Volunteer to be a National Endowment for the Arts Panelist

Arts Endowment panelists play a central role in reviewing applications for funding. We rely on panels composed of individuals who represent a broad range of viewpoints to provide advice about the artistic excellence and artistic merit of proposals in a variety of funding categories. Our panels are composed of both arts professionals and knowledgeable laypersons. Most panelists are arts professionals who are qualified by their activities, training, skills, and/or experience in one or more art forms. Every panel also includes a layperson – someone knowledgeable about the arts but not engaged in the arts as a profession either full- or part-time.

We maintain a database to help us identify and select panelists. The Arts Endowment does not share this information with any third parties. Responding to some of the questions is voluntary and the information is used only for statistical purposes. However, adding your name to this database does not guarantee that someone will be asked to serve on a panel.

Individuals are engaged as Special Government Employees while they serve on a panel. As such, panelists must be United States Citizens or Permanent Residents, also known as “green card” holders. All panelists must have an account with a U.S. bank or financial institution in order to be paid.

BASIC INFORMATION

First Name

Last Name

Mobile Phone

Home Phone

Work Phone

Email

Provide a unique-to-you email address (for example: jane.doe@email.com). This should not be an email account that is shared by multiple people or an account affiliated with a particular job role (for example: development@abc.org).

Occupation (include title and organization, as appropriate)

Home: City

Home: State

Are you a layperson?

Yes

Every panel also includes a layperson – someone knowledgeable about the arts but not engaged in the arts as a profession either full- or part-time.

SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS

The NEA’s enabling legislation requires panels that represent a broad range of viewpoints so we ask for information to comply with the statute. The classifications are prescribed by the federal government’s Office of Management and Budget for federal reporting and statistical activities. They do not determine eligibility for participation on NEA panels.

Answering any of the following four questions is optional.

If you are of mixed racial and/or national origin, you may check more than one box. Choose the category(ies) with which you most closely identify yourself, as described:

American Indian or Alaska Native: For example, Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Nome Eskimo Community, Aztec, Maya, etc.
Asian: For example, Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, etc.
Black or African American: For example, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, Somali, etc.
Hispanic or Latino: For example, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Salvadorian, Cuban, Dominican, Guatemalan, etc.
Middle Eastern or North African: For example, Lebanese, Iranian, Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi, Israeli, etc.
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: For example, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Tongan, Fijian, Marshallese, etc.
White: For example, English, German, Irish, Italian, Polish, Scottish, etc.

Panelist Race and/or Ethnicity. Select all that apply:

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino

Middle Eastern or North African

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White

Select one:

Male

Female

Panelist Disability Status. Select your disability, if applicable.

Cognition: Serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions due to physical, mental, or emotional condition

Hearing: Deaf or serious difficulty hearing

Mobility: Serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs

ARTS EXPERIENCE

Primary Arts Experience

Role

Administrator/Manager

Artist

Arts Organization Staff

Educator

Patron (arts)

Researcher

Teaching Artist

WORK EXPERIENCE

Arts/Cultural Organization

Select up to six types of organizations with which you have had working arts experience.

Arts Organization

Arts service organization

Education organization or school

Regional arts organization

State arts agency

Local arts agency

Other

Educational Organization/School Association?

Yes

Funding Organization?

Yes

Biography (optional)

Include a brief professional bio of no more than 750 characters, including spaces.

750 character(s) remaining

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Note: You are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

OMB No. 3135-0098 Exp. 11/30/2027

PRIVACY ACT

The following notice is furnished in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a:

This information is solicited under the authority of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, 20 U.S.C. 951 et seq. and is used to select persons to participate in the National Endowment for the Arts’ application review process. Disclosure of this information may be made to members of Congress and to the general public, upon request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S. C. 552). Personal biographical data including home address, home telephone number, and social security number will not be released and is exempt from disclosure under FOIA exemption (b)(6).

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