“The $15 million from the #MellonFoundation will offset only a portion of the $65 million the state councils were set to receive this year from the #humanitiesendowment, as appropriated by Congress. But Elizabeth Alexander, the foundation’s president, said it would help preserve humanities programs, particularly in rural states without a robust base of private philanthropy.”
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