Trump wants to cut funding for public broadcasting and the arts, which would save a little but cost a lot for red states

Facing a sudden loss of $285,000 in federal funding, a Westchester nonprofit is turning to the community to help fill the gap and keep its programs, including a major climate-themed art exhibition, on track.

The millions of dollars channeled through state arts and humanities councils in turn support local projects. Funding for a theater production helps generate jobs for the cast and crew, brings in business for neighboring restaurants and bars and parking garages and spending money for the babysitter hired by parents having a night out.

Here are the arts organizations that have lost NEA funding or been notified of changes, following Trump's latest salvo against the agency.

Though she never envisioned herself as a journalist, Dettling has found something meaningful in writing and publishing her work, and in building a portfolio that reflects the full range of her artistic interests. It’s also opened unexpected doors as she looks toward her future.

Arts organizations across the country saw their grants pulled with little explanation, while a proposed federal budget sought to eliminate the arts funding agency altogether.

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.

Hawaiʻi arts organizations are already feeling the effects of President Donald Trump's proposed elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

The National Endowment for the Arts saw an exodus as the Trump administration has redirected much of its grant funds while seeking to shut it down.

The official premiere for “Movin’ Out,” billed as a “boldly reimagined Broadway hit,” is Nov. 21. The period from Nov. 13-20 is for previews, which are normally just a couple of days in Sarasota. As theater mavens know, previews are the time when the creatives tinker with and refine a production, based on feedback from audiences and critics.