National Endowment for the Humanities

These are just a few of the programs at risk following the Department of Government Efficiency’s drastic decision last week to rescind more than 1,000 grants that had been awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

That top-down pressure, coupled with ongoing cuts to funding streams from the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leaves the Smithsonian and other museums vulnerable, Walker added.

“There’s a line item in National Endowment for the Humanities budget called the federal state partnership.”

At UCLA, about $1.1 billion of the $11-billion budget comes from the federal government, including the NIH, NASA, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

At the time, Juson recalled to Salon, “I didn't have major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, but I had frequent flyer miles” and her equipment.