Barbara Poma told reporters that the onePULSE Foundation will oversee the effort, which includes a museum and scholarships honoring the victims who died in the mass shooting.
The new federal budget deal would save — and even increase — funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, according to AP.
Actors Samira Miley, Laura Linney, Sarah Paulson, and Portia de Rossi (Ellen's spouse) were all asked this week about the cultural importance of Ellen's coming out twenty years ago.