National Endowment for the Arts
Jen Hughes is a seasoned professional in creative placemaking and design, currently serving as Senior Advisor to the Chair on Partnerships, Expansion, and Innovation at the National Endowment for the Arts since January 2011, where notable contributions include leading competitive grant funding and research initiatives. Previously, Jen held various roles within the Government of the District of Columbia, including Community Solutions Specialist and Program Manager, part of the Capital City Fellows program aimed at engaging recent graduate talent in city planning. Early career experience includes roles at the City and County of San Francisco, The Washington Post Company, and IBM Global Business Services. Jen holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science in Management from The Wharton School.
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National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), established in Congress in 1965, is an independent federal agency that is the largest funder of the arts and arts education in communities nationwide and a catalyst of public and private support for the arts. By advancing equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice, the NEA fosters and sustains an environment in which the arts benefit everyone in the United States. The NEA’s primary activities include grantmaking to nonprofit arts organizations, public arts agencies and organizations, colleges and universities, federally recognized tribal communities or tribes, and individual writers and translators. Grant applications are reviewed by panels of arts experts and individuals from across the country. All grants must be matched one-to-one by nonfederal sources, except for individual grants to writers and translators. NEA funding is appropriated by Congress annually. While the NEA’s primary activity includes grantmaking, it also is a national leader in the field and a convener on issues important to the arts community and people working at the intersections of arts and other fields such as health, community development, and education, among others. The NEA is an important resource for research on the value and the importance of the arts, and shares that information with stakeholders and the public.