"Mike - Call me when you get the chance. We need a game plan for effectuating [reductions in force], final grant terminations and contract cancellations by tomorrow AM. We will carry these plans out before the end of the week. We're getting pressure from the top on this and we'd prefer that you remain on our side but let us know if you're no longer interested."
"In the coming days, NEH, which primarily funds research and preservation projects at universities and museums, would issue termination letters for about 1,400 grants and send layoff notices to 116 of its employees-two-thirds of its workforce."
"Fox said that a grant for a documentary about the Colfax Massacre, believed to be the deadliest incident of racial violence during Reconstruction, represented DEI because it 'focused on a singular race,' meaning that 'it's not for the benefit of humankind.'"
In March 2025, Department of Government Efficiency associates Justin Fox and Nathan Cavanaugh were sent to the National Endowment for the Humanities to implement budget cuts following the firing of the agency's former head. Within days, NEH issued termination letters for roughly 1,400 grants and laid off 116 employees, representing two-thirds of its staff. A coalition of humanities organizations subsequently sued NEH over these grant cuts. Deposition clips from the lawsuit revealed that Fox and Cavanaugh demonstrated apparent disdain for NEH's work and struggled to define diversity, equity, and inclusion criteria used to justify cancellations. Fox controversially characterized a documentary about the Colfax Massacre as DEI because it focused on a specific racial group.
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