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National Endowment for the Arts Appropriations History


Year

Appropriation1

1966

$ 2,898,308

1967

$ 8,475,692

1968

$ 7,774,291

1969

$ 8,456,875

1970

$ 9,055,000

1971

$ 16,420,000

1972

$ 31,480,000

1973

$ 40,857,000

1974

$ 64,025,000

1975

$ 80,142,000

1976T2

$ 87,455,000

1976

$ 35,301,000

1977

$ 99,872,000

1978

$ 123,850,000

1979

$ 149,585,000

1980

$ 154,610,000

1981

$ 158,795,000

1982

$ 143,456,000

1983

$ 143,875,000

1984

$ 162,223,000

1985

$ 163,660,000

1986

$ 158,822,240

1987

$ 165,281,000

1988

$ 167,731,000

1989

$ 169,090,000

1990

$ 171,255,000

1991

$ 174,080,737

1992

$ 175,954,680

1993

$ 174,459,382

1994

$ 170,228,000

1995

$ 162,311,000

1996

$ 99,470,000

1997

$ 99,494,000

1998

$ 98,000,000

1999

$ 97,966,000

2000

$ 97,627,600

2001

$104,769,000

2002

$115,220,000

2003

$115,731,000

2004

$120,971,000

2005

$121,263,000

2006

$124,406,353

2007

$124,561,844

2008

$144,706,800

2009

$155,000,000

2010

$167,500,000

2011

$154,690,000

2012

$146,020,992

1. Appropriation less enacted rescission/s.
2. In 1976, the Federal government changed the beginning of the fiscal year from July 1 to October 1, hence the 1976 Transition (T) Quarter.