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The Biden-Harris Administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, which includes $210.1 million for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Following historic progress made under the President’s leadership—with over 14 million jobs added since the President took office and inflation down two-thirds from its peak—the Budget protects and builds on this progress with proposals for responsible, pro-growth investments in America and the American people. The President’s Budget will lower costs for the American people, protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, secure Americans at home and abroad, and reduce the deficit by ensuring the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share.
The Budget also makes critical, targeted investments in the American people that will promote greater public engagement with the arts for decades to come.
“President Biden’s Budget affirms the necessity of the arts in all aspects of our lives and society,” said Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “Through the arts we can express our humanity, strengthen our economy and social fabric, and help to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities. I look forward to working with Congress during the budget process.”
At the NEA, the Budget of $210.1 million, which is $3.1 million more than the Fiscal Year 2023 Enacted amount, will:
- Bolster the Agency’s Signature Grants…