Nevada Humanities Announces More Than $614,350 in Pandemic Relief and Recovery Grants Awarded to Nevada Organizations

Nevada Humanities has awarded 60 grants totaling $614,357.92 to 44 nonprofit organizations across Nevada.

Supported by the federal American Rescue Plan Relief Act (ARP), Nevada Humanities Relief Operating Grant and Nevada Humanities Recovery Program Grants help Nevada’s humanities-focused organizations prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awardees have organizational missions that are humanities focused and/or demonstrate a commitment to public humanities or educational programming accessible to all Nevadans. Awards have been distributed to organizations representing all four congressional districts and statewide in Reno/Sparks, Las Vegas/Henderson, and rural Nevada.

“Nevada Humanities is honored to be part of our nation’s important pandemic recovery efforts,” said Christina Barr, executive director of Nevada Humanities. “We are well aware of the challenges that Nevada’s cultural organizations have been experiencing over the past two years, and we know that this funding will be critical in giving an infusion of financial support when it is needed most.”

In 2020, Nevada Humanities also provided $368,873 in federal CARES Act funding to 45 Nevada cultural organizations.

Nevada Humanities American Rescue Plan Relief Operating Grants and Recovery Program Grant recipients include: (Listed by congressional district, town of organization, amount received, and purpose)

First Congressional District

300 Stewart Avenue Corporation dba The Mob Museum, Las Vegas - $20,000 (Operating)

300 Stewart Avenue Corporation dba The Mob Museum, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Programming)

Burlesque Hall of Fame, Inc., Las Vegas - $9,920 (Operating)

DISCOVERY Children's Museum, Las Vegas - $20,000 (Operating)

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

Las Vegas Natural History Museum, Las Vegas - $20,000 (Operating)

Las Vegas Natural History Museum, Las Vegas - $9,999 (Programming)

Neon Museum, Las Vegas - $20,000 (Operating)

Neon Museum, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Programming)

Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation dba National Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Programming)

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

Nevada Women's Film Collective, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Programming)

Springs Preserve Foundation, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Operating)

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Programming)

University Nevada Las Vegas, Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute, Las Vegas- $10,000 (Programming)

University Nevada Las Vegas, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Programming)

University Nevada Las Vegas, Women's Research Institute of Nevada, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Programming)

Second Congressional District

Bruka Theatre Of the Sierra, Reno - $5,000 (Operating)

Capital City Arts Initiative, Carson City - $10,000 (Programming)

Channel 5 Public Broadcasting dba PBS Reno, Reno - $20,000 (Operating)

Community Chest, Inc., Virginia City - $10,000 (Programming)

Comstock Foundation for History and Culture, Virginia City - $4,995.08 (Operating)

Comstock Foundation for History and Culture, Virginia City - $4,992 (Programming)

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

Douglas County Historical Society, Gardnerville - $5,000 (Operating)

Friends of Dangberg Home Ranch, Minden - $10,000 (Programming)

Historic Fourth Ward School Foundation, Virginia City - $5,000 (Operating)

Historic Fourth Ward School Foundation, Virginia City - $10,000 (Programming)

Historic Reno Preservation Society, Reno - $3,470 (Operating)

Historic Reno Preservation Society, Reno - $9,572.50 (Programming)

Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Reno - $20,000 (Operating)

Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, Sparks - $5,000 (Operating)

Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, Sparks - $10,000 (Programming)

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno - $20,000 (Operating)

Nevada Women's History Project, Reno - $5,000 (Operating)

North Central Nevada Historical Society, Winnemucca - $10,000 (Operating)

North Central Nevada Historical Society, Winnemucca - $1,134 (Programming)

Northern Nevada Literacy Council, Reno - $19,928.62 (Operating)

Northern Nevada Literacy Council, Reno - $10,000 (Programming)

Note-Able Music Therapy Services, Reno - $10,000 (Programming)

Our Story, Inc., Reno- $5,000 (Operating)

Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno - $15,000 (Operating)

Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno - $10,000 (Programming)

Sparks Heritage Foundation and Museum Inc., Sparks - $5,000 (Operating)

Sparks Heritage Foundation and Museum Inc., Sparks - $10,000 (Programming)

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

The Harrah Automobile Foundation dba National Automobile Museum, Reno - $20,000 (Operating)

The Holland Project, Reno - $10,000 (Operating)

The Holland Project, Reno - $10,000 (Programming)

Western Folklife Center, Elko - $20,000 (Operating)

Western Folklife Center, Elko - $10,000 (Programming)

Third Congressional District

City of Henderson, Henderson - $10,000 (Programming)

Dam Short Film Society, Boulder City - $5,000 (Operating)

Poetry Promise, Inc., Las Vegas - $5,000 (Operating)

Project Real, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Operating)

Project Real, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Programming)

Sin City Opera dba Vegas City Opera, Henderson - $10,000 (Programming)

Voices in Voting, Henderson - $3,650 (Operating)

Fourth Congressional District

Jazz Outreach Initiative, Las Vegas - $10,000 (Programming)

Virgin Valley Artists Association, Mesquite - $4,936.72 (Operating)

Nevada Humanities American Rescue Plan Relief Operating Grants and Recovery Program Grants are provided by Nevada Humanities, Nevada’s independent, nonprofit humanities council, and funded by the $1.9 trillion federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 through the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information about Nevada Humanities and Nevada Humanities ARP grants visit nevadahumanities.org.

About Nevada Humanities: Nevada Humanities is one of 56 independent, nonprofit state and territorial humanities councils that partner 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. For more information about Nevada Humanities visit nevadahumanities.org.