July 20, 2020 Contact Josephine Jones | jones@coloradohumanities.org | 303.894.7951 x15 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CH CARES Humanities Relief Grant Recipients GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO (July 20, 2020) Colorado Humanities is happy to announce the organizations and individuals who were awarded a total of $405,984 in CH CARES Humanities Relief Grants Grant funds were provided by Colorado Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020 More than 200 organizations and individuals submitted a grant application The high quality of applications submitted to Colorado Humanities and the large number of applications received made the choices difficult Colorado Humanities commends all the applicants for the important work they are doing Animas Museum/ La Plata County Historical Society Art from Ashes Inc Aspen Words Bent County Historical Society Bessemer Historical Society, Inc Black American West Museum & Heritage Center Blue Sage Center for the Arts BookTrails Center for American Values - Medal of Honor Museum Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College Centro Cultural Mexicano dba Mexican Cultural Center Chicano Humanities and Arts Council Colorado Folk Arts Council Corazon de Trinidad Creative District Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Durango Film Institute dba Durango Independent Film Festival Eagle County Historical Society The Arts Studio dba Firehouse Art Center Florence Arts Council Friends of Raymer, Inc Gilpin Historical Society Glenwood Springs Historical Society Golden History Museum & Park Grand County Historical Association Hayden Heritage Center Museum Historical Society of Oak Creek & Phippsburg KSUT Public Radio Leon Co Durango Denver Aspen Las Animas Pueblo Denver Paonia Steamboat Springs Pueblo Durango Denver Denver Wheat Ridge Trinidad Cortez $ 7,927 $10,500 $6,000 $12,500 $4,000 $10,500 $500 $6,000 $10,500 $6,000 $6,000 $9,600 $2,834 $3,291 $5,250 Durango Eagle Longmont Florence Brush Central City Glenwood Springs Golden Hot Sulphur Springs Hayden Oak Creek Ignacio Denver $500 $2,688 $500 $3,120 $1,996 $2,400 $11,533 $6,000 $10,500 $10,000 $6,000 $6,000 $500 Lighthouse Writers Workshop Literacy Outreach Lyons Historical Society dba Lyons Redstone Museum Manitou Springs Historical Society Mesa Verde Foundation Metropolitan State University of Denver Museo de las Americas Museum of Boulder Museum of Friends (MoF) Museum of the Mountain West Museums of Western Colorado National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum Ouray County Historical Society, Inc Raul O Paz-Pastrana Pines and Plains Libraries Pueblo City-County Library District Raising A Reader Aspen to Parachute Rock Ledge Ranch Rosemount Museum San Luis Valley Museum Southeastern Colorado Heritage Center dba Pueblo Heritage Museum State Historical Society of Colorado dba History Colorado Steamboat Springs Council of the Arts & Humanities dba Steamboat Creates Su Teatro Summit Historic Society Tesoro Foundation Tread of Pioneers Historical Commission dba Tread of Pioneers Museum University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Vail Symposium Denver Glenwood Springs Lyons Manitou Springs Arvada Denver Denver Boulder Walsenburg Montrose Grand Junction Leadville Ouray Denver Elizabeth Pueblo Glenwood Springs Colorado Springs Pueblo Alamosa $10,500 $10,500 $2,904 $10,460 $13,293 $5,860 $15,000 $500 $15,000 $4,690 $6,000 $10,500 $4,000 $5,000 $15,000 $6,000 $15,000 $6,000 $4,708 $6,400 Pueblo Denver $2,000 $15,000 Steamboat Springs Denver Dillon Morrison $6,000 $10,500 $9,030 $15,000 Steamboat Springs Colorado Springs Vail $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 Colorado Humanities is the only Colorado organization exclusively dedicated to supporting humanities education for adults and children statewide Celebrating its 46th year and its 16th year as host for the Colorado Center for the Book, Colorado Humanities is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Library of Congress Center for the Book, the Smithsonian Institution, and the national award-winning educational nonprofit Motheread, Inc With offices in the Denver Technological Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado Humanities works with program partners throughout the state to design and implement programs that best meet each community’s needs Colorado Humanities' goals are to improve education, strengthen cultural institutions, and enrich community life by inspiring the people of Colorado to explore ideas and appreciate our diverse heritage To learn more, visit coloradohumanities.org or call 303.894.7951