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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kearney Area Community Foundation | Kearney | $2,000 | Series of poetry readings and workshops |
| Merryman Performing Arts Center | Kearney | $2,000 | “Henrietta Solway” performance and discussion |
| AND | $1,901 | Hip-hop performance and discussion of Muslim culture | |
| 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 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 Foundation, with Painted Rock Productions | Lincoln | $5,000 | Production costs for a documentary film about war correspondents in WWII |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud | $2,000 | National Willa Cather Center Author Series |
| AND | $9,933 | 2023 Spring Conference programming | |