National Endowment for the Humanities

Humanities organisations sue Department of Government Efficiency to restore NEH grants

Two humanities organisations have filed a lawsuit against Doge and the National Endowment for the Humanities in an attempt to restore slashed funds

Foundations' emergency arts and humanities grants provide temporary fix for gaps left by Trump’s slashing of federal funding

Staff reductions, budget cuts and grant cancellations at the NEA, NEH and IMLS have left state and local organisations seeking alternative support

The NEA is on Trump’s chopping block again, amid Doge review

The US president continues to strongarm his way into power over American culture

To make up for NEH grants cancelled by Trump, Mellon Foundation gives $15m to US humanities organisations

The emergency funds will go to humanities councils in all 50 states and six US territories

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‘It’s much more extreme’: US institutions and artists enter a new culture war

The Trump administration’s efforts to slash funding and influence programming have pushed cultural workers to organise

Trump’s Garden of American Heroes seeks artists for its 250 statues

Meanwhile, Americans of all political stripes disapprove of the president’s cultural takeover while Max Hollein says Trump’s new anti-DEI rules “do not apply” to the Met

Trump administration will use humanities grant money to build patriotic sculpture park

Funds from cancelled National Endowment for the Humanities grants will help realise one of the US president’s pet projects

National Endowment for the Humanities cancels grants as Trump administration redirects agency’s resources

State humanities councils and other grantees received notices from the NEH and Doge this week that their grants were being cancelled immediately

Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities steps down ‘at the direction of President Trump’

Shelly C. Lowe, the first Native American to lead the federal agency, was nominated by Joe Biden and held the role for just over three years

Trump disbands presidential committee on the arts and the humanities

The US president dissolved the committee in an executive order reversing Joe Biden’s own executive order reviving it

Art and heritage groups must ‘take action now’ to protect culture against climate change, report says

Authors of a new report from the the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation and the National Endowment for the Humanities say climate change is the most significant threat in conservation

National Endowment for the Humanities awards over $35m in grants

The agency's grants will support a range of arts and heritage initiatives, including major exhibition projects at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Building Museum and elsewhere

Support for controversial Lacma expansion and a new Dred Scott museum: first round of $24.7m US federal culture grants announced

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded 208 grants for projects in most states, Washington, DC, Guam and Canada

Grants multiply as government agencies and foundations seek to rescue US cultural organisations amid pandemic

Latest allocations include $32.8m from the National Endowment for the Humanities and $47.1m from New York’s Department of Cultural Affairs