The National Endowment for the Arts today announced its FY 2009 Grant Awards under the federal stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grants, which total $29.7 million, will go to 631 local arts organizations across the country.

A complete list of the grants can be seen here.

The NEA lists these Minnesota grants:

American Composers Forum, St. Paul, $25,000

Art Start, St. Paul, $25,000

Children's Theatre Company and School, Minneapolis, $50,000

Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, $25,000

East Side Arts Council, St. Paul, $25,000

Graywolf Press, St. Paul, $25,000

Guthrie Theatre Foundation, Minneapolis, $50,000

Heart of the Beast, Inc., Minneapolis, $25,000

Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, $50,000

IFP-Minneapolis, St. Paul, $25,000

Illusion Theater and School, Minneapolis, $50,000,

Loft, Inc., Minneapolis, $50,000

MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, $50,000

Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, $25,000

Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, $50,000

Minnesota Opera Company, $50,000

Minnesota Orchestral Association, Minneapolis, $50,000

Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, $50,000

Mixed Blood Theater Company, Minneapolis, $25,000

Penumbra Theatre Company, St. Paul, $25,000

Public Radio International, $50,000

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Society, St. Paul, $50,000

Springboard for the Arts, St. Paul $25,000

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, $50,000

VocalEssence, Minneapolis, $50,000