The National Endowment for the Arts abruptly withdrew grants for cultural institutions nationwide on Friday evening, including funding for at least six North Texas groups.

The NEA is the federal agency that funds the arts and art education across the country. It provides grants to nonprofit organizations, public agencies, colleges and universities, and individual writers for projects. It also has research grants and funds fellowships for translation and creative writing in prose and poetry.

Dozens of Philadelphia-area organizations had been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2025, only to have them terminated.