The Guardian: Arts agency terminates dozens of grants after Trump proposes eliminating NEA
Dozens of US arts organizations have been notified that offers of government grants have been terminated, hours after Donald Trump proposed eliminating federal agencies that support arts, humanities and learning.
The cancellation of grant offers were reported from organizations across the US, including a $25,000 offer to a playhouse in Portland, Oregon, hours before the opening of a new production, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
On Friday, Trump proposed eliminating several learning and arts-orientated agencies, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, as part of the administration’s 2026 discretionary budget request that is in essence a White House wishlist.