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California Humanities says NEH termination halted nearly $1 million in awards, asks state for emergency support
Summary
California Humanities told lawmakers its NEH-funded program budget was terminated without warning, putting 12 grantees and multiple documentary projects at risk and requesting state-level contingency funding and exploration of a dedicated revenue source.
California Humanities President and CEO Rick Noguchi told a legislative hearing that the nonprofit’s federal funding was terminated on April 2, leaving the organization without its primary revenue stream.
Noguchi said California Humanities, a designated state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), operates on an annual budget of about $4.5 million—most of it federal—and that the NEH told the organization its work “no longer effectuates the needs and priorities of the agency” and that funding would be repurposed under the administration’s priorities.
The consequences: Noguchi said awards that were…
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