What is the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and why did it come into being?
The NEH is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1965. As the largest funder of humanities programs in the United States, the NEH awards grants to institutions that create and preserve knowledge, enrich classroom learning, expand humanities content on the Internet, and bring ideas to life through public television and radio, museum exhibitions, and programs in libraries and other community places. NEH’s current budget allocation from Congress is $115 million.
