Nebraska Community Foundation



The Nebraska Community Foundation, headquartered in Lincoln, is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing financial management, strategic development and education/training services to communities, organizations and donors throughout Nebraska since 1993.


The Foundation provides affiliated fund status (allowing communities or organizations to achieve nonprofit charitable status without forming their own nonprofit corporation) and strategic development assistance in 179 communities throughout Nebraska.

Assets and Giving for Nebraska Community Foundation

Assets

2019 - 181,756,864
2018 - 148,251,745
Domestic Grants

2019 - 10,151,252


    

Recent News from Nebraska Community Foundation


North Platte has fallen behind on its public fix-it work
Foundation: Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation

And the North Platte Parks, Recreation and Wellness Foundation has a special fund at the Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation for private...more

Local agencies benefit from increased giving
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation, McCook Community Foundation

Community Chest is a sub-account of the McCook Community Foundation Fund, which an affiliate of the Nebraska Community...more

'Nicest Place' honors aside, process spotlighted a great town
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation, McCook Community Foundation

... David Brooks, who was brought to Southwest Nebraska by the Nebraska Community Foundation and the McCook Community Foundation...more

Getting to know Kelly and Luella Hodson, Osmond
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

The Nebraska Community Foundation is pleased to support this series and introduce readers to Northeast and North Central Nebraskans who...more

Osmond looks long-term to create legacy
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

Aaron Gutz knew this and realized if residents there really wanted the idea of a Nebraska Community Foundation Affiliated Fund to be successful...more

Rebuild the Heartland Fund created to help communities impacted by flooding
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

Through a partnership between the Nebraska Community Foundation and First National Bank of Omaha, Rebuild the Heartland Community Fund...more

Community leaders press North Platte for action on correcting substandard housing conditions
Foundation: Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation

... a group including North Platte Public Schools Superintendent Ron Hanson, Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation Executive Director Eric...more

Peer-learning opportunity takes local community builders to Iowa, Minnesota
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

Tyler Pribbeno, Doug Gaswick and Lori Pankonin from the Imperial Community Foundation Fund were among 25 Nebraskans who took an Iowa...more

Local community builders find out what works in Iowa, Minnesota
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

Callan Collins of the Norfolk Area Community Foundation Fund and Kara Weander-Gaster of Nebraska Community Foundation were part of the tour...more

Transfer Of Wealth study and what it means for our communities
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

For the Nebraska Community Foundation, one of the action items that comes with that milestone is an update on the Transfer of Wealth Study,...more



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