National Endowment For The Arts Lays Off 30,000 Muses
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May 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
National Endowment For The Arts Lays Off 30,000 Muses
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The staff at this public elementary school in DC showed far more courage than an Ivy with $15 billion endowment
More details: ICE goons were turned away at HD Cooke. They tried to seize the school nurse in the parking lot without a warrant, but backed off after staff intervened.
March 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The staff at this public elementary school in DC showed far more courage than an Ivy with $15 billion endowment
Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
Harvard has a $52 billion endowment. It can fucking stand up to Trump.
Some of the nation’s most prestigious universities have effectively appointed Trump as Provost. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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March 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Harvard has a $52 billion endowment. It can fucking stand up to Trump.
Getting lost in your husband’s hyper endowment (feat. @dwudad69.bsky.social )
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Getting lost in your husband’s hyper endowment (feat. @dwudad69.bsky.social )
MIT boasts a $27b endowment
“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries.
For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..."
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For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..."
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Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter
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May 27, 2026 at 8:26 PM
MIT boasts a $27b endowment
Meanwhile Avril Haynes becomes the new Carnegie Endowment president.
September 29, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Meanwhile Avril Haynes becomes the new Carnegie Endowment president.
June 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
They looted the endowment.
September 18, 2026 at 9:06 PM
They looted the endowment.
Entire annual budget of the National Endowment for the Arts: $210 million
NYT reports that a mysterious, *$984 million* transfer from a Pentagon"black box" account might be paying for the renovation of Trump's "free" Qatari jet.
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What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask.
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July 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Entire annual budget of the National Endowment for the Arts: $210 million
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
March 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
A $50 million gift will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations.
A $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott is being dedicated entirely to Native students, with $10 million funding scholarships over the next five years and $40 million placed in a permanent endowment to support Native students for generations to come.
A $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott is being dedicated entirely to Native students, with $10 million funding scholarships over the next five years and $40 million placed in a permanent endowment to support Native students for generations to come.
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September 12, 2026 at 12:06 PM
A $50 million gift will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations.
The entire budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities (which has been devastated by Trump & Musk) is 3% of this.
SpaceX gets up to $5.9 billion in new DOD launch contracts...more than it's competitors, United Launch alliance and Blue Origin.
April 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The entire budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities (which has been devastated by Trump & Musk) is 3% of this.
"We need people with business degrees and finance backgrounds to run this university because they know how to bring in money."
"Money for what?"
"The endowment"
"What do you use the endowment for?"
"Investments to make more money"
"What do you do with that money?"
"Invest it in the endowment!"
"Money for what?"
"The endowment"
"What do you use the endowment for?"
"Investments to make more money"
"What do you do with that money?"
"Invest it in the endowment!"
April 20, 2024 at 8:10 PM
"We need people with business degrees and finance backgrounds to run this university because they know how to bring in money."
"Money for what?"
"The endowment"
"What do you use the endowment for?"
"Investments to make more money"
"What do you do with that money?"
"Invest it in the endowment!"
"Money for what?"
"The endowment"
"What do you use the endowment for?"
"Investments to make more money"
"What do you do with that money?"
"Invest it in the endowment!"
NEW: The National Endowment of Democracy, a congressionally created foundation dedicated to developing democratic institutions around the world, sues Trump for withholding $200 million in federal funding that had been allocated to it by Congress.
Democracy Endowment Sues Trump Over $200M in Frozen Funding
Read more here.
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March 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
NEW: The National Endowment of Democracy, a congressionally created foundation dedicated to developing democratic institutions around the world, sues Trump for withholding $200 million in federal funding that had been allocated to it by Congress.
What is the point of an endowment lol?
June 23, 2026 at 12:10 AM
What is the point of an endowment lol?
Myth vs. fact: Managing Idaho’s endowment forests at Priest Lake idahocapitalsun.com/2026/01/05/m...
Myth vs. fact: Managing Idaho’s endowment forests at Priest Lake • Idaho Capital Sun
Our state's endowment lands exist to provide permanent, long-term support for Idaho's public institutions, writes IDL Director Dustin Miller.
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The GOP spends billions on the war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and ICE/CBP, but they want you to think it's the National Endowment for the Arts and SNAP that are the problems.
August 21, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The GOP spends billions on the war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and ICE/CBP, but they want you to think it's the National Endowment for the Arts and SNAP that are the problems.
"Penn’s endowment surged by a record $6.3B in fiscal year 2026, its strongest year-over-year gain in recent history... The endowment saw a staggering 27.4% return last year... In its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the University has continued to advocate for cost-reduction measures..."
Penn endowment sees over $6 billion jump in largest single-year return on record
After years of steady growth, the endowment saw a staggering 27.4% return in fiscal year 2026.
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September 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"Penn’s endowment surged by a record $6.3B in fiscal year 2026, its strongest year-over-year gain in recent history... The endowment saw a staggering 27.4% return last year... In its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the University has continued to advocate for cost-reduction measures..."
Columbia has a $14 BILLION dollar endowment. It could have held firm.
The administration held up the university at gunpoint, but I can’t help but feel that Columbia has lost something it may never regain.
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Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
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March 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Columbia has a $14 BILLION dollar endowment. It could have held firm.
The big endowment funding model for private schools works by spending *earnings* on the endowment, not by spending the endowment. If you spend the endowment, then you don’t have an endowment anymore, and you have no money and no way of making money except tuition, grant overhead, and annual donors.
March 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The big endowment funding model for private schools works by spending *earnings* on the endowment, not by spending the endowment. If you spend the endowment, then you don’t have an endowment anymore, and you have no money and no way of making money except tuition, grant overhead, and annual donors.
Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
National Endowment for the Arts now ... tasked with "assist[ing] with disaster recovery"?
Really hard to say what the worst part of this NEA grant termination letter is (sent at 10pm on a Friday!) but I think it's finding out the federal government's priority for arts funds is now "fostering AI competency" rather than funding literature.
May 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
National Endowment for the Arts now ... tasked with "assist[ing] with disaster recovery"?
Advanced Endowment Studies:
Impressive Findings
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Impressive Findings
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August 19, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Advanced Endowment Studies:
Impressive Findings
#Batemoor #EndowmentStudies #Big #BDE #ImpressivelyHung #MonsterCock #Uncut
Impressive Findings
#Batemoor #EndowmentStudies #Big #BDE #ImpressivelyHung #MonsterCock #Uncut