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Find detailed information here on NCF’s 203 affiliated funds serving communities throughout the state.
News & Events
- 08/05/2010 - Nebraska Inspires Arkansas Native
- 07/29/2010 - Ag commodities contributions can benefit non profit organizations
- 06/17/2010 - Hap Jones Loved Thedford; Estate Keeps Action Alive With Ongoing Gift To TACFF
- 05/26/2010 - Shickley Comm. Foundation reaches milestone
- 05/19/2010 - Exeter Foundation Receives Challenge Grant
- 03/11/2010 - Their goal? Help Norfolk to thrive decades into the future
- 11/18/2009 - Nebraska Community Foundation receives $1 million pledge
Upcoming Events
- 09/06/10 - Labor Day – NCF offices closed
- 09/08/10 - Affiliated Fund Remote Training - Making the Ask: Responding to “Yes,” “No” and “Maybe”
- 09/08/10 - Affiliated Fund Remote Training - Making the Ask: Responding to “Yes,” “No” and “Maybe”
- 09/21/10 - Nebraska City Community Foundation Fund - 2010 Annual Meeting
- 09/22/10 - Transforming Rural America: HomeTown Competitiveness Workshop
Community Stories
“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.”
Donor Stories
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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