Support Funding for the NEA, Arts Education and DoD Arts Funding
ACT NOW!

Thursday, July 27th, is a pivotal moment in the federal appropriations process and we need you to send a timely email to Senators Booker and Menendez in support of FY’24 arts-related funding.
Members of the full Senate Appropriations Committee will take up three priority bills tomorrow morning. Please urge Senators Booker and Menendez to support the following funding levels:

$211 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the FY’24 Interior Appropriations bill.

$20.5 billion for Title I-A and adequate funding for other well-rounded programs to support Arts Education in the FY’24 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill.

$22 million for Community Arts Engagement in the FY’24 Defense Appropriations bill.

PLEASE TAKE 2 MINUTES to send customizable e-mails to Senators Booker and Menendez on all three issues. Your outreach is crucial because last month, the House Appropriations Committee made drastic cuts in their appropriations bills. This includes a 10% cut to the NEA and NEH, as well as an 80% cut for Title I-A education programs for under-served populations and 100% elimination of the Assistance to Arts Education program.

We need the Senate to fully fund these programs in order to send a strong message back to the House. After Labor Day, we expect further attempts at funding cuts in the House when their appropriations bills come to the floor for a vote and be subject to a series of possible weakening funding and conservative social agenda amendments. We will send you another timely customized action alert at that time that targets your House members.

Last year, the arts community came together to help increase the NEA and NEH funding to a historic 15 percent increase to $207 million, first-time arts funding at the Department of Defense, and increases in education funding. Contact Senators Booker and Menendez today. We need your help again to fend off cuts to arts programs at multiple federal agencies.

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