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Nebraska

Find detailed information here on NCF’s 199 Affiliated Funds serving communities throughout the state.

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News & Events

  • 02/22/2010 - Keith County Community Foundation Fund - Foundation procures Kiewit grant
  • 02/10/2010 - Trend Boosts Rural Areas
  • 01/21/2010 - Kiewit Foundation Awards $20,000 To O’Neill Community Foundation
  • 01/07/2010 - Perkins County:  Hunt Challenge goal met — entire county will benefit
  • 11/26/2009 - The benefits of civic vision
  • 11/18/2009 - State Community Foundation receives $1 million pledge

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Upcoming Events

  • 03/17/10 - Training Opportunity:  Bequest Boot Camp - 10 Exercises to Strengthen Your Bequest Program
  • 03/18/10 - Burwell Community Fund Annual Meeting
  • 04/14/10 - NCF Affiliated Fund Remote Training - Topic TBA
  • 04/14/10 - NCF Affiliated Fund Remote Training - Topic TBA
  • 04/15/10 - Bennet Area Community Foundation Fund - The B.I.G. Event (Bennet Improvement Goals)

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Community Stories

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“Newcomer” Becomes First Founding Member

Verdigre

Why would a man born in Lincoln and raised in Chicago want to come to Verdigre, Nebraska, a place he had never heard of before he saw it?

Pat McCarron tells the story of checking out different ZCBJ* lodges—Czech fraternal organizations—in communities west of the Missouri River. When coming over the hill from Center, Nebraska, he can still see the little village “all laid out there.” He said he and Donna Zimmerman, a good friend who also resides in Verdigre now, stopped at Frank’s Food Mart, located next to the ZCBJ Bila Hora Hall at the time. They wanted to find out the meaning of “Bila Hora.” 

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Donor Stories

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Charitable Gift Annuity Helps Preserve Landmark

Charitable Gift Annuity Helps Preserve Landmark

Jim and Ginger Nissen

Jim and Ginger Nissen of Lincoln made a gift that will benefit their hometown of Wayne. Jim grew up on a farm near Wayne, and Ginger moved to Wayne as a high school student. After they married, Jim and Ginger moved to Lincoln, but they continued to stay connected to their hometown.

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