The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities is an agency of the United States federal government that was established in 1965.
Its purpose is to "develop and promote a broadly conceived national policy of support for the humanities and the arts in the United States, and for institutions which preserve the cultural heritage of the United States.
"[1] It is composed of four sub-agencies: The Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities has 19 members:[2]