Title: National Endowment for the Arts - Wikipedia
Headings: National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
Contents
Background
Grants
Governance
Grantmaking
Relative scope of funding
Lifetime honors
Controversy
1981 attempts to abolish
1989 objections
1990 performance artists vetoed
1995–1997 congressional attacks
Proposed defunding
Chairpersons
Nancy Hanks (1969–77)
See also
References
Citations
Sources
Further reading
Primary sources
External links

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National Endowment for the Arts
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Independent agency of the United States federal government
National Endowment for the Arts

Agency overview
Formed
1965
Jurisdiction
Federal government of the United States
Headquarters
Constitution Center, Washington, D.C.
Annual budget
$162,250,000 USD (2020)
Agency executive
Ann Eilers (acting), Chairman
Website
arts .gov
The National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. The agency was created by an act of the U.S. Congress and signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 29, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951). The foundation consists of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The NEA has its offices in Washington, D.C. It was awarded Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre in 1995, as well as the Special Tony Award in 2016. In 1985, the Arts Endowment won an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its work with the American Film Institute in the identification, acquisition, restoration and preservation of historic films. Additionally, in 2016 and again in 2017, the National Endowment for the Arts received Emmy nominations from the Television Academy in the Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series category. Contents
1 Background
2 Grants
3 Governance
4 Grantmaking
4.1 Relative scope of funding
5 Lifetime honors
6 Controversy
6.1 1981 attempts to abolish
6.2 1989 objections
6.3 1990 performance artists vetoed
6.4 1995–1997 congressional attacks
6.5 Proposed defunding
7 Chairpersons
7.1 Nancy Hanks (1969–77)
8 See also
9 References
9.1 Citations
9.2 Sources
10 Further reading
10.1 Primary sources
11 External links
Background
The National Endowment for the Arts was created during the term of President Lyndon B. Johnson under the general auspices of the Great Society. According to historian Karen Patricia Heath, "Johnson personally was not much interested in the acquisition of knowledge, cultural or otherwise, for its own sake, nor did he have time for art appreciation or meeting with artists." The NEA is "dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established;