African Culture Connection | Omaha | $10,000 | Sponsor the expansion of “Kingdoms” curriculum and professional development for eight teaching artists |
Angels Theatre Company | Lincoln | $2,000 | Help fund presentations/talk-back sessions on free speech in Nebraska in conjunction with the performance of “Sedition” |
Asian Community & Cultural Center | Lincoln | $6,000 | Support of the continuation of their Stories of US program for 2018-2019 |
and | $625 | Help fund “Camp Culture” for children entering 1st through 5th grades | |
and | $2,000 | Help provide support for the “Untold Migrant Stories” digital storytelling program involving immigrant and refugee students from Lincoln High School | |
Backwaters Press | Omaha | $1,700 | Help fund the 2018 season of the quarterly reading series at Gallery 1516 in Omaha |
Board of Regents, UNK | Kearney | $1,500 | Spring screening of three international films at the World Theater |
and | $1,200 | Develop and implement a bike tour program that focuses on agriculture and industrial history | |
and | $2,000 | Help fund an Orphan Train Colloquium which will include a keynote speaker, plenary speakers, panel presentations/discussions, and peer-reviewed academic papers. | |
Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Lincoln | $2,000 | Help fund Cowboys from the Collection and Robert Lee Taylor exhibitions |
and | $800 | Help fund the 12th annual Poetry of Place Celebration, which encourages teachers and students throughout the state to study and write poetry about Nebraska. The project culminates with a public reading by student poets | |
and | $2,000 | Help fund an exhibition of photographs focusing on first-generation, small scale, sustainable farmers | |
Board of Regents, University of Nebraska at Omaha | Omaha | $800 | Help fund Benjamin Bagby at a free pre-performance Beowulf lecture |
and | $1,750 | Help fund a film screening and discussion as part of Cinemateca 2018 | |
and | $1,400 | Help provide funds for an oral history project documenting the relationships between the African-American and Jewish communities in North Omaha throughout the 20th century | |
and | $1,996 | Hire and train someone to collect oral histories and a training workshop to encourage the general public to capture, share and preserve stories from their own communities and families | |
and | $2,000 | Sponsor three speakers at the Medieval/Renaissance Studies annual lecture series | |
Bright Lights, Inc. | Lincoln | $1,600 | Sponsor 2 humanities-themed summer enrichment classes |
Brownville Cultural Center | Brownville | $700 | Help fund a series of talks around the history and culture of the Otoes and Missourias in relationship to Brownville |
Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival | McCook | $1,000 | Help fund the Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival |
Buffalo County Community Health Partners | Kearney | $5,670 | Provide funding for PhotoVoice classes for community youth in the 2018-19 academic year |
Central Community College | Hastings | $1,626 | Help fund the Earth Week: Native Corn event |
City of Hastings | Hastings | $1,414 | Support the Native American Festival held at the Hastings Museum |
College of Saint Mary | Omaha | $1,800 | Help fund four monthly lectures by Kelly Church |
Completely Kids | Omaha | $3,380 | Provide an Omaha History Club opportunity to third through sixth graders |
Crane River Theater Company | Kearney | $2,000 | Help fund the Page to Stage Program that guides children, preschool through 6th grade, through the reading, discussion, and portrayal of characters from “Madagascar.” |
Durham Museum | Omaha | $10,000 | Help fund an exhibit featuring artifacts and stories about Nebraska’s connections to World War I |
and | $9,110 | Provide support for companion programs and materials for “American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith” exhibit | |
El Museo Latino | Omaha | $3,900 | Help fund four presentations about Latino Art and Culture |
and | $3,400 | Provide funding support for History, Traditions and Celebrations – A Lecture Series | |
Elkhorn Valley Historical Society | Elkhorn | $900 | Help fund exhibit about the history of fashion in Northeast Nebraska at the Elkhorn Valley Museum |
Film Streams, Inc. | Omaha | $5,100 | Bring three television industry professionals for a Women in Television conversation |
Flatwater Shakespeare | Lincoln | $3,000 | Help fund Shakespearean sonnet workshops for students in grades K-12 |
and | $900 | Provide funding for six weeks of Shakespearean sonnet workshops for Sutton Elementary School students in grades K-6 | |
Fontenelle Forest | Bellevue | $6,220 | Develop an exhibit on the history of the people who lived in the area of Fontenelle Forest and the surrounding region around 1,000 years ago |
Fort Atkinson Foundation | Fort Calhoun | $1,595 | Hepl fund Fort Atkinson State Historical Park Bicentennial Celebration |
Friends of the Homestead | Beatrice | $1,800 | Help fund two days of storytelling at Homestead National Monument |
and | $1,800 | Help fund Homestead Days events | |
and | $1,400 | Help fund 2018 Tallgrass Prairie Fiddle Festival | |
Friends of the Midwest Theater | Scottsbluff | $1,765 | Provide funds for workshops and outreach featuring musician and cultural ambassador, Gina Chavez |
Friends of the University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln | $1,300 | Help fund two author presentations at the Nebraska Book Festival |
Futuro Media Group | New York, NY | $10,000 | Provide funding for two short films focusing on two women of historical significance in Nebraska, Grace Abbott & Susan LaFlesche Picotte |
Great Plains Black History Museum | Omaha | $1,645 | Help fund an exhibit of photos and journals on the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the March on Selma |
Greater Omaha Chamber | Omaha | $2,500 | Provide support for the Leading Edge, training, development, and networking events |
Henderson Heritage and Tourism | Henderson | $7,000 | Sponsor an exhibit about conscientious objectors to WWI at the Henderson Mennonite Heritage Park |
Inclusive Communities of Omaha | Omaha | $2,000 | Help fund the 2018 series of Omaha Table Talk: Race Dialogues at the Weitz Community Engagement Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. |
John G. Neihardt Foundation | Bancroft | $1,420 | Help fund the 2018 Neihardt Spring Conference at the Neihardt State Historic Site in Bancroft. |
and | $2,435 | Provide support for the 2019 spring John G. Neihardt conference at the Neihardt State Historic Site in Bancroft | |
Joslyn Castle Trust | Omaha | $1.536 | Help fund the 2018 Art and Literary Festival: Celebrating the Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe |
Kearney Area Community Foundation | Kearney | $5,000 | Help fund the annual “Winter Tales” storytelling festival in Kearney |
Lincoln City Libraries | Lincoln | $1,796 | Print and mail posters and bookmarks to Nebraska’s 320 libraries to promote the new NebraskaAuthors.org website. |
Lincoln Orchestra Association | Lincoln | $3,000 | Sponsor pre-concert chats held prior to Lincoln Symphony Orchestra concerts |
Malcolm X Memorial Foundation | Omaha | $1,970 | Help fund a weekly radio show hosted by Stuart Chittenden that features interviews and panel discussions |
and | $1,450 | Help bring six guests to discuss humanities topics on Lives radio show | |
Meadowlark Music Festival | Lincoln | $1,550 | Help fund the Frank Proto, Cincinnati Symphony Composer In Residence event |
Metropolitan Community College | Omaha | $2,000 | Help fund the Creative Writing Forum of 2018 |
and | $10,000 | Help fund participation by six nationally renowned playwrights as part of the 13th annual Great Plains Theatre Conference | |
Midwestern African Museum of Art, Culture and Resource Center | Lincoln | $2,000 | Help fund six workshops focusing on the history and culture of African art and a workshop on the origins of coffee in Africa |
Montana History Foundation | Scottsbluff | $10,000 | Provide funding for the completion of “Born to Rein” highlighting the contributions of Nebraskans to the horse racing industry |
National Orphan Train Complex | Concordia, KS | $4,954 | Help fund four multimedia presentations about the history and impact of the Orphan Train, both nationally and in Nebraska |
Nebraska Archaeological Society | Lincoln | $500 | Help fund the 2018 Nebraska Artifact Show |
Nebraska Game & Parks Commission | Lincoln | $2,000 | Bring a nationally recognized Teddy Roosevelt impersonator to Fort Kearney Outdoor Expo |
Nebraska Library Association | Lincoln | $1,223 | Help fund the “Unwritten but Relevant: Using Oral History to Engage Your Community and Document its History” program |
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival | Omaha | $1,250 | Help fund the Shakespeare On The Green Scholars Forums |
and | $8,000 | Support for the 13th annual Shakespeare On Tour for middle and high school students throughout Nebraska | |
Nebraska State Historical Society | Lincoln | $1,300 | Help fund a series of programs and community dialogues related to immigration in Nebraska |
Nebraska StoryArts | Omaha | $1,750 | Help fund participation of three professional storytellers at the 17th annual Moonshell Storytelling Festival |
Nebraska Writers Collective | Omaha | $9,160 | Provide funding for the 8th annual Louder Than a Bomb: Great Plains Youth Poetry Festival for the 2018-2019 school year |
NET Foundation for Television | Lincoln | $10,000 | Help with costs related to filming three “An Issue of Trust: Democracy and the Future of Journalism” discussions and create a 30-minute piece for broadcast at a later date |
NPPS KIDS Klub | North Platte | $1,081 | Help fund a humanities exploration day |
Omaha Girls Rock, Inc. | Omaha | $2,000 | Help fund the Her Story/Our Story summer camp for girls |
Omaha Jitterbugs | Omaha | $1,665 | Help fund presentation to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Benny Goodman concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938 |
O’Neill Public Library | O’Neill | $2,000 | Help fund two lecture demonstrations by global multi-instrumentalist Todd Green |
Plum Creek Children’s Literary Festival | Concordia | $9,000 | Help fund participation of 18 children’s book authors and illustrators |
Scotts Bluff County Tourism | Gering | $2,600 | Help fund an Irish and Scottish heritage festival |
Sheldon Art Association | Lincoln | $1,925 | Help fund an exhibit that will highlight the works in the Sheldon collection that relate to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s and a public talk |
Sioux County Schools | Harrison | $1,240 | Support the Celebrate Geography Day – Africa event at Harrison Elementary School |
Social Action Committee of Unitarian Church | Lincoln | $3,002 | Provide funding for the Winter Lecture Series: The Korean Peninsula, Past, Present and Future |
Strategic Air & Space Museum | Ashland | $5,500 | Bring a traveling exhibit about Francis Gary Powers to the museum |
Trinidad Center | Lexington | $2,000 | Bring African Culture Connection of Omaha to perform at the United by Culture Festival |
UNION for Contemporary Art | Omaha | $1,350 | Help fund a public lecture and panel discussion on institutionalized racism in America |
University of Nebraska History Graduate Students’ Association | Lincoln | $1,900 | Help fund luncheon keynote speaker, William Fliss |
Valentine Community Schools | Valentine | $2,000 | Help fund Valentine Community Schools summer program |
Verse, Inc. | Omaha | $1,200 | Present history through spoken word, song and dance |
and | $2,625 | Help fund series featuring songs and stories of North Omaha by twelve African American female vocalists | |
Village of Oak | Oak | $849 | Help fund the 1864 Oregon Trail Re-enactments |
Vision Maker Media | Lincoln | $1,000 | Help fund Vision Maker’s Spring Film Festival |
Volunteers of America | Lewellen | $1,054 | Help fund Chautauqua style performances of Mormon Trail pioneers and oral histories |
Wessels Living History Farm | York | $740 | Help fund three presenters at the 26th Living History Day |
Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud | $9,470 | Help fund the 63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference |
and | $8,400 | Provide funding for an exhibit and lecture that challenge the myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes about Native American history | |
Yazidi Cultural Center | Lincoln | $1,361 | Help fund an event to remember the 2014 Yazidi genocide |