| African Culture Connection | Omaha | $6,500 | Help fund the continuation and expansion of the school residency program (2016-17) |
| Alliance Public Library | Alliance | $1,987 | “Orphan Trains to Nebraska” presentation at the Alliance and Chadron Libraries |
| Asian Community and Cultural Center | Lincoln | $1,600 | Help fund English language learning, literacy and citizenship classes |
| Board of Regents, UNK | Kearney | $500 | Screening of three international films at the World Theater |
| and | $7,500 | Help fund collection of “Stories from the Nebraska Cowboy Trail” | |
| Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Lincoln | $1,178 | Support Poetry of Place Celebration at the State Capitol |
| and | $1,850 | Help fund participation by Adriana Ramirez in their 2016 summer camp for young writers | |
| and | $2,500 | “Artists in Residence (AIR): A Celebration of Culture in Four Part Harmony” | |
| and | $1,500 | “Mapping Nebraska” symposium | |
| Board of Regents, University of Nebraska at Omaha | Omaha | $2,000 | Help fund Guatemalan film-maker Jayro Bustamante for audience discussion following showing of his documentary at Film Streams |
| and | $5,775 | Help fund scholars and audio expenses for “The Vietnam War: Lessons and Legacies” conference | |
| Bright Lights, Inc. | Lincoln | $1,600 | Sponsor sixteen low-income students to attend week-long, humanities-based summer enrichment classes |
| Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival | McCook | $3,500 | Buffalo Commons Storytelling Annual festival “20 Years and Still Telling Stories” |
| Center for Rural Affairs | Lyons | $2,000 | Panel discussion to raise awareness about the critical issue of farmland transfer |
| Chadron Public Library Foundation, Inc. | Chadron | $1,895 | Help fund Producer Christine Lesiak and Dr. Lucy Reifel visit to preview and discuss “Medicine Woman” at the Trading Stories Native American Film Festival |
| Crane River Theater Company | Kearney | $1,725 | “Crane River Theater Page to Stage” at libraries in Arnold, Broken Bow, Cozad, Gothenburg, Grand Island, Holdrege, Kearney, Lexington, Minden and Ravenna |
| Creighton University | Omaha | $4,000 | Geraldine Brooks’ keynote address at the 26th Annual Women and Health Lecture |
| Custer County Historical Society Museum | Broken Bow | $375 | Museum exhibition of Solomon Butcher’s pioneer photographs |
| Darger HQ | Omaha | $2,000 | Facilitate collaboration by pairing 10 Nebraska artists with national or international artists to create joint exhibitions and give a public talk about their work |
| Douglas County Historical Society | Omaha | $1,325 | Fund a presentation by Gerald Charles Dickens as part of the “A Tale of Two Dickens” festival |
| and | $1,016 | Portrayal of the 1879 trial of Ponca Chief Standing Bear and the Indian Congress | |
| The Durham Museum | Omaha | $4,000 | “Home Brew: A Spirited History of Omaha Before and After Prohibition” exhibit |
| El Museo Latino | Omaha | $1,700 | Day of the Dead “Ofrenda de Carapan” celebration |
| and | $4,425 | “Nebraska, A Land of Immigrants— A Lecture Series | |
| and | $4,500 | Develop and present 10 weeks of art and art history programs at St. Peter and Paul Elementary and South High School | |
| Elkhorn Valley Museum | Norfolk | $675 | “Tales from the Park,” a temporary exhibit showcasing the history of Verges Park |
| and | $4,000 | “Celebrating Our Past” exhibit about the history of Norfolk for Elkhorn Valley Museum’s 150th Anniversary | |
| Flatwater Shakespeare Company | Lincoln | $1,500 | Help fund summer classes for youth productions of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” |
| Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools | Lincoln | $675 | Fund components of a storytelling project that shares Lincoln’s identity as a resettlement community and the strengths that come with diversity |
| Friends of Ash Hollow | Big Springs | $275 | Dr. Jim Hansen’s lecture, “American Indian Culture of Ash Hollow” |
| Friends of the Homestead | Beatrice | $3,000 | Bilingual storytelling event and a fiddling competition |
| Friends of the Midwest Theater | Scottsbluff | $1,800 | IndieLens Pop Up 2016-2017 season of film screenings and discussion |
| and | $5,430 | “Ranky Tanky” educational workshops and student matinee | |
| Friends of the Nebraska Sesquicentennial | Lincoln | $4,500 | Artist talks about “Painting the Legacy of Nebraska,” a component of the sesquicentennial celebration featuring paintings inspired from all 93 counties in Nebrasksa |
| Friends of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum | Council Bluffs, IA | $2,000 | Help fund an exhibit for the National Park Service’s 100th Anniversary and lecture |
| Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation | Genoa | $2,000 | Dan Lybarger (Ojibwe, Cherokee and German) will present on the richness of Native American culture and spirituality through Native American storytelling and flute music |
| Great American Comedy Festival | Norfolk | $2,000 | Panel discussion on the societal impact of NBC’s “The Tonight Show” through the eras of different hosts |
| Great Plains Art Museum | Lincoln | $2,000 | “Contemporary Indigeneity 2016: Spiritual Borderlands” exhibit |
| Great Plains Welsh Heritage Center | Wymore | $3,500 | Video and exhibit project highlighting the history and culture of Welsh settlers in Nebraska and the Great Plains |
| Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History | Hastings | $2,000 | Red Road photography project during the Native American Festival |
| Hear Nebraska | Omaha | $7,500 | Collect and publish local music histories from 12 communities in conjunction with its “Good Living Tour” concert series |
| Hildegard Center for the Arts | Lincoln | $2,000 | Create a sesquicentennial traveling exhibit of photographs and text from each Nebraska county |
| Inclusive Communities | Omaha | $4,500 | “IncluCity,” a human relations and leadership program for a diverse group of high school students |
| Indian Center, Inc. | Scottsbluff | $1,000 | Help fund scholar at the Circle the Bluffs Powwow at Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering |
| Institute for Holocaust Education | Omaha | $5,000 | Present a play based on a personal Holocaust survival story to 12 middle and high schools |
| International Quilt Study Center and Museum | Lincoln | $3,000 | Sponsor public talk and website supporting the “World Quilts: The Amish Story” exhibit |
| Joslyn Art Museum | Omaha | $10,000 | Interpretive technology for European galleries |
| Joslyn Castle | Omaha | $810 | “A Joslyn Castle Festival in Celebration of Nebraska Art and Literature” |
| KANEKO | Omaha | $7,500 | feedback 2016-2017, featuring readings and writing workshops led by published authors |
| Kearney Public Library Foundation | Kearney | $2,000 | Writing workshop with Gail Tsukiyama and public “One Author “presentation by Gregory Maguire |
| The Language Conservancy (Bloomington, IN) | Macy | $5,500 | 1,000 copies of the Omaha Level 1 language textbook for distribution to the Omaha Nation Public School in Macy and Walthill Public Schools |
| Lexington Public Library | Lexington | $1,991 | Fund presentation, “Orphan Trains to Nebraska,” at the Lexington and Kearney libraries |
| Lincoln Orchestra Association | Lincoln | $2,000 | Pre-concert chat with Anton Miller |
| and | $1,750 | Two pre-concert chats with composer Jake Runestad | |
| Lincoln Public Schools | Lincoln | $1,000 | Fund the development of a writing center at Lincoln North Star High School |
| Malone Community Center | Lincoln | $2,700 | Symposium titled, “Art, Culture, and History-African American Film” |
| Mari Sandoz Heritage Society | Chadron | $1,000 | 2016 Mari Sandoz annual conference, titled “Sandoz & Custer” |
| Meadowlark Music Festival | Lincoln | $1,150 | “French Arts & Culture: A Lecture by Marina Pacowski” |
| Metropolitan Community College Foundation | Omaha | $1,500 | Keynote speaker and five breakout session leaders for a creative writing forum |
| and | $10,000 | Fund the participation of featured playwrights in the 2016 Great Plains Theatre Conference | |
| Mitchell Public Library | Mitchell | $5,000 | Bring “A World of Music with Todd Green” to seven communities across the state |
| Museum of Nebraska Art | Kearney | $855 | Sponsor “Mujeres at MONA,” the first exhibition which focuses on five contemporary female Latino artists with Nebraska connections |
| Nebraska Association of Professional Archaeologists | Lincoln | $1,845 | Fund statewide events during Nebraska Archaeology Month |
| Nebraska Conservation Education Fund | Lincoln | $7,000 | Enlist, train and support ten facilitators to host “Common Ground,” humanities-based climate change conversations held in ten communities |
| Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering | Valentine | $2,000 | Performances by poets and storytellers at the Old West Days and Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Commission | Lincoln | $2,000 | Nationally acclaimed Teddy Roosevelt portrayer at the Fort Kearney Outdoor Expo |
| Nebraska Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | Omaha | $1,610 | Help fund the “El Grito de Independencia Festival” in South Omaha |
| Nebraska Literary Heritage Association | Lincoln | $1,957 | Promote 150 notable Nebraska books during the Nebraska Sesquicentennial |
| and | $3,880 | Fund website to promote 150 notable Nebraska books during the Nebraska Sesquicentennial | |
| Nebraska Shakespeare Festival | Omaha | $6,500 | Help fund 2016 pre-show scholar forums for the 30th annual Shakespeare on the Green in Omaha and 11th annual fall tour |
| Nebraska StoryArts | Omaha | $1,700 | Fund three professional storytellers to present at the 15th annual Moonshell Storytelling Festival |
| Nebraska Writers Collective | Omaha | $10,000 | Louder Than a Bomb: Great Plains youth poetry festival |
| Nebraska Writers Guild | North Platte | $831 | Help fund Taylor Stevens’ presentations at the 2016 fall conference |
| and | $485 | Help fund Laura Madeline Wiseman’s facilitation of a three-day poetry retreat in Red Cloud | |
| NET Foundation for Television | Lincoln | $10,000 | “Nebraska 150 History Moments” to be broadcast during Nebraska’s sesquicentennial year |
| and | $1,500 | Plan for humanities educational curricula to complement the Platte Basin Timelapse project | |
| NET Foundation for Television in partnership with Painted Rock Productions LLC | Lincoln | $10,000 | Documentary, “Black Jack: John Pershing Revealed” |
| Niagara Foundation-Nebraska | Omaha | $2,000 | Help fund Rabbi A. Brian Stoller’s keynote address at the Abrahamic Dinner event |
| Omaha Westerners International – Omaha Corral | Omaha | $929 | Help fund Paul Magrid’s presentation about General George Crook |
| and | $600 | Help fund a presentation by Paul Hutton on the Apache Wars | |
| Peru State College | Peru | $1,200 | Fund two workshops and a performance of “Ain’t I a Woman!” |
| Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival | Seward | $10,000 | Fund 12 children’s book author and illustrator talks at Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival |
| Sarpy County Museum | Bellevue | $1,700 | Fund construction of exhibit and print a walking tour brochure to complement “The Way We Worked,” a Museum on Main Street exhibition from the Smithsonian |
| Sioux County Schools | Harrison | $830 | Help fund “Celebrate Geography Day” |
| St. David’s Welsh Society of Nebraska | Omaha | $1,000 | Welsh Song Fest Tour (2017) |
| St. Gregory the Great Seminary | Seward | $5,300 | Support a fall 2016 public lecture series on humanities topics held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| Tabitha, Inc. | Lincoln | $1,667 | Help fund Dr. Bill Thomas and his Age of Disruption Tour and workshop at the Lied Center’s Carson Theatre |
| TEDxLincoln 2016 | Lincoln | $1,500 | Help fund the TEDxLincoln event/live stream at the Kimball Recital Hall |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln History graduate Students’ Association | Lincoln | $1,625 | Help fund the James A. Rawley 2016 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Marla Miller |
| Urban League of Nebraska | Omaha | $1,160 | Fund a screening and discussion of “Herman’s House” |
| Western Nebraska Community College Foundation | Scottsbluff | $2,000 | 90th Anniversary Exhibit at the Legacy of The Plains in Gering |
| The Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud | $8,000 | Help fund the 61st annual Willa Cather Spring Conference |