Recent Grant Awards
Humanities Nebraska offers grants to nonprofit organizations in support of projects related to the humanities including history, literature, languages, jurisprudence, philosophy, comparative religion, ethics, and the history, theory and criticism of the arts. Applicants must have non-profit status according to the State of Nebraska and the IRS, and must provide proof of 501(c)(3) or other 501(c) status. (State, county, or local government entities, including schools, are exempt from this requirement.)
| Grant Recipient | City | Amount | Description |
| African Culture Connection | Omaha | $5,715 | Summer cultural enrichment programming for students |
| AND | $10,000 | School-year cultural enrichment programming for students | |
| Angels Theatre Company | Lincoln | $1,800 | 2023-24 Salon Reading Series “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” |
| Asian Community and Cultural Center | Lincoln | $2,000 | Asian American and Pacific Islander Celebration |
| AND | $5,000 | “Untold Migrant Stories” multimedia storytelling program for refugee and immigrant middle and high school students | |
| AND | $1,558 | youth multicultural summer camp | |
| AND | $1,690 | “Stories of Us” classes and showcase | |
| Black Votes Matter Institute of Community Engagement | Omaha | $2,000 | Screenings and community discussions of a film about redlining |
| Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival | McCook | $2,000 | Speakers at Buffalo Commons Music & Storytelling Festival |
| Buffalo County Historical Society | Kearney | $7,000 | “Pawnee at Fort Kearny” event |
| Benson Theatre | Omaha | $700 | Workshops on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access |
| AND | $728 | Panelists for workshops on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access | |
| Center for Independent Documentary, for She Wrestles | Eustis | $8,700 | Post-production costs for a documentary film about girls’ high school wrestling |
| Circle Theatre | Omaha | $1,000 | Presentation on “The Tales of Chelm” |
| Crane River Theater Company | Kearney | $2,000 | “Letters from Home” performance and talkback with veterans |
| AND | $3,000 | “Pretty Fire” performance and talkback with high school students | |
| AND | $2,000 | Page to Stage library outreach | |
| The Durham Museum | Omaha | $10,000 | Museum Live! online educational programming |
| El Museo Latino | Omaha | $6,000 | Artist lecture series |
| Elkhorn Valley Museum | Norfolk | $1,997 | Programs on the history of agricultural photography and photo processes, and life lessons from 4-H |
| Flatwater Shakespeare Company | Lincoln | $1,250 | “Little But Fierce” youth education program |
| Foundation for Montana History, with American Doorstop Project | Scottsbluff | $7,200 | Speaker tour for 150th Anniversary of the Kentucky Derby: Nebraska’s National Legacy to Legendary Horses and Horsemen |
| Friends of the Homestead | Beatrice | $750 | Educational programming at Homestead National Historical Park’s Homestead Days |
| Great Plains Theatre Commons | Omaha | $5,000 | Workshop leaders at the GPTC New Play Conference |
| Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre | Wymore | $3,275 | Speakers at the North American Festival of Wales in Lincoln |
| Hall County Historical Society | Grand Island | $9,000 | “A Life Well Lived: David Kaufmann” documentary film |
| History Nebraska | Lincoln | $8,000 | “Righting A Wrong” Smithsonian exhibit |
| John G. Neihardt Foundation | Bancroft | $2,000 | Speakers at annual John G. Neihardt Spring Conference |
| Joslyn Castle Trust | Omaha | $1,633 | “Architecture on Tap” presentations and discussions on historic Omaha metro neighborhoods |
| AND | $4,000 | “The Lost Generation” Art and Literary Festival | |
| Kearney Area Community Foundation | Kearney | $2,000 | Series of poetry readings and workshops |
| AND | $1,600 | Native American presenter at Family Fun Fest | |
| Larksong Writers Place | Lincoln | $1,263 | Larksong Writers Place Third Thursday: Voices at Larksong Reading Series |
| AND | $895 | Larksong Writers Place First Friday Online Reading Series | |
| Legacy of the Plains Museum | Gering | $1,308 | Circle the Bluffs Powwow |
| Lincoln Community Foundation, for Intertribal Medicine Collective | Lincoln | $1,994 | A series of talks and workshops on Indigenous medicine traditions on the plains |
| Lincoln Orchestra Association | Lincoln | $4,550 | Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra 2023-2024 recorded Pre-Concert Chats |
| Mari Sandoz Heritage Society | Lincoln | $2,000 | Mari Sandoz’s Homeland Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: A High Plains Symposium |
| Malone Community Center | Lincoln | $1,000 | Educational programming and roundtable discussions relating to Juneteenth celebration |
| McCook Community Kitchen | McCook | $1,900 | Dia Des Los Muertos community celebration |
| Merryman Performing Arts Center | Kearney | $2,000 | “Henrietta Solway” performance and discussion |
| AND | $1,901 | Hip-hop performance and discussion of Muslim culture | |
| Metropolitan Community College | Omaha | $900 | Hispanic / Latino Heritage Month speaker |
| AND | $2,000 | Hispanic Flamenco Ballet performances and discussions | |
| Movement in Omaha for Racial Equity | Omaha | $9,000 | Community conversations linking Omaha and southern Africa |
| National Orphan Train Complex Museum and Research Center | Concordia, KS | $4,813 | Orphan train presentations at Nebraska public libraries |
| Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival | Lincoln | $5,000 | Artist conversations and “The Seat Beside You” video exhibition |
| Nebraska National Guard Museum Society | Seward | $1,800 | Fort Donelson Exhibit |
| Nebraska Oregon California Trails Association | Gering | $5,000 | Speakers and a film screening at the Oregon California Trails Convention |
| Nebraska Poetry Society | Omaha | $800 | Spring virtual poetry education events |
| AND | $718 | Nebraska poets reading series | |
| AND | $1,400 | Fall virtual poetry education events | |
| Nebraska Public Media | Lincoln | $10,000 | “Nebraska Icons” television segments |
| Nebraska Public Media Foundation, with Painted Rock Productions | Lincoln | $5,000 | Production costs for a documentary film about war correspondents in WWII |
| Nebraska Storytelling Festival | Lincoln | $1,800 | 2023 Nebraska Storytelling Festival |
| Nebraska StoryArts | Omaha | $2,000 | Moonshell Storytelling Festival at Mahoney State Park |
| Nebraska Writers Collective | Omaha | $7,250 | Visiting writers series of readings and workshops |
| Omaha Performing Arts | Omaha | $5,625 | Discussions in the 2023/24 Voices Amplified season |
| Opera Omaha | Omaha | $1,800 | Poetry & Music Project 2023-2024 |
| Operation Christmas Card | North Platte | $5,000 | North Platte Pow Wow |
| Partners for Livable Omaha | Omaha | $2,000 | Lecture and demonstration on the genre of noise music |
| AND | $1,000 | Exhibit, public performance and discussion of products of creative retreat at Pahaku (Pawnee holy land) | |
| Peru State College | Peru | $2,000 | African culture discussion at dedication of Natalie Hahn African Art Collection |
| PFLAG Hastings | Hastings | $1,500 | Planning Proud Voices on the Plains cultural festival |
| Sidney Gold Rush Days | Sidney | $3,150 | Presenters at Gold Rush Days |
| Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center | Denton | $2,000 | “Return of the Thunderbirds” celebration of spring, bird migration and Native American culture |
| Stand In For Nebraska | Lincoln | $6,625 | Roots to Rise history and culture summer camp for BIPOC youth |
| TADA Productions | Lincoln | $1,000 | Masterclass on history and cultural significance of the guitar |
| Together We Achieve Miracles | Omaha | $1,000 | Community-based broadcast programming |
| AND | $8,000 | Community-based broadcast programming | |
| Tri-Faith Initiative | Omaha | $5,000 | Race, Religion, and Social Justice Conference |
| University of Nebraska-Kearney Board of Regents | Kearney | $5,000 | Loper Launch humanities-based summer camp activities for youth |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Board of Regents | Lincoln | $800 | Poetry of Place 2023 |
| AND | $5,000 | Panel discussion at Great Plains Art Museum in conjunction with Threads & Trails: Contemplations of Our Herstories exhibition | |
| AND | $1,000 | OLLI Fall Symposium-Misinformation & Conspiracy Theories | |
| AND | $7,000 | “The Land Returns” documentary film | |
| AND | $2,000 | Connecting teachers to the Nebraska Stories of Humanity web resource | |
| AND | $1,800 | Lecture at the International Quilt Museum: “A New Deal for Quilts” | |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha Board of Regents | Omaha | $2,000 | ‘Making “Barlaam & Josaphat”‘ talk |
| AND | $2,000 | Student visit to “Nobody’s Listening” exhibit | |
| AND | $2,000 | 2023 Winchell Lecture guest speaker | |
| AND | $5,380 | Author talks and workshops | |
| AND | $1,128 | European Studies Conference keynote speaker | |
| AND | $1,700 | Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center – The Stories We Share poetry and writing workshops | |
| Village of Bushnell | Bushnell | $2,000 | Educational speakers at Bushnell Day event |
| Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud | $2,000 | National Willa Cather Center Author Series |
| AND | $9,933 | 2023 Spring Conference programming | |