Cuts to NEH threaten the humanities in New Hampshire. Your urgent support is needed.
The future of the humanities in New Hampshire is threatened following a Presidential Executive Order issued on April 2, 2025 that calls for the reduction and elimination of functions of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). These cuts severely impact the very foundation of our work, which brings free, accessible programs to communities across the Granite State. Help us preserve the public humanities by calling for support for the NEH. View our public statement here.
Here's how you can help:
1. Give a gift to support continued humanities programs in all NH communities!
Click here to support New Hampshire Humanities while we work toward preserving NEH funding, or scan the QR code at right.
2. Contact your Senators and Representatives in Congress and urge them to protect NEH and humanities councils
Three ways to make your voice heard:
Use this federal action alert (or scan QR code at right) from the National Humanities Alliance which automatically submits to our Senators/Representatives, or- Use these pre-addressed letters for our Senators/Representatives, or
- Contact our Senators and Representatives through their websites:
Contact | U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Contact | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan
Contact | Congressman Chris Pappas (District 1)
Contact | Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (District 2)
More tools and information can be found on the Federation for State Humanities Councils website.
3. Share our emails and social media posts
Watch for and share our social media messages on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
Contact New Hampshire Humanities at (603) 224-4071 or email mhaleygoldman@nhhumanities.org.
Read more in these recently-published articles:
DOGE’s Abrupt End to Funds for NH Humanities
InDepth NH, April 21
'Perfect storm' of cuts facing the arts & humanities
Concord Monitor, April 10
Community Conversation with Michael Haley Goldman
Concord TV, April 11
Where did U.S. humanities grants go? To projects from a baseball film to AI research
NPR/NH Public Radio, April 10
DOGE’s Latest Cuts Will Hit Local Culture Hard
Slate, April 10
DOGE takes a slice out of America's 250th birthday
Axios, April 15
A noble endeavor for the Great Society is being abandoned
The Boston Globe, April 9
Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
NPR/NHPR, April 3
