NEH was established in 1965 and its regulations are exactly the same as those of the National Arts Fund. Since then, it has actually awarded $6 billion to galleries, archaeological sites, universities, collections and various other companies. In 2014, its spending plan was $211 million.
Endowment funds are directly assigned to different tasks. The latest news revealed in January that $26.6 million, including $175,000 for narrative history tasks related to Lahaina Wildfire in Hawaii; $300,000 of electronic operations at Louis Armstrong Home Gallery in Queens; and $150,000 of research was found in the Yiddish facility in Massachusetts in Internet language.
However, this is equally critical to the survival of the National Arts Council, many of whom receive 40% of the NEH program funding, or a large amount of assistance directly interacting with them.
In a declaration launched Tuesday, the National Liberal Arts Alliance (an umbrella team of universities, galleries, state legislatures and social corporations) said it was discouraged by the goal of the sole government or exclusive entity and implied recognition of free art to all.
“Doge’s goal is a small government company whose annual donations are almost equivalent to rounding errors in the U.S. spending plan, which has a good impact on every area of legislation,” the manifesto said.
