09-04-2025 19:55 via ktoo.org

Alaska Humanities Forum sounds alarm over targeting of federal funding by DOGE

Kameron Perez-Verdia is president and CEO of the Alaska Humanities Forum. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
The Alaska Humanities Forum faces a massive cut to its budget after the Trump administration’s slashing of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The more-than-50-year-old organization uses federal money, combined with matching dollars from local grants and donations, to fund programs around the state aimed at bringing communities together.
Kameron Perez-Verdia is president and
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