DOGE lists $17,850 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 $17,850 in claimed savings. Recipient: Northern Illinois University. Description: Digitizing 4,218 volumes of dime novels and story papers published by Frank Tousey. A partnership among five academic libraries—Northern Illinois University, Villanova University, Stanford University, Bowling Green State University, and Oberlin Colle. Principle treats this as an official DOGE claim until independently verified against USAspending, agency records, court filings, or watchdog findings.