National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government. It was created by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Pub.L. 89-209). It was created to support research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is housed at 400 7th St SW, Washington, D.C. From 1979 to 2014, NEH was at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. in the Nancy Hanks Center at the Old Post Office.

National Endowment for the Humanities
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Agency overview
Formed	September 29, 1965
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Constitution Center (400 7th St SW, Washington, D.C.), Washington, D.C.
Employees	159 (2010)
Annual budget	$153 million USD (2008)
Agency executive	Shelly Lowe, Chair
Website
www.neh.gov

List of Chairpersons

• Barnaby Keeney, 1963–1965, Chair of National Commission on the Humanities
• Henry Allen Moe, 1965–66, Interim Chair
• Barnaby Keeney, 1966–1970
• Wallace Edgerton, Acting Chair, 1970–71
• Ronald Berman, 1971–1977
• Robert Kingston, Acting Chair, 1977
• Joseph Duffey, 1977–81
• William J. Bennett, 1981–85
• John Agresto, Acting Chair, 1985
• Lynne Cheney, 1986–1993
• Jerry L. Martin, Acting Chair, 1993
• Donald Gibson, Acting Chair, 1993
• Sheldon Hackney, 1993–97
• Bruce A. Lehman, Acting Chair, 1997
• William R. Ferris, 1997–2001
• Bruce Cole, 2001–2009
• Carole M. Watson, Acting Chair, 2009
• Jim Leach, 2009–2013
• Carole M. Watson, Acting Chair, 2013–2014
• William 'Bro' Adams, 2014–2017
• Margaret "Peggy" Plympton, Acting Chair, 2017–2018
• Jon Parrish Peede, 2018–2021
• Adam Wolfson, Acting Chair, 2021–2022
• Shelly Lowe, 2022–Present