[spodefly]

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS
FINANCIAL SUMMARY

SUMMARY OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FY 2002
Program and State Grant Funds $78,835,000
Challenge America $17,000,000
Total Federal Appropriations $95,835,000


Fiscal Year Total Funds
1966 $ 2,898,308
1967 $ 8,475,692
1968 $ 7,774,291
1969 $ 8,456,875
1970 $ 9,055,000
1971 $ 16,420,000
1972 $ 31,480,000
1973 $ 40,857,000
1974 $ 64,025,000
1975 $ 80,142,000
1976 $ 87,455,000
1976T* $ 35,301,000
1977 $ 99,872,000
1978 $123,850,000
1979 $149,585,000
1980 $154,610,000
1981 $158,795,000
1982 $143,456,000
1983 $143,875,000
1984 $162,223,000
1985 $163,660,000
1986 $158,822,240
1987 $165,281,000
1988 $167,731,000
1989 $169,090,000
1990 $171,255,000
1991 $174,080,737
1992 $175,954,680
1993 $174,459,382
1994 $170,228,000
1995 $162,311,000
1996 $ 99,470,000
1997 $ 99,494,000
1998 $ 98,000,000
1999 $ 97,966,000
2000 $97,627,600
2001 $104,769,000
2002 $115,220,000
* In 1976, the Federal government changed the beginning of the fiscal year from
July 1 to October 1, hence the 1976 Transition (T) Quarter.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Please, everyone - do not miss post #203.

If anyone has any light to shed on some of those numbers and the reasons for their fluctuation, please - I would like to hear it.

[jgrubbs]

I found out the other day that the taxpayer funded Department of Education spends money on doing the closed captioning for shows like "Spongebob Square Pants" that have no educational value at all.

[WOSG]

Oh my how the Republican Congress has changed!! ... They really went after it back in the mid-1990s:


1992 $175,954,680
1993 $174,459,382
1994 $170,228,000
1995 $162,311,000
1996 $ 99,470,000
1997 $ 99,494,000
1998 $ 98,000,000
1999 $ 97,966,000
2000 $97,627,600
2001 $104,769,000
2002 $115,220,000

How about going back to under $100 million???