Executive order "reductions" made by the Trump administration to the Institute of Museum and Library Services have resulted in ArtsWestchester losing an estimated $60,000 in grant funding for its Westchester Heritage Ambassador Program.

The program is described as, "a paid professional development program that provides research and arts media training, as well as programmatic support to nine ambassadors," according to representatives with ArtsWestchester.

ArtsWestchester had received a two-year grant worth $195,000 in 2023 by the previous administration for the program.

The grant was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is currently one of the seven independent federal agencies slated to be quote 'reduced' in a March 14 executive order by President Donald Trump.

On April 8, officials with ArtsWestchester received a letter from Acting Director Keith Sonderling, of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, that the program's grant had been terminated.

Now, the program which currently has nine trainees, is stopped until further notice.

"Arts Westchester's project is just one of over 1,000 that have been cut between these termination letters from the National Endowment for the humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. These are educational programs and community resource programs. There will be measurable impacts within the communities now that this funding has been reduced," said CEO of ArtsWestchester, Kathleen Reckling.

Reckling says ArtsWestchester is actively seeking alternative funding sources to finish this year's program.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services email was contacted for a statement, and was returned as "undeliverable."