Recent Grant Recipients

Ainsworth 

School Bus Grants Ainsworth Community Schools $455 

Albion 

Basic Support Grant Albion Area Arts Council $6,955 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Albion Area Arts Council $1,226 

Alliance 

Basic Support Grant Alliance Arts Council $6,250 

Carnegie Arts Center $1,219 

Aurora 

Artists in Schools/Communities Floating Deadline 

Aurora Public Schools $550 

Hamilton Community Foundation, Inc. $450

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet  

Bassett 

Annual Series and Events Bassett Arts Council $3,329 

Beatrice 

Artists in Schools/Communities Floating Deadline 

Community Players $1,163 

Arts Project Grant Friends of the Homestead $3,422 

Basic Support Grant Community Players $13,498 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet Community Players $486 

School Bus Grants Beatrice Public Schools $500 

Bellevue 

Arts Learning Grant Fort Crook Elementary School $3,246 

Mini Grant Bellevue Choral Society $1,500 

School Bus Grants Bertha Barber Elementary School $275 

Betz Elementary $400 

Central Elementary School $325 

Chandler View Elementary (OPS) $1,000 

Fairview Elementary School $555 

Leonard Lawrence Elementary $525 

Twin Ridge Elementary $370 

Wake Robin Elementary $450 

School Bus Grants 

St. Matthew Catholic School $300 

Blair 

School Bus Grants 

Arbor Park Intermediate School $1,000 

Broken Bow 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet 

Broken Bow Public Library $947 

Brownville 

Annual Series and Events 

Brownville Concert Series, Inc $6,213 

Arts Learning Grant 

Brownville Fine Arts Association $3,441 

Central City 

Mini Grant 

Nebraska Christian Schools $1,700 

Chadron 

Mini Grant 

Consuming Fire School of Dance and Fitness $1,600 

Clarks 

School Bus Grants 

High Plains Community Schools $500 

Columbus 

Arts Learning Grant 

School District of Columbus Foundation, Inc $1,299 

Basic Support Grant 

Columbus Arts Council $9,603 

Cozad 

Mini Grant 

Cozad Entertainment Series $1,450 

David City 

Annual Series and Events 

Butler County Arts Council $4,441 

Arts Project Grant 

Bone Creek Art Museum $2,079 

Elgin 

Artists in Schools/Communities Floating Deadline 

Saint Boniface Catholic School $885 

Falls City 

School Bus Grants 

Falls City High School $500 

Fremont 

Arts Learning Grant 

Digg Site Productions $4,149 

Arts Project Grant 

Fremont Opera House $1,540 

Basic Support Grant 

Fremont Area Art Association $8,911 

School Bus Grants 

Johnson Crossing Academic Center $1,000 

Geneva 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet 

Geneva Arts Council $2,000 

Gothenburg 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet 

Sun Theatre & Gothenburg Community Playhouse $798 

Grand Island 

Annual Series and Events 

Stuhr Museum Foundation $3,016 

Gretna 

School Bus Grants 

Gretna Elementary School $974 

Squire John Thomas Elementary School $1,000 

School Bus Grants 

Palisades Elementary $1,000 

Haigler 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet 

Haigler Community Foundation $580 

Hastings 

Arts Learning Grant 

Boxcar Youth Theatre Company $3,498 

Arts Project Grant 

Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor & Agricultural Learning $3,509 

Basic Support Grant 

Hastings Symphony Orchestra $8,434 

Hemingford 

Mini Grant 

Hemingford Community Theater $1,700 

Holdrege 

Basic Support Grant 

Tassel Performing Arts Center $10,451 

Howells 

School Bus Grants 

Howells Community Catholic School $281 

Kansas City 

Contractual Partners 

Mid-America Arts Alliance $25,000 

Kearney 

Arts Learning Grant 

Kearney Public Schools $2,226 

Robert M. Merryman Performing Arts Center, Inc. $1,408 

UNK, Dept. of Research $3,446 

Arts Project Grant 

UNK, Dept. of Communications $1,523 

Basic Support Grant 

Crane River Theater $14,372 

Kearney Community Theatre $8,040 

Museum of Nebraska Art $32,288 

School Bus Grants 

Kearney Public Schools $2,500 

Arts Learning Grant 

Impact Art $1,444 

Kimball 

Arts Project Grant 

Kimball Concert Association $3,561 

Mini Grant 

Kimball Concert Association $1,480 

Kimballton, IA 

Arts Learning Grant 

New Century Art Guild $1,689 

Lincoln 

Annual Series and Events 

First Presbyterian Church $5,708 

Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music $4,411 

Lincoln Municipal Band Association, Inc. $5,951 

Nebraska Brass, Inc. $6,540 

Artists in Schools/Communities Floating Deadline 

History Nebraska $550 

Prescott Elementary School $1,575 

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church $875 

Arts Learning Grant 

Lied Center for Performing Arts $9,578 

Lied Center for Performing Arts $6,970 

Proyecto Cultural $1,876 

Ruth Davidson Hahn & Company $4,808 

University of Nebraska Lincoln, TLTE $3,524 

Arts Project Grant 

Asian Community and Cultural Center $3,571 

Capital Jazz Society, Inc. $1,893 

Capital Jazz Society, Inc. $1,443 

Families Inspiring Families $3,885 

Flatwater Shakespeare Company $3,628 

Lincoln Choral Artists $1,064 

NET Foundation for Television, Inc. $3,644 

Basic Support Grant 

Abendmusik, Lincoln Inc. $6,742 

Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Inc. $7,627 

Lied Center for Performing Arts $33,307 

International Quilt Study Center & Museum $20,749 

Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center $19,793 

Hear Nebraska DBA Rabble Mill $14,334 

Lincoln Arts Council $27,485 

Lincoln Community Playhouse $20,084 

Lincoln Orchestra Association $32,827 

Sheldon Art Association $31,690 

Contractual Partners 

Humanities Nebraska $199,276 

Nebraska Folklife Network, Inc. $4,560 

Donor Designated Funds 

Live Yes Studios $5,000 

Mini Grant 

Asian Community and Cultural Center $1,750 

Christ United Methodist Church $600 

School Bus Grants 

Blessed Sacrament Catholic School $500 

Lincoln Public Schools $6,631 

Randolph Elementary School $600 

Annual Series and Events 

Lincoln Associates for Traditional Arts $4,360 

Arts Project Grant 

MAKESHIFT $4,612 

Arts Learning Grant 

LUX Center for the Arts $1,331 

Theatre Arts For Kids $8,458 

Arts Project Grant 

Lincoln Community Foundation $944 

Basic Support Grant 

LUX Center for the Arts $14,623 

Lyons 

School Bus Grants 

Lyons-Decatur Northeast Elementary School $500 

McCook 

Annual Series and Events 

McCook Arts Council $5,041 

Minden 

Basic Support Grant 

Minden Opera House $11,747 

Norfolk 

Annual Series and Events 

Great American Comedy Festival, Inc. $6,990 

Arts Learning Grant 

Norfolk Arts Center $3,099 

Basic Support Grant 

Norfolk Arts Center $26,964 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet 

Elkhorn Valley Historical Society $360 

North Platte 

Basic Support Grant 

North Platte Community Playhouse $8,960 

Ogallala 

Annual Series and Events 

Ogallala Regional Arts Council $3,799 

Omaha 

Accessibility Grants 

BLUEBARN Theatre $1,000 

Omaha Theater Company $1,250 

Voices of Omaha $250 

Annual Series and Events 

Metropolitan Community College $6,086 

Nebraska Storyarts $2,486 

Omaha Chamber Music Society $6,151 

Omaha Summer Arts Festival, Inc. $7,500 

Omaha Symphonic Chorus $5,000 

Orchestra Omaha $4,937 

Organ Vesper Series, Inc. $4,676 

Voices of Omaha $4,500 

Artists in Schools/Communities Floating Deadline 

Benson High School (OPS) $1,800 

Norris Middle School (OPS) $1,440 

Reagan Elementary $2,500 

St. Stephen The Martyr Catholic School $3,700 

University of Nebraska Omaha, Dept. of Music $1,300 

Urban League of Nebraska $990 

Wheeler Elementary $2,450 

WhyArts Inc. $3,075 

Artists in Schools/Communities 

Blackburn Alternative Program (OPS) $3,195 

El Museo Latino $10,852 

Omaha Conservatory of Music $8,281 

Arts Learning Grant 

African Culture Connection $12,307 

Arts in Motion $8,335 

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands $5,784 

El Museo Latino $2,679 

Millard Public Schools Foundation $2,360 

Nebraska Writers Collective $10,471 

Omaha Children’s Museum $1,786 

Omaha Community Playhouse $2,205 

Omaha Jitterbugs $7,431 

Omaha Performing Arts $7,478 

Omaha Public Schools District (OPS) $6,944 

Omaha Symphony Association $7,945 

Omaha Theater Company $11,641 

One For All Musical Theater $3,088 

University of Nebraska Omaha, Dept. of Music $4,470 

Arts Project Grant 

African American Empowerment Network $4,463 

Amplify Arts (formerly Omaha Creative Institute) $7,588 

Apollon $3,305 

Benson First Friday, Inc. $2,951 

Cathedral Arts Project $2,490 

HALLINS Corporation $4,526 

Merrymakers Association $4,362 

Metropolitan Community College Foundation $3,857 

Omaha Academy of Ballet $3,743 

Omaha Botanical Center, Inc. dba Lauritzen Gardens $3,557 

Omaha Chamber Music Society $1,636 

River City Mixed Chorus $8,231 

South Omaha Neighborhood Alliance $4,006 

UNO, Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy $4,764 

Verse, Inc. $1,546 

Basic Support Grant 

Circle Theatre $6,386 

Ballet Nebraska $21,501 

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts $32,647 

BLUEBARN Theatre $11,461 

El Museo Latino $12,865 

Film Streams $33,307 

Joslyn Art Museum $33,365 

KANEKO $33,966 

Nebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc. $22,167 

Omaha Area Youth Orchestras $14,237 

Omaha Community Playhouse $32,468 

Omaha Conservatory of Music $33,128 

Omaha Performing Arts $34,207 

Omaha Symphony Association $33,186 

Omaha Theater Company $32,168 

Opera Omaha Inc. $33,247 

Contractual Partners 

NAC Development Corporation $85,000 

Nebraska Cultural Endowment $426,516 

Nebraskans for the Arts $30,000 

Donor Designated Funds 

BLUEBARN Theatre $1,701 

Mini Grant 

Amplify Arts (formerly Omaha Creative Institute) $1,650 

Arts For All Inc. (AFA) $1,380 

Omaha Academy of Ballet $1,780 

Omaha Chamber Music Society $1,600 

Sing Omaha $1,600 

UNO, Grace Abbott School of Social Work $1,550 

University of Nebraska Omaha, School of Music $1,450 

School Bus Grants 

Aspen Creek Elementary $1,000 

Beals Elementary (OPS) $1,000 

Brownell Talbot School $581 

Bryan Elementary School $430 

Castelar Elementary (OPS) $250 

Florence Elementary (OPS) $1,569 

Good Shepherd Lutheran $350 

Holy Name School $400 

Indian Hill Elementary (OPS) $500 

Mary Our Queen School $1,000 

Omaha North High Magnet School (OPS) $680 

Ralston Public Schools $2,000 

Sherman Elementary (OPS) $165 

St. Pius X / St. Leo School $500 

Whitetail Creek Elementary School $1,000 

Artists in Schools/Communities Floating Deadline 

Willowdale Elementary $2,050 

Papillion 

School Bus Grants 

Papillion La Vista Community Schools $3,700 

Walnut Creek Elementary $350 

Plainview 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet Plainview Arts Council $225 

Red Cloud 

Basic Support Grant Willa Cather Foundation $19,529 

Rushville 

Arts Project Grant Sandhills Institute $4,212 

Scottsbluff 

Annual Series and Events Theatre West Summer Repertory $7,153 

Arts Learning Grant Theatre West Summer Repertory $1,154 

Basic Support Grant West Nebraska Arts Center $17,867 

Friends of the Midwest Theater $12,474 

Mini Grant West Nebraska Arts Center $1,475 

Seward 

School Bus Grants St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School $290 

Sidney 

Basic Support Grant High Plains Arts Council $6,370 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet High Plains Arts Council $2,596 

School Bus Grants Sidney Public Schools $950 

South Sioux City 

Arts Learning Grant South Sioux City Library Foundation, Inc. $3,410 

Stromsburg 

School Bus Grants Cross County Community Schools $500 

Tecumseh 

School Bus Grants Johnson County Central Public School $350 

Valentine 

Basic Support Grant Valentine Area Arts Council $6,765 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet Valentine Area Arts Council $3,106 

Valley 

Arts Learning Grant The Elkhorn Valley Community Theatre $3,528 

Wakefield 

Arts Project Grant Little Red Hen Theatre $1,461 

Donor Designated Funds Little Red Hen Theatre $2,600 

Waverly 

School Bus Grants School District 145 Foundation for Education $500 

Villa Marie Home & School for Exceptional Children $140 

Wood River 

Nebraska Touring Program Grant/State Poet

Wood River Rural High School $2,205