AUSTIN, Texas — Federal funding for Humanities Texas, the state’s humanities council, has been terminated, leaving the Austin-based nonprofit struggling to secure financial support.
The organization’s executive director, Eric Lupfer, said the loss of a $2.6 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities amounts to a 65% cut in its annual budget.
For more than 50 years, Lupfer said the organization’s goal has been to promote the arts and provide educational opportunities in Texas classrooms, libraries, museums and more. Now, those cuts pose a serious threat to the many arts and cultural organizations they help support across Texas…