DOGE lists $147,371 in claimed savings from National Endowment for the Humanities grant cut

DOGE listed this National Endowment for the Humanities grant record as cut on 2025-04-04, with $147,371 in claimed savings. Recipient: University of Illinois. Description: The collection of twenty oral histories with African American elders and first responders, and the facilitation of three community archive creation events, to document participants’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The oral histories and digitized obj. Principle treats this as an official DOGE claim until independently verified against USAspending, agency records, court filings, or watchdog findings.