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Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 08:24:53 -0800
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Subject: SF Chronicle on NEA/NEH
 
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Excerpts from today's SF Chronicle:
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 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS / GRANTS TO MAJOR CITIES IN 1994
 
         City        No. of Grants    Total Amount
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      New York          638          $23.9 million
      San Francisco     161           $3.8 million
      Chicago           109           $3.5 million
      Los Angeles       102           $3.3 million
      Philadelphia       93           $2.5 million
      Boston             57           $2.3 million
      Houston            39           $1.2 million
 
 
-San Francisco receives more federal arts financing per capita than any
   other city in the United States.
-The NEA's $175 million is less than the government spends on military bands
-The city of Berlin spends more on the arts and culture than the entire NEA
   budget, which works out to about 64 cents per American.
-In the past two years, SF Bay Area scholars received almost $12 million
   in NEH grants, making it one of the most richly endowed regions in the
   nation. In addition to support for libraries, for example, UC Berkeley
   researchers received $1.3 million for research.  University officials
   say that NEH funds are the main source of support for research in the
   humanities: "In the areas that NEH funds, it is really the only funding
   these people get."
-A dollar of NEA money typically generates $11 from state or local
   governments, private donors, corporations or foundations, because NEA
   recognition lends a certain prestige that makes it easier to get other
   contributions.
-A 3-year study showed that the nonprofit arts generated nationally an annual
   average of $37 million to local businesses, created 1.3 million jobs
   and provided $3.4 billion in federal income taxes.
-A task force appointed by President Reagan 14 years ago concluded that
   the national endowments played an important role in promoting the
   culture of the United States.  "The strength of America's arts and
   humanities is essential to the well-being of the nation," the task force
   found. "Our federal government bears a responsibility for encouraging and
   protecting the arts and the humanities. The endowments should emphasize
   the advancement of American culture through the support of both
   institutional and individual efforts."