Barbara Twist, Executive Director of the Film Festival Alliance, has urged member organizations and NEA grantees to close their open grant accounts early due to concerns over potential federal funding freezes by the Trump Administration. Following a decision by the NEA to close its own grant account and citing a new vetting process by the National Science Foundation that has already blocked access to awarded funds, Twist advised organizations to adjust their grant activities as needed. This initiative is part of a broader response to recent executive orders from President Trump targeting various funding streams viewed as aligning with 'woke' initiatives.
I encourage all of our member organizations and others with open NEA grants to close them out early if you have incurred reimbursable expenses.
During its review of grants awarded, the NSF blocked grantees from accessing funds due to the new vetting process.
Twist pointed to a recent article published by Science.org that detailed the Trump Administration's new vetting process.
This comes following a slate of executive orders handed down by President Trump upon his inauguration freezing federal funding for what he believes to be 'woke gender ideology'.
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