The Mississippi Humanities Council has so far awarded 20 CARES Emergency Grants, totaling over $250,000, to help support Mississippi cultural organizations affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
“We are very pleased to be able to direct these federal emergency funds to help the institutions that preserve and document Mississippi’s rich cultural heritage while enriching the quality of life in our communities,” said Dr. Stuart Rockoff executive director of the MHC.
With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the federal CARES Act, the MHC is offering emergency grants of up to $20,000 to qualifying humanities organizations. Applications are received on a rolling basis and are reviewed weekly by a special committee. The MHC has received $460,000 in federal relief funds to distribute.
For more information about the MHC’s CARES Emergency Grant program, including guidelines and application, visit our website at mshumanities.org. Organizations are strongly encouraged to contact MHC Executive Director Stuart Rockoff at srockoff@mhc.state.ms.us before applying.
CARES Emergency Grants Awarded so far:
Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum (Bay St. Louis) – $2575
Canton-Madison County Historical Society – $5500
Delta Blues Museum (Clarksdale) – $12,125
Grammy Museum Mississippi (Cleveland) – $20,000
Gulfport Historical Society – $1000
The Lighthouse/Black Girl Projects (Jackson) – $2500
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center (Gulfport) – $20,000
Meridian Restoration Foundation – $10,224
Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience (Meridian) – $20,000
Mississippi Book Festival (Jackson) – $20,000
Mississippi Children’s Museum (Jackson) – $20,000
Mississippi Cultural Crossroads (Port Gibson) – $4618
Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum (Meridian) – $6548
Mississippi Museum of Art (Jackson) – $20,000
Museum of the Mississippi Delta (Greenwood) – $3254
New Stage Theatre (Jackson) – $20,000
Tunica County Museum (Tunica) – $10,000
Union County Heritage Museum (New Albany)- $12,620
University Press of Mississippi (Jackson) – $20,000
Walter Anderson Museum of Art (Ocean Springs) – $20,000