National Endowment for the Humanities providing grants for cultural institutions negatively impacted by COVID-19 closures

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced on Monday that it is providing grants of up to $300,000 to preserve cultural institutions negatively impacted by the COVID-19 shutdowns.

“We know that, across the country, so many cultural organizations and the staff they employ are suffering severe hardship due to the pandemic,” said NEH Chairman Jon Parrish Peede.

The funds come from the historic $2.2 trillion stimulus bill known as the CARES Act which was signed into law on March 27.

The NEH says it has already distributed $30 million to organizations across 55 U.S. states and territories in hopes of sustaining cultural groups and public educational programming.