Federal funding for arts programs impacts local performance groups

Federal funding for arts programs impacts local performance groups

Kansas City arts groups for young performers will be forced to carry on with a much tighter budget after recently losing thousands in federal grant funds."We're moving forward with our mission."

Move to gut NEA is 'a punch to the gut' of local arts orgs

Weekend notices go out saying that approved project funding will stop at month's end

Marin Shakespeare Co. loses federal arts grants

Federal grants were terminated for arts organizations across the country in the past week. Among them was the Marin Shakespeare Co. The San Rafael nonprofit lost its $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts on Friday. The organization had planned to use the funds to produce a stage adaptation of a children’s book that revises the Cinderella tale. Lesley Currier, the company’s co-founder and managing director, said the show will go …

Fort Worth groups lose $110K in NEA funds to transform former KKK hall after Trump move

Two grants tied to the redevelopment of a former Ku Klux Klan auditorium into a hub for culture and arts in Fort Worth’s Northside have been cut as the National Endowment for the Arts begins to abruptly withdraw funding for cultural institutions nationwide. Transform 1012 N. Main Street, the nonprofit that acquired the structure in 2022, has lost a $35,000 grant related to the design of the building. The Welman Project, a west Fort Worth nonprof…

Here’s the list of S.F. art orgs losing federal NEA funding

Programs scheduled for later in 2025 lost support for upcoming events — and organizations are scrambling to find alternative funding sources. Here’s the list of S.F. art orgs losing federal NEA funding