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.)
| Organization | City | Amount | Project |
| ACLU of Nebraska | Lincoln | $2,000 | Reframing Justice: Art, Experience, and the Power of Storytelling |
| African Culture Connection | Omaha | $15,000 | 2025-2026 African Kingdom & Authentic Cultural Experiences |
| Arnold Area Historical Society | Arnold | $2,000 | Performances of “Not Too Far Distant” with associated community programming |
| Asian Community and Cultural Center | Lincoln | $2,000 | Cultural presenters for Camp Culture 2025 |
| AND | $5,000 | Untold Migrant Stories program for youth | |
| AND | $500 | Harvest Moon Festival | |
| Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts | Omaha | $1,500 | Art history lecture for “Synchronicities” exhibition |
| AND | $7,600 | Three Facilitated Discussions + Film Premiere: From the Great Lakes to the Great Plains | |
| Bright Lights | Lincoln | $4,500 | Bright Lights- Humanities Teacher Salaries |
| Buffalo County Historical Society | Kearney | $1,998 | “Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy” Humanities Texas Traveling Exhibit |
| Butler County Historical Society | David City | $2,000 | Series of four history programs |
| Cathedral Arts Project | Omaha | $2,000 | Speaker and cultural expert for Mexican and Spanish Colonial Devotional Art exhibition |
| AND | $2,000 | Discussion of music in “Taking Flight: The Eighth Wonder of the World” | |
| Center for Legal Immigration | Lincoln | $425 | “Know Your Rights” program |
| Circle Theatre | Omaha | $1,500 | Japanese cultural events in Scottsbluff and Omaha relating to the play “Momotaro: The Peach Boy of Japan” |
| Completely KIDS | Omaha | $3,168 | Museum Explorers Club |
| Crane River Theater Company | Kearney | $3,315 | Student Matinee Series – “The Outsiders” |
| AND | $2,000 | Page to Stage Library Outreach 2025 | |
| Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Center | Walthill | $2,000 | Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Hospital Dedication |
| AND | $5,000 | Native American Exhibits | |
| The Durham Museum | Omaha | $4,000 | Aksarben Gown Collection Exhibition |
| AND | $10,000 | Negro Motorist Green Book exhibit | |
| Educational Service Unit #11 | Holdrege | $2,000 | Summer Honors Program |
| El Museo Latino | Omaha | $5,950 | Public lecture series |
| Elkhorn Valley Museum | Norfolk | $10,000 | Riverwalk History Panels |
| Empowering Families | Scottsbluff | $1,925 | Native American cultural retreat |
| Great Plains Theatre Commons | Omaha | $6,000 | 2025 New Play Festival |
| The House of Afros, Capes & Curls | Omaha | $9,700 | The Young History Detectives |
| Inclusive Communities | Omaha | $1,000 | Conversations for Change Speaker Series |
| John G. Neihardt Foundation | Bancroft | $2,250 | Neihardt Spring Conference: Twilight of the Sioux, from the Indian Wars to Wounded Knee |
| AND | $1,237 | Speakers at Neihardt Day Celebration | |
| Johnson County Nebraska Historical Society | Tecumseh | $2,000 | Educational placards |
| Joslyn Castle Trust | Omaha | $2,750 | Joslyn Castle & Gardens Historical Digital Tour |
| AND | $1,935 | Architecture on Tap 2025 | |
| AND | $4,913 | Art and Literary Festival 2025: Harlem Renaissance | |
| Kearney Area Community Foundation | Kearney | $1,800 | Kearney Area Storytelling Festival |
| AND | $2,000 | Speaker at Family Fun Fest 2025 | |
| Lincoln Orchestra Association | Lincoln | $3,660 | Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra 2025-2026 Pre-Concert Chats |
| McCook Arts Council | McCook | $2,000 | Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival |
| Meadowlark Hearth Living Environment Foundation | Scottsbluff | $4,052 | 2025 Archaeology Fair at Legacy of the Plains Museum |
| Metropolitan Community College | Omaha | $2,300 | African American Debutante Cotillions: History, Tradition, and Culture |
| Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College | Newton, MA | $2,000 | Discussion guide to accompany the documentary film Abraham’s Bridge |
| Museum of American Speed | Lincoln | $1,900 | Panel discussion on the history of Bicycle Motocross (BMX) in Nebraska |
| National Orphan Train Complex Museum and Research Center | Concordia KS | $4,855 | Orphan Trains to the West presentations in Nebraska |
| Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival | Lincoln | $7,500 | Crossroads 2025: Poetry Workshops and Lecture Demonstration from Dinuk Wijeratne |
| Nebraska Journalism Trust | Omaha | $2,000 | “Nebraska Evolving” panel discussion |
| Nebraska National Guard Museum Society | Seward | $8,900 | “Faces of Rushmore” USA250 Celebration |
| Nebraska Poetry Society | Omaha | $1,050 | Spring series of six virtual poetry workshops |
| AND | $1,200 | Fall 2025 Speaker Series | |
| AND | $1,200 | Monthly virtual poetry readings with discussion | |
| Nebraska StoryArts | Omaha | $2,000 | Moonshell Storytelling Festival 2025 |
| Nebraska Writers Collective | Omaha | $2,000 | Verbal Gumbo spoken word event |
| Norfolk Public Library | Norfolk | $2,000 | School assemblies and in-school and public writing workshops with an author |
| Nebraska Public Media Foundation | Lincoln | $3,200 | American Revolution screening and discussion |
| Nebraska Writers Collective | Omaha | $7,000 | National Youth Poet Laureate Commencement and Community Visits |
| Omaha Performing Arts | Omaha | $1,750 | Virtual cooking-and-cultural-conversation program |
| AND | $2,000 | Culture Talk: Speak My Mind panel discussion on hip hop | |
| AND | $12,400 | O-pa Culture Talks Season | |
| Opera Omaha | Omaha | $2,000 | Poetry & Music Project 2025-2026 |
| Operation Christmas Card Inc | North Platte | $4,000 | 2025 North Platte Pow Wow |
| Partners for Livable Omaha | Omaha | $2,000 | Exhibition and lecture on housing solutions |
| AND | $2,000 | OurStory exhibition at Joslyn Castle | |
| Peru State College Foundation | Peru | $5,515 | Joel Sartore Guest Speaker |
| Sheldon Art Association | Lincoln | $2,000 | Indigenous cultural performances and storytelling in conjunction with art exhibitions |
| Sidney Gold Rush Days Inc | Sidney | $5,500 | 21st annual Sidney Gold Rush Days |
| Social Action Committee of Unitarian Church | Lincoln | $1,900 | Series of four virtual lectures on “Envisioning a Resilient Future” |
| Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center | Denton | $1,700 | Cultural presenters for Return of the Thunderbirds 2025 |
| Stone Soup Productions | Washington, D.C. | $2,000 | The People’s Recorder: A Virtual Discussion about the Federal Writers’ Project in Nebraska |
| Together We Achieve Miracles, Inc | Omaha | $6,500 | Exhibition and public programming |
| UNK Board of Regents | Kearney | $5,000 | Loper Launch Enrichment Camp |
| UNL Board of Regents | Lincoln | $1,700 | A keynote speaker at the 2025 Great Plains Conference |
| AND | $1,950 | Legacy of Leadership: Faces of Nebraska Women in Agriculture Innovation Campus Display | |
| AND | $6,600 | Nebraska Stories Enhancements and Educational Expansions | |
| AND | $1,216 | Lecture on the Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar | |
| AND | $8,500 | UN-State Museum – Morrill Hall Bison exhibit | |
| AND | $6,905 | Center for Great Plains Studies Great Plains Futures Conference | |
| UNO Board of Regents | Omaha | $1,867 | Speaker at the 2025 Winchell Lecture |
| AND | $5,400 | Enchanted Cathedrals lecture series | |
| Vision Maker Media | Lincoln | $13,800 | Vision Maker Film Festival |
| Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud | $1,900 | Speaker in the National Willa Cather Author Series |
| AND | $8,770 | 70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference | |
