Humanities Nebraska and Nebraska Arts Council CARES Act Grants Announced
Humanities Nebraska and Nebraska Arts Council have made distributions of CARES Act dollars to Nebraska nonprofit cultural organizations. Funding has been provided by the National Endowment for Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan. These grants will give financial relief to Nebraska arts and humanities organizations in response to challenges created by COVID-19.
The federal government, through the CARES Act, recognizes the importance of nonprofit arts and humanities industries and their contributions to the American economy. These funds are intended to help save jobs and keep hundreds of these vital organizations open and functioning.
The organizations receiving grants from Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Arts Council are listed below:
Humanities Nebraska
CARES Act Grants
African Culture Connection: $7,500
American Historical Society of Germans from Russia in Lincoln: $5,000
The Archway: $5,000
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: $7,500
Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation: $2,790
Blixt Locally Grown: $2,500
Bluebarn Theater: $7,500
Brownville Fine Arts Association: $2,500
Brownville Historical Society: $3,250
Buffalo County Historical Society: $10,000
Crane River Theater Company: $7,500
Creighton University, Kingfisher Institute: $5,000
Creighton University Libraries: $2,500
Custer County Historical Society: $4,850
The Digg Site Productions LLC: $4,000
Douglas County Historical Society: $5,000
The Durham Museum: $10,000
El Museo Latino: $7,500
Elkhorn Valley Museum: $7,500
Film Streams, Inc: $7,500
Flatwater Shakespeare Company: $5,000
Fremont Area Art Association: $2,500
Friends of the Kenfield Gallery: $3,500
Friends of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, UNL: $7,500
Friends of Opera – UNL: $1,000
Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation: $1,200
Golden Spike Tower: $5,000
Great Plains Black History Museum: $9,728
Great Plains Theatre Conference: $7,500
Hall County Historical Society: $7,500
Hastings College: $7,500
Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History: $8,900
Heartland Military Museum: $6,510
History Nebraska: $10,000
John G. Neihardt Foundation: $7,500
Joslyn Art Museum: $7,500
Joslyn Castle: $7,500
La Casa Del Pueblo: $1,000
KANEKO: $5,000
Fort Atkinson Foundation: $857
Friends of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, UNL: $7,500
Friends of Kenfield Gallery: $3,500
Kregel Windmill Factory Museum: $7,500
Legacy of Plains Museum: $10,000
Lewis and Clark Visitors Center: $7,500
Lincoln County Historical Society: $10,000
Merrick County Historical Museum: $6,200
Robert M. Merryman Performing Arts Center, Inc.: $5,000
Friends of Midwest Theater: $10,000
Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney: $7,500
Nebraska Firefighters Museum: $2,500
Nebraska Prairie Museum: $10,000
Nebraska Shakespeare: $7,500
Nebraska Writers Collective: $10,000
NET Foundation for Television: $5,000
Norfolk Arts Center: $5,000
North Platte Community Playhouse: $2,500
Friends of Paplin, Inc: $2,000
Plainsman Museum: $8,300
Platte Valley Literacy Association: $2,500
Prairie Arts Center: $5,000
Rabble Mill: $7,500
Schuyler Historical Society: $1,620
Sheldon Art Association: $7,500
Sherman County Historical Society: $3,500
Sioux County Historical Society: $1,185
Strategic Air and Space Museum: $7,500
Stuhr Museum Foundation: $10,000
The Malone Center: $5,000
University of Nebraska State Museum: $5,000
Washington County Historical Society: $10,000
Wessels Living History Farm: $5,000
Willa Cather Foundation: $10,000
Wood River High School: $1,327
Yazidi Cultural Center: $2,500
Nebraska Arts Council
CARES Act Grants
Abendmusik: Lincoln Inc.: $2,378
African Culture Connection: $7,500
Alliance Arts Council: $2,205
Appolon: $4,000
Arts for All Inc. (AFA): $5,000
Arts in Motion: $5,000
Ballet Nebraska: $7,585
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: $11,518
Benson First Friday, Inc: $4,000
BLUEBARN Theatre: $4,044
Brownville Village Theatre Foundation: $4,000
Carnegie Arts Center: $4,301
Circle Theatre: $2,253
Columbus Arts Council: $3,387
Community Players: $4,763
Crane River Theater: $5,070
Digg Site Productions: $4,000
El Museo Latino: $4,539
Film Streams: $11,751
Flatwater Shakespeare Company: $4,000
Fremont Area Art Association: $3,143
Fremont Opera House: $3,000
The Grumble Project: $4,000
Hastings Symphony Orchestra: $2,975
High Plains Arts Council: $2,247
Friends of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum: $7,320
Joslyn Art Museum: $11,771
KANEKO: $11,983
Kearney Community Theatre: $2,836
Lied Center for Performing Arts: $11,751
Lincoln Arts Council: $9,696
Lincoln Choral Artists: $3,000
Lincoln Community Playhouse: $7,086
Lincoln Orchestra Association: $11,581
LUX Center for the Arts: $5,159
Meadowlark Music Festival: $4,000
Merrymakers Association: $7,500
Robert M. Merryman Performing Arts Center, Inc.: $1,415
Friends of the Midwest Theater: $4,401
Minden Opera House: $4,144
Museum of Nebraska Art: $11,391
Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Inc.:$2,690
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc.: $7,820
Nebraska Wind Symphony: $3,000
Nebraska Writers Collective: $4,014
Norfolk Arts Center: $9,513
North Platte Community Playhouse: $3,161
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras: $5,023
Omaha Community Playhouse: $11,454
Omaha Conservatory of Music: $11,687
Omaha Girls Rock: $7,500
Omaha Jitterbugs: $5,000
Omaha Performing Arts: $12,068
Omaha Symphony Association: $11,708
Omaha Theater Company: $11,349
Omaha Under The Radar: $3,000
Opera Omaha Inc.: $11,729
Post Playhouse: $7,500
River City Mixed Chorus: $4,437
Ruth Davidson Hahn & Company: $3,000
Sheldon Art Association: $11,180
Simply Strings: $3,000
Sing Omaha: $7,500
TADA Productions, Inc,: $4,000
Tassel Performing Arts Center: $3,688.00
The Union for Contemporary Art: $2,660
Valentine Area Arts Council: $2,386
West Nebraska Arts Center: $6,301
WhyArtsInc: $7,500
Willa Cather Foundation: $6,889