The cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) continue to impact us deeply.
Because NEH has supported the cost of our operating expenses and programs for 50 years, drastically reducing NEH staffing and rescinding NEH funding that was already awarded to us has upended our budget for the rest of fiscal year 2025 and has left us uncertain about what’s ahead for 2026.
PROGRAM PAUSE
Discussion Project and Maine Speaks
We are pausing applications for two of our “bread-and-butter” programs, Discussion Project and Maine Speaks, from May-August of this year.
It is our hope that this pause will be temporary. After spending a few months re-evaluating the funding landscape, we will make a decision about whether or not these two programs will continue in September.
Programs that were in process before the pause will continue as planned.