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


Community builders glean ideas from peers in Iowa, Minnesota
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation, McCook Community Foundation

LINCOLN, Neb. — In early September, over two dozen ambitious Nebraskans hailing from hometowns across the Nebraska Community...more

Small town utilizes fund with primary goals in mind
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

... steps forward. And with the Coleridge Area Fund, support from the Nebraska Community Foundation and volunteer work, they're making it...more

Loving Where They Live: Jacie Burbach
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

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

McCook Community Foundation Fund grant application deadline Oct. 1
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation, McCook Community Foundation

From replacing decades-old bleachers at the YMCA to helping fill the Fox Theater with live instrumental music, the McCook Community...more

Let's talk about the kids
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

I was fortunate to attend the conference with several of my colleagues from the Nebraska Community Foundation. NCF staff are working...more

What to know about the Columbus Area Future Fund
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

CAFF also helps build a culture of philanthropy in our region through coordinating the Columbus Area Philanthropy Council, bringing together...more

Private banking concept to come to NP
Foundation: Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation

Through her involvement in the Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation, Steger has developed a deep understanding of the opportunities in the...more

CPNRD board sets property tax levy for 2020 budget
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

Also related to integrated water resources, a recharge agreement approved with the Nebraska Community Foundation for the Platte River...more

Fund helped make the Ravenna library a reality
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

The community worked together to make it a reality, but local leaders also utilized grant money. One grant came from the Shirley...more

Getting to know Callan Collins
Foundation: Nebraska Community Foundation

Nebraska Community Foundation is pleased to support this series and introduce readers to people in Northeast and North-Central Nebraska who...more



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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?


Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however,  cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.




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