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IV-01a: National Endowment for the Humanities Budget Request versus Final Appropriation, Fiscal Years 1966–2019 (Adjusted for Inflation)

* This appropriation trend excludes supplemental COVID relief appropriations. The agency received $75 million in FY 2020 under the CARES Act. It received $135 for FY 2021 under the American Rescue Plan Act.
** Due to data limitations, 2022 is the most recent year for which an inflation adjustment is possible.

Source: Data acquired from NEH Appropriations History at https://www.neh.gov/neh-appropriations-history (accessed 1/26/2023). Funding amounts were adjusted for inflation using the Gross Domestic Purchases Price Index, a measure of inflation in the prices (including those for imported goods) paid by consumers, businesses, and governments in the United States. Quarterly estimates of the index, produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, were obtained from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B712RG3Q086SBEA (accessed 10/27/2022). Data presented by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).

 

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