Humanities Tennessee awarded assistance to humanities organizations in Tennessee as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) passed by Congress in March. Grants totaling $550,000 awarded to 98 cultural organizations provided general operating support during this period of financial hardship caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic. Nonprofit grantees represent all nine Tennessee Congressional districts in urban and rural communities.
“We are greatly relieved to be awarded CARES funds from Humanities Tennessee as this will help us transition to remote collaboration and allow us to move forward. Thank you for all your help and good work.” — Jamie Ross, James Agee Film Project
“I wished to say thank you to Humanities Tennessee for awarding the Knoxville History Project a $5,000 CARES Act. This award brings much needed, and most sincerely appreciated, funding to our work at this time.” — Paul James, Knoxville History Project
“Thank you for letting us know that we are being awarded $5,000 in CARES Act funding. Your notification was such a pleasant surprise in these uncertain times, and we can’t wait to put those funds to work re-creating our cultural museum presentations for schools. We truly appreciate your support.” — Ellen S. Gilbert, Director, Global Education Center
“Thank you SO VERY MUCH! One of my staff called me in tears to thank me for this for her.” — Tori Mason, Grassmere Historic Farm
GRANTEE RECIPIENT LIST BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
| CARES ACT GRANT RECIPIENTS | TOTAL AWARD | TN DISTRICT |
| Birthplace of Country Music | $5,000.00 | 1 |
| Exchange Place | $3,000.00 | 1 |
| Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia | $5,000.00 | 1 |
| International Storytelling Center | $6,657.75 | 1 |
| James Agee Film Project | $6,657.75 | 1 |
| Netherland Inn and Boatyard National Historic Site | $5,000.00 | 1 |
| Rocky Mount Historical Association | $5,000.00 | 1 |
| Rose Center & Council for the Arts | $6,657.75 | 1 |
| Surgoinsville Area Archives and Museum | $5,000.00 | 1 |
| Tipton-Haynes Historical Association, Inc. | $6,657.75 | 1 |
| Big Ears Festival | $5,000.00 | 2 |
| East Tennessee Historical Society | $6,367.75 | 2 |
| East Tennessee Public Communications Corporation | $5,000.00 | 2 |
| Glenmore Preservation Society | $5,000.00 | 2 |
| Gov John Sevier Memorial Association | $6,657.75 | 2 |
| Gov William Blount Mansion Association | $6,657.75 | 2 |
| Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center | $6,657.75 | 2 |
| Historic Ramsey House | $6,657.75 | 2 |
| HoLa Hora Latina | $5,000.00 | 2 |
| James White’s Fort Association, Inc. | $6,657.75 | 2 |
| Knox Heritage | $6,657.75 | 2 |
| Knoxville History Project | $6,657.75 | 2 |
| Mabry Hazen House | $6,657.75 | 2 |
| The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum | $6,657.75 | 2 |
| UT McClung Museum | $5,000.00 | 2 |
| Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame | $5,000.00 | 2 |
| Art 120 | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| Campbell Culture Coalition | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| Charles Hall Museum | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| Chattanooga Writers’ Guild | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| ELLA Library | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| Etowah Historical Commission/Volunteer | $4,637.49 | 3 |
| Fort Loudoun Assoc | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| green mcadoo cultural organization | $6,657.75 | 3 |
| Historic Rugby | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| Hunter Museum of American Art | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| Mayme Carmichael School | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| McMinn County Living Heritage Museum | $6,657.75 | 3 |
| Morgan County Genealogical & Historical Society | $6,657.75 | 3 |
| Postmark LaFollette | $6,657.75 | 3 |
| RISE Chattanooga | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| Sequoyah Birthplace | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| Southern Lit Alliance | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| SPLASH | $5,000.00 | 3 |
| James K Polk Memorial Association | $6,657.75 | 4 |
| Oaklands Assoc., Inc DBA Oaklands Mansion | $6,657.75 | 4 |
| Old Copper Road Preservation Alliance | $5,000.00 | 4 |
| Sam Davis Memorial Assoc | $5,000.00 | 4 |
| Andrew Jackson Foundation | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Centennial Park Conservancy | $6,657.75 | 5 |
| Cheekwood | $6,657.75 | 5 |
| Chick History | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Country Music Hall of Fame | $6,657.75 | 5 |
| Discover Madison | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| East Nashville Hope Exchange, Inc. | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Faith & Culture Center | $6,657.75 | 5 |
| Global Education Center | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Grassmere Historic Farm, Nashville Zoo at Grassmere | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Japan-America Society of Tennessee, Inc. | $6,657.75 | 5 |
| Jefferson Street Sound Museum | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum | $6,657.75 | 5 |
| Nashville Public Library Foundation | $6,657.75 | 5 |
| National Museum of African American Music | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Promise Land Heritage Association | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Southern Word, Inc. | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Tennessee Alliance for Progress | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Tennessee Association of Museums | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Tennessee Historical Society | $6,657.75 | 5 |
| Tennessee Performing Arts Center | $6,657.75 | 5 |
| Tennessee Preservation Trust | $4,000.00 | 5 |
| The Porch Writers’ Collective | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Travellers Rest | $5,000.00 | 5 |
| Cumberland Homesteads Tower Association Incorporated | $5,000.00 | 6 |
| Granville Museum, Inc. | $5,000.00 | 6 |
| Historic Cragfont and Castalian Springs | $6,657.75 | 6 |
| Historic Lebanon Tomorrow Inc. | $5,000.00 | 6 |
| Overton County Heritage Museum | $5,000.00 | 6 |
| Robertson County Historical Society | $5,000.00 | 6 |
| Sgt. York Patriotic Foundation | $6,657.75 | 6 |
| AiM-Arts in McNairy | $5,000.00 | 7 |
| Friends of Johnsonville State Historic Park | $6,657.75 | 7 |
| Hardeman County APTA | $5,000.00 | 7 |
| Lewis County Historical Society | $5,000.00 | 7 |
| Wolf Gap | $5,657.75 | 7 |
| Bemis Historical Society | $6,657.75 | 8 |
| Big Black Creek Historical Association | $5,000.00 | 8 |
| Davies Manor Association | $6,657.75 | 8 |
| Discovery Park of America | $6,657.75 | 8 |
| Downtown Paris Association | $5,000.00 | 8 |
| Friends of the Delta Heritage Center | $5,000.00 | 8 |
| Paris Henry County Heritage Center | $5,000.00 | 8 |
| The Carnegie Center for Arts and History | $5,000.00 | 8 |
| The Griot Collective of West Tennessee | $6,657.75 | 8 |
| Tom & O.E. Stigall Ethnic Library | $5,000.00 | 8 |
| Lorraine Civil Rights Museum | $5,000.00 | 9 |
| Memphis Library Foundation | $6,657.75 | 9 |
| Memphis Museums, Inc. | $6,657.75 | 9 |
| Vote 70 Inc. | $5,000.00 | 9 |
| TOTAL GRANT AWARDS | $549,999.74 |
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