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 American Midwest / Milwaukee Film | Bethesda MD | $13,359 | Production of documentary short on the history of racial terror lynchings in the Midwest |
| African Culture Connection | Omaha | $15,000 | African Culture & History Experience for Youth and Community |
| Angels Theatre Company | Lincoln | $1,825 | Salon Reading Series 2024-25 |
| Asian Community and Cultural Center | Lincoln | $1,630 | youth multicultural summer camp |
| AND | $6,662 | Untold Migrant Stories | |
| AND | $5,460 | Storytelling workshops for immigrants and refugees | |
| Battle Creek Heritage Park Committee/Parks of Pride | Madison | $4,120 | History Walk |
| Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts | Omaha | $3,932 | Facilitated discussion and poetry workshop for “Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers” exhibit |
| Blixt Locally Grown | Lincoln | $1,550 | Conversations and educational outreach following performances of “Not Too Far Distant” |
| Bluebarn Theatre | Omaha | $2,000 | Dracula: Journal of Jonathan Harker – Dacre Stoker Residency |
| Bright Lights | Lincoln | $5,000 | Humanities summer camps for youth |
| Center for Independent Documentary, Inc for SHE WRESTLES Film LLC | Newton, MA | $12,000 | She Wrestles film |
| Circle Theatre | Omaha | $1,000 | Yiddish Theatre festival |
| Civic Nebraska | Lincoln | $2,000 | Planning for Kid Governor program |
| College of Saint Mary | Omaha | $2,000 | “Letters from Anne and Martin” production and discussion |
| Completely KIDS | Omaha | $3,168 | Museum Explorers Club |
| Crane River Theater Company | Kearney | $2,000 | Page to Stage Library Outreach: Beauty and the Beast |
| AND | $1,000 | Student matinee performances of “To Kill A Mockingbird” | |
| Custer County Historical Society | Broken Bow | $925 | Update of Solomon D. Butcher exhibit |
| Digg Site Productions | Fremont | $1,270 | Youth summer film camp |
| The Durham Museum | Omaha | $10,500 | Exhibition: “Beyond Combat: WWI Through the Lens of Doc Cook” |
| El Museo Latino | Omaha | $3,767 | A series of gallery talks in conjunction with art exhibits |
| Flatwater Shakespeare Company | Lincoln | $1,500 | Little But Fierce youth summer theater camps |
| Friends of Lied | Lincoln | $2,000 | A House Divided: Lecture & Conversation |
| Friends of the Homestead | Beatrice | $1,375 | 2024 Tallgrass Prairie Fiddle Festival |
| Gage County Historical Society | Beatrice | $1,757 | “Big Blue Reservation: Struggles and Hopes of the Otoe/Missouria Tribe” exhibition |
| Geneva Public Library | Geneva | $1,211 | Orphan Trains of Nebraska |
| Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation | Genoa | $2,000 | Genoa Indian School Foundation Recognition and Remembrance Day |
| Gering Public Library Foundation | Gering | $2,000 | Two talks by Amberly Snyder |
| Great Plains Black History Museum | Omaha | $2,000 | 61st Anniversary March On Washington Exhibition and I Have a Dream Event |
| Great Plains Theatre Commons | Omaha | $8,000 | 2024 New Play Conference |
| Harold Warp Pioneer Village Foundation | Minden | $2,500 | Virtual reality studio for immersive history education |
| History Nebraska | Lincoln | $2,000 | Buffalo Soldiers reenactment at Fort Robinson |
| The House of Afros, Capes & Curls | Omaha | $9,500 | Young History Detective Youth Program |
| John G. Neihardt Foundation | Bancroft | $2,000 | Interpretive Signage for Hugh Glass Monument |
| Johnson County Nebraska Historical Society | Tecumseh | $1,913 | Monday Night at the Museum |
| Joslyn Castle & Gardens | Omaha | $750 | Architecture on Tap lecture series |
| AND | $3,143 | Art & Literary Festival: Willa Cather and One of Ours | |
| Kearney Area Community Foundation | Kearney | $2,000 | Kearney Area Storytelling Festival |
| AND | $857 | Platte River Singers, The Journey West | |
| Kiewit Luminarium | Omaha | $4,000 | Holland Talk Lecture Series with Robin Wall Kimmerer |
| Larksong Writers Place | Lincoln | $895 | First Friday Book Talk & Reading Series |
| and | $1,170 | Third Thursdays: Voices at Larksong | |
| and | $500 | First Friday Reading & Book Talk Series | |
| Lincoln City Libraries | $1,200 | One Book One Lincoln Author Visit | |
| Lincoln Community Foundation, for Intertribal Medicine Collective | Lincoln | $1,588 | Indigenous Medicine Traditions on the Plains Educational Series |
| and | $1,800 | Indigenous Medicine Traditions on the Plains Educational Series | |
| Lincoln Orchestra Association | $4,000 | Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra 2024-2025 Pre-Concert Chats & Special Podcast | |
| Meadowlark Hearth Living Environment Foundation | Scottsbluff | $2,000 | Ancestral skills workshops and demonstrations |
| Metropolitan Community College | Omaha | $2,000 | ORDER – A Study of Narrative Shaping & Photo-editing With Louie Palu |
| Museum of American Speed | Lincoln | $1,738 | Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame display |
| Malaika Foundation | Lincoln | $1,953 | Filming Indigenous language instructors |
| National Orphan Train Complex Museum and Research Center | Concordia KS | $4,880 | “When Orphan Trains Went West” presentations in four Nebraska libraries |
| Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival | Lincoln | $5,750 | Three events at the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival exploring the connections between the humanities and expression through music |
| Nebraska Poetry Society | Omaha | $1,000 | Virtual poetry education events |
| AND | $2,000 | Nebraska Poets Reading Series 2024 | |
| AND | $800 | Virtual poetry education events | |
| AND | $1,200 | 2025 Nebraska Poetry Reading Series | |
| Nebraska Public Media Foundation | Lincoln | $10,000 | Nebraska Stories: Japanese Hall |
| Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation | Lincoln | $2,000 | Pershing Mural Academic Curriculum |
| Nebraska StoryArts | Omaha | $2,000 | Moonshell Storytelling Festival |
| Nebraska Writers Collective | Omaha | $10,000 | 2024/25 Visiting Writers Series |
| Omaha Conservatory of Music | Omaha | $1,000 | Music & Wellness Winter Festival |
| Omaha Performing Arts | Omaha | $2,000 | Voices Amplified – Voices with Disabilities |
| Opera Omaha | Omaha | $2,000 | Poetry & Music Project 2024-2025 |
| Operation Christmas Card | North Platte | $2,000 | North Platte Pow Wow |
| Partners for Livable Omaha | Omaha | $2,000 | Public sound installation art lecture and event |
| Pawnee County Promotional Network | Pawnee City | $1,700 | Harold Lloyd Museum Exhibit Update |
| Phelps County Historical Society | Holdrege | $2,000 | Sod house exhibit |
| Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival | Seward | $5,000 | Fall 2024 festival authors and illustrators |
| Prairie Arts Center | North Platte | $2,800 | Fire on the Prairie blacksmithing event |
| Richardson County Historical Society | Falls City | $1,069 | Impact of Victorian Clothing on Society |
| Sidney Gold Rush Days | Sidney | $2,000 | History speakers at Gold Rush Days festival |
| Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Church | Lincoln | $2,000 | Virtual winter lecture series |
| Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center | Denton | $2,000 | Return of the Thunderbirds event |
| AND | $1,000 | Climate & Culture Conversations: WORDS & BIRDS | |
| Stand In For Nebraska | Lincoln | $4,538 | Roots to Rise youth summer enrichment camp |
| Together We Achieve Miracles | Omaha | $1,000 | Exhibit planning |
| Tri-Faith Initiative | Omaha NE 68144 | $5,500 | Race, Religion & Social Justice Conference |
| Truth First Film Alliance, Inc. | Moline IL | $2,000 | “Lost Nation: The Ioway-1” Historical Documentary Film Update |
| UNK Board of Regents | Kearney | $3,500 | Loper Launch Humanities Enrichment Camps |
| AND | $2,000 | The Somali Experience in Central Nebraska – A Traveling Exhibit | |
| AND | $3,790 | The SALT Quintet presents “A Mosaic of Mothers” | |
| UNL Board of Regents | Lincoln | $4,005 | Traveling photo gallery with stories of Nebraska women in agriculture |
| UNMC Board of Regents | Omaha | $2,000 | Living Library: Stories of Women’s Health |
| UNO Board of Regents | Omaha | $830 | Nebraska Regional Ethics Bowl |
| AND | $1,720 | ArteLatinX 2024 | |
| AND | $10,000 | Pride and Joy: Nebraska LGBTQIA2S+ History | |
| AND | $2,000 | The Moor: The Untold Story of The First Black Head of State of Renaissance Europe | |
| Washington County Historical Association | Fort Calhoun | $1,468 | Interpretive Sign for One-Room Schoolhouse |
| Wayne County Historical Society | Wayne | $1,000 | Materials for a series of exhibits |
| West Nebraska Arts Center | Scottsbluff | $1,406 | Lakota Culture Through Artists Eyes |
| Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud | $1,900 | National Willa Cather Center Author Series |
| AND | $7,810 | 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference | |
| Table Rock Historical Society | Table Rock | $2,000 | Old-Fashioned Store Window Display Exhibit |
