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Nebraska Arts Council approves FY25 budget, grant amendment and executive director bonus

Nebraska Arts Council · October 30, 2025
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At its Norfolk meeting the Nebraska Arts Council approved the FY2025 budget report, authorized a deficit request to the Legislature, amended a prior $100,000 NACDC grant to move $25,000 in school-bus awards, and approved a bonus for the executive director after a brief executive session. Several items tied to federal funding uncertainty and program carryovers were discussed.

The Nebraska Arts Council meeting in Norfolk on Aug. 1 approved several governance and financial items, including the FY2025 budget report and a staff recommendation to adjust a previously approved grant.

Board members voted to approve the FY2025 budget report as of July 31 after staff presented appropriation and carryover details. Staff said federal carryover dollars (about $92,000 and $174,000 in two program lines) and a recent drawdown from the Cultural Preservation Fund left the corpus reported at roughly $15,455,000, with a recent drawdown of about $436,804. The council’s finance chair told members the agency closed FY24 near…

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