MISSOULA - Humanities Montana, a state-wide non-profit that serves Montana by bringing local history and stories to communities across the state, lost all of their federal funding this spring.

The loss of the federal funding resulted in the non-profit laying off four of its six-person staff, as federal funding accounted for 90% of their budget.

“It's devastating. And in my opinion, unnecessary to have to make those types of cuts. But we're not defeated. You know, we are keeping our doors open. We're moving forward,” said Humanities Montana executive director Jill Baker.

Humanities Montana brought local poets and speakers to libraries, promoted local history across the state, funded the Democracy Project in Montana and served as Montana’s Center for the Book for the Library of Congre

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