The Administration released the FY 2011 budget request to Congress which includes the nation's cultural agencies and programs, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS), and the Department of Education's Arts in Education program.  
 
As Americans for the Arts President & CEO Robert Lynch noted in a press statement, "The Administration's FY 2011 budget request of $161.3 million for the National Endowment for the Arts--while just a fraction of the $6.3 billion of direct expenditures for all arts nonprofits in the United States--is unfortunately a $6 million decrease from what Congress appropriated for FY 2010.  Also, the consolidation of the Arts in Education (AIE) program within the Department of Education's new 'Effective Teaching and Learning for Well-Rounded Education' category puts us at unease and could lead to a diminished focus on arts education."

 *Includes $16.3 million in congressional earmarks.
**The Arts in Education program has been consolidated with six non-arts programs. It is unclear in the president's budget proposal at what level grants in arts education will be supported.