Nevada Humanities awards nearly $369K to 46 statewide cultural organizations

Nevada Humanities is pleased to announce the awards for Nevada Humanities CARES: Emergency Relief Grants for Nevada Humanities and Cultural Organizations. Forty-six cultural and humanities organizations across Nevada received $368,873 in federal CARES Act grants.

Funding was distributed by Nevada Humanities to organizations representing all four Congressional districts and statewide in Reno/Sparks, Las Vegas/Henderson, and rural Nevada. These grants will provide rapid-response, short-term operating support for Nevada nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship and duress resulting from the COVID-19 health emergency.

This Nevada Humanities CARES grant program will support general operating costs during these unprecedented times, not specific programs or projects. Awardees have organizational missions that are humanities focused and/or demonstrate a commitment to public humanities or educational programming accessible to all Nevadans.

“Nevada Humanities is honored to join the national effort by providing relief to our vital humanities-focused cultural infrastructure in Nevada. Our cultural nonprofit organizations and their staff members are struggling, and we hope these grants will provide some much needed assistance to help pay salaries and keep the lights on around the state,” said Christina Barr, executive director of Nevada Humanities. “Our goal is to help sustain Nevada’s cultural infrastructure as much as possible given the hurdles that we all face. We are so proud to be able to help our Nevada cultural communities, and we hope that we will emerge from these experiences stronger than ever.”

Nevada Humanities CARES Emergency Relief Grant recipients include:

300 Stewart Avenue Corporation dba The Mob Museum, Las Vegas - $15,000

Brewery Arts Center, Carson - $7,500

Bruka Theatre Of The Sierra, Reno - $5,000

Capital City Arts Initiative, Carson City - $5,000

Carson City Classic Cinema Club, Carson City - $1,000

Channel 5 Public Broadcasting dba PBS Reno, Reno - $15,000

Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, Carson City - $5,000

Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum, Elko - $5,000

Dam Short Film Society, Boulder City - $5,000

David J Drakulich Art Foundation for Freedom of Expression, Reno - $5,000

DISCOVERY Children's Museum, Las Vegas - $10,000

Friends of Dangberg Home Ranch, Minden - $4,050.03

Historic Reno Preservation Society, Reno - $5,000

Historical Society of Dayton Valley, Dayton - $1,761.78

Jazz Outreach Initiative, Las Vegas - $5,000

Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Incline Village - $15,000

Las Vegas Natural History Museum, Las Vegas - $15,000

Las Vegas Philharmonic, Las Vegas - $15,000

National Test Site Historical Foundation, Las Vegas - $15,000

Neon Museum, Las Vegas - $15,000

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno - $15,000

Nevada Preservation Foundation, Reno - $5,000

Nevada Women's Film Collective, Las Vegas - $5,000

Nevada Women's History Project, Reno - $3,829

Northeastern Nevada Historical Society, Elko - $10,000

Northern Nevada Arts Council, Winnemucca - $5,000

Northern Nevada Literacy Council, Reno - $14,232.68

Poetry Promise, Inc., Las Vegas - $5,000

Project Real, Las Vegas - $5,000

Reno Little Theater, Reno - $7,500

Reno Philharmonic Association, Reno - $15,000

Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abby Foundation dba Desert Space Foundation, Henderson - $5,000

St. Mary's Art Center, Virginia City - $5,000

Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno - $10,000

Sierra Nevada Ballet, Reno - $5,000

Sin City Opera dba Vegas City Opera, Henderson - $5,000

Southern Nevada Symphony Orchestra, Bunkerville - $2,000

Sparks Heritage Foundation and Museum Inc, Sparks - $5,000

Springs Preserve Foundation, Las Vegas - $7,500

Stewart Indian School Preservation Alliance, Carson City - $7,500.00

T. Black Entertainment Inc., Las Vegas - $2,000

The Harrah Automobile Foundation dba National Automobile Museum, Reno - $15,000

The Holland Project, Reno - $5,000

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas - $15,000

Virgin Valley Artists Association, Mesquite - $5,000

Western Folklife Center, Elko - $15,000

Nevada Humanities CARES grants are provided by Nevada Humanities, Nevada’s independent, nonprofit humanities council, and funded by the $2 trillion federal CARES Act through the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information about Nevada Humanities and Nevada Humanities CARES grants visit nevadahumanities.org.

About Nevada Humanities: Nevada Humanities is one of 56 independent, nonprofit, state and territorial humanities councils affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. With offices in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada Humanities creates public programs and supports public projects statewide that define the Nevada experience and facilitate the exploration of issues that matter to Nevadans and their communities.apantoja@nevadahumanities.org.