Humanities Nebraska (HN) announced that has awarded $655,771 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) dollars to 70 Nebraska non-profit organizations that focus on the humanities. Funding for these grants was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021. NEH is committed to Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP).
“Each of these organizations serves a particular need in the State of Nebraska, so their continued survival is critical to the people who live here” stated Chris Sommerich, HN’s executive director. “Several of them were first-time applicants to our grant program, and I’m pleased we have been able to make new connections and expand our service to Nebraska residents.”
The organizations receiving grants, including those previously published, are listed below.
First Congressional District ($217,230 total)
Ashland – Strategic Air and Space Museum: $14,000
Bancroft – John G. Neihardt Foundation: $12,000
Fremont – Dodge County Historical Society – $12,000
Lincoln – Asian Community and Cultural Center: $10,500
Blixt Locally Grown: $7,500
Bright Lights, Inc: $5,250
Civic Nebraska: $3,938
El Centro des las Américas: $10,500
Flatwater Shakespeare Company: $8,213
History Nebraska: $14,000
Indian Center, Inc.: $10,500
International Quilt Museum: $10,500
Jazz in June: $3,375
Karen Society of Nebraska: $7,500
Lied Center for Performing Arts: $10,500
Lincoln City Libraries: $5,250
Malone Community Center: $10.500
National Museum of Roller Skating: $10,000
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table: $8,904
UNL Center for Great Plains Studies: $10,500
University of Nebraska State Museum: $10,500
Yazda – Yazidi Cultural Center: $4,500
HN CARES Act Grant Awards, page 2 of 3
Minden – Harold Warp Pioneer Village Foundation: $14,000
Nebraska City: Kregel Windmill Factory Museum: $12,000
Norfolk – Elkhorn Valley Museum: $7,500 and Norfolk Arts Center: $5,000
Schuyler – Schuyler Historical Society: $4,800
Second Congressional District ($74,500)
Elmwood – Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation: $6,000
Omaha – African Culture Connection: $10,500
Arts for All, Inc.: $6,750
Bluebarn Theatre: $10,500
Bluebird Cultural Initiative: $7,500
Completely KIDS; $10,500
Douglas County Historical Society: $12,000
The Durham Museum: $10,500
El Museo Latino: $10,500
Freedomtainment: $9,000
Great Plains Black History Museum: $12,000
Inclusive Communities: $10,500
Joslyn Art Museum: $10,500
Joslyn Castle Trust: $14,000
Metropolitan Community College: $10,500
Mexican American Historical Society of the Midlands: $3,5750
Tri-Faith Initiative of Omaha: $10,500
Third Congressional District ($264,041)
Aurora – Plainsman Museum: $12,000
Beatrice – Friends of the Homestead: $9,000
Cozad – Robert Henri Museum and Walkway $12,000
Fort Calhoun – Washington County Historical Society: $12,000
Genoa – Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation: $10,000
Gering – Legacy of the Plains Museum: $14,000.
Grand Island – Multicultural Coalition: $4,500, and
Stuhr Museum Foundation: $14,000
Harrison – Sioux County Historical Society: $2,000
Hastings – Prairie Loft: $9,000
Holdrege – Nebraska Prairie Museum: $12,000
Howells – Howells Historical Society, Inc.: $4,913
Kearney – Buffalo County Historical Society: $12,000,
Crane River Theater Company: $8,978,
World Theatre Foundation.: $9,000
Lexington – Dawson County Historical Society and Museum: $12,000
Heartland Military Museum: $12,000
Loup City – Friends of Paplin, Inc.: $2,500
Sherman County Historical Society: $2,900
McCook – High Plains Historical Society: $3,750
Neligh – Antelope County Historical Society: $7,500
HN CARES Act Grant Awards, page 3 of 3
North Platte – Golden Spike Tower: $14,000
Lincoln County Historical Society: $5,000
Red Cloud – Willa Cather Foundation: $10,500
Scottsbluff – Friends of the Midwest Theater: $10,500
Table Rock – Table Rock Historical Society: $10,000
Tecumseh – Johnson County Nebraska Historical Society, Inc: $10,000
York – Wessels Living History Farm: $12,000
These grants were awarded separately and in addition to Humanities Nebraska’s major, mini and media/digital grant rounds. More information about HN’s other grant opportunities is available at HumanitiesNebraska.org.
Humanities Nebraska is a private nonprofit with a mission to help Nebraskans explore what connects us and makes us human. HN is funded in part by the NEH, private donations, an appropriation from the Nebraska Legislature, and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, a public-private partnership with state dollars matching private dollars to benefit the arts and humanities in Nebraska.
