Health Care Law and Nonprofit Employers, Education Act Reauthorization Begins
The health care reform measure signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, provides assistance to small businesses and to nonprofit organizations in providing health insurance to their employees. The final health care package, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, provides a tax credit beginning in 2010 through 2013 for businesses and […]
Congress Begins Budget Season, NEA Proposes “Our Town” Initiative
With the release in February of the Obama administration’s fiscal year 2011 budget plan, Congress officially enters into the appropriations season with a heavy schedule of hearings over the next two months, with agency heads sent to Capitol Hill to defend the president’s funding proposals. When the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chair Rocco […]
2011 Budget Proposal Decreases NEA Funding
On February 1, the Obama administration released the president’s budget for fiscal year 2011, which proposes to cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts from the 2010 level of $167.5 million to $161.315 million in the coming year. The amount requested for 2011 is the same amount proposed by President Obama in his […]
Appropriations Measure Increases Arts Ed Fund; Nonprofits Seek Employer Health Insurance Incentives
Congress Passes Catchall Appropriations Bill, Arts Ed Fund Increased Congress approved an additional $2 million in fiscal year 2010 for arts education grants through the U.S. Department of Education’s Arts in Education program, as part of an omnibus spending bill passed in mid-December with $40 million for arts education. The arts education grants funding is […]
Congress Votes $12.5 Million Arts Increase; Senate Panel Sets National Service Increase
On October 30, President Obama signed into law the final version of the bill appropriating $167.5 million for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in fiscal year 2010. The funding legislation passed by the House and Senate a day earlier set the arts endowment budget for the year with an increase of $12.5 million […]
2010 NEA Budget Near Final; Transportation Enhancement Funds Threat Defeated
Congress Close to Final Action on NEA 2010 Budget On September 24, the Senate passed the fiscal year 2010 Interior Appropriations Bill, including funds for the National Endowment for the Arts at $161.3 million, the same level proposed by President Obama in his budget sent to Congress in May. The NEA’s current budget stands at […]
Legislative Update
NEA Budget Looks to Increase in 2010 As the House and Senate move forward on schedule with appropriations legislation for the coming 2010 fiscal year, we should expect to see an increase in the budget for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) above the current level of $155 million. Although Congress has not yet […]
Legislative Update
The House of Representatives voted on June 26 to pass the fiscal year 2010 Interior Appropriations bill with an increase of $15 million in the funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), bringing the proposed budget to $170 million for the coming year. The budget sent to Congress by President Obama would have […]
Legislative Update
Obama Proposes Arts Funding Increase in 2010 Arts appropriations legislation will be back on the congressional agenda when Congress returns from the Memorial Day recess in June. Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA), chair of the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, expects to begin drafting the fiscal year 2010 funding bill by the middle of June. Arts advocates […]
Legislative Update
Legislation Would Offer Charitable Deduction for Artists’ Gifts Once again, legislation has been introduced in the House and Senate to amend the federal tax code by providing artists with a fair market value deduction for the charitable contributions of their own literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions. The goal of the legislation is to improve […]