# @denverwestword on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-07-14T16:31:33.000+00:00
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Humanities encompass our traditions, our exchange of ideas, our shared histories and how those things are passed on to future generations, says Maggie Coval, executive director of Colorado Humanities. “We firmly believe that humanities belong to everyone,” she adds, “and everyone should have the ability to participate in what the humanities bring to democratic society and the richness in life overall.”

Unfortunately, participating in “democratic society” itself is getting more difficult by the day.

The National Endowment for the Humanities, which was established with the National Endowment for the Arts and passed by Congress in 1965, has been providing federal grants for humanities projects in Colorado for nearly sixty years and operating grants for Colorado Humanities since its founding in 1974, two years after Congress amended the statute to create state humanities councils.

Instead of receiving promised funds this year, though, many NEA and NEH grant winners received a vague email announcing that their funding would be rescinded as the federal agencies switch gears under the Trump administration. Unlike NEA grants, most NEH funding is paid out through multi-year grants, and the directive rescinded funds for projects in fiscal years 2021-2025.

In an April 24 announcement, the NEH noted that future funds would be “awarded to projects that do not promote extreme ideologies based upon race or gender, and that help to instill an understanding of the founding principles and ideals that make America an exceptional country.”

✍️ Read the full story by kfiorewrites at westword.com or at the link in our bio.

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