----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 08:24:53 -0800 From:[log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list THEATRE <[log in to unmask]> Subject: SF Chronicle on NEA/NEH ----------------------------------- Excerpts from today's SF Chronicle: ----------------------------------- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS / GRANTS TO MAJOR CITIES IN 1994 City No. of Grants Total Amount ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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."