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 |
| Asian Community and Cultural Center | Lincoln | $2,000 | Cultural presenters for Camp Culture 2025 |
| Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts | Omaha | $1,500 | Art history lecture for “Synchronicities” exhibition |
| 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 |
| Circle Theatre | Omaha | $1,500 | Japanese cultural events in Scottsbluff and Omaha relating to the play “Momotaro: The Peach Boy of Japan” |
| Inclusive Communities | Omaha | $1,000 | Conversations for Change Speaker Series |
| Johnson County Nebraska Historical Society | Tecumseh | $2,000 | Educational placards |
| Kearney Area Community Foundation | Kearney | $1,800 | Kearney Area Storytelling Festival |
| McCook Arts Council | McCook | $2,000 | Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival |
| Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College | Newton, MA | $2,000 | Discussion guide to accompany the documentary film Abraham’s Bridge |
| Nebraska Poetry Society | Omaha | $1,050 | Spring series of six virtual poetry workshops |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Partners for Livable Omaha | Omaha | $2,000 | Exhibition and lecture on housing solutions |
| Sheldon Art Association | Lincoln | $2,000 | Indigenous cultural performances and storytelling in conjunction with art exhibitions |
| 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 |
| UNL Board of Regents | Lincoln | $1,700 | A keynote speaker at the 2025 Great Plains Conference |
| AND | $1,216 | Lecture on the Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar | |
| UNO Board of Regents | Omaha | $1,867 | Speaker at the 2025 Winchell Lecture |
| Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud | $1,900 | Speaker in the National Willa Cather Author Series |
