA and regional organizations are peers in the national arts ecosystem, but not a hierarchy. Both collaborate with NEA and often coordinate on policy, funding initiatives, and research, but NASAA does not supervise or oversee regional organizations, which have their own governance and boards.

The list of regional arts organizations and their respective budgets is as follows:

Regional Agency	States and territories	Member agencies	Budget income (year)
Arts Midwest	Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin	Illinois Arts Council Indiana Arts Commission Iowa Arts Council Michigan Arts and Culture Council Minnesota State Arts Board North Dakota Council on the Arts Ohio Arts Council South Dakota Arts Council Wisconsin Arts Board	$7,384,591 (2025)[5]
Creative West	Alaska American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Northern Mariana Islands Guam Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming	Alaska State Council on the Arts American Samoa Council on Arts Arizona Commission on the Arts California Arts Council Colorado Creative Industries Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Arts Idaho Montana Arts Council Nevada Arts Council New Mexico Arts Oregon Arts Commission Utah Division of Arts and Museums ArtsWA Wyoming Arts Council	$11,920,808 (2024)[6]
Mid-America Arts Alliance	Arkansas Kansas Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Texas	Arkansas Arts Council Kansas Arts Commission Missouri Arts Council Nebraska Arts Council Oklahoma Arts Council Texas Commission on the Arts	$7,670,000 (2023)[7]
Mid Atlantic Arts	Delaware Maryland New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands Virginia West Virginia	Delaware Division of the Arts Maryland State Arts Council New Jersey State Council on the Arts New York State Council on the Arts Pennsylvania Creative Industries Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña Virgin Islands Council on the Arts Virginia Commission for the Arts West Virginia Department of Tourism	$7,953,293 (2025)[8]
New England Foundation for the Arts	Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont	Connecticut Office of the Arts Maine Arts Commission Mass Cultural Council New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Vermont Arts Council	$19,173,253 (2025)[9]
South Arts	Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee	Alabama State Council on the Arts Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Georgia Council on the Arts Kentucky Arts Council Louisiana Division of the Arts Mississippi Arts Commission North Carolina Arts Council South Carolina Arts Commission Tennessee Arts Commission	$15,446,472 (2025)[10]