The Lincoln Community Foundation distributed $307,571 in community grants to local nonprofit organizations through Open Door Grants. These grants are made possible by contributions from the Lincoln Forever Fund and from LCF donor endowment funds. Organizations that received funding include:
American Cancer Society
Road to Recovery free ride program
Autism Family Network
Float 4 Life swim lessons for children with autism
Banister's Leadership Academy
Implementation of Night LIFE program at the Malone Community Center
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lincoln
Support for operations
Bluestem Health
Community Baby Shower event
Board of Regents, U of Nebraska, UNL
13th annual Human Trafficking and Migration Initiative
Bridge Behavioral Health
Replacement of commercial dishwasher
Camp Floyd Rogers
Scholarships for children with diabetes in Lancaster Co. to attend camp
Cause Collective
Nonprofit board training and capacity building
Center for Legal Immigration Assistance
General support
Child Advocacy Center
General support
City of Lincoln
Portrait exhibit at the Lincoln American Jobs Center
City of Lincoln - Urban Development
Lead mitigation matching grant
Clinic with a Heart
Operating support
Clyde Malone Community Center
Operating support
Common Threads Sewing Team
Materials for volunteers to create human care items
Disrupting Traffick
Operating support
Do More Good Movement
2021 Do More Good virtual conference sponsorship
Eastridge Presbyterian Church Food Pantry
Restocking the pantry with food, personal hygiene and household items
Food Bank of Lincoln
Capital Campaign
Food Fort
Director of Education office resources
Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools
Technology & equipment for deaf and hard of hearing students; Creation of the Aviation and Technical Education Focus Program at North Star High School
Friendship Home of Lincoln
Inclusive Communities Project R.E.A.D.I. trainings for staff
Girls Incorporated of Omaha dba Girls Inc. of Lincoln
Eureka! STEM program for 8th-12th grade girls
Good Neighbor Community Center
General support
Great Plains Art Museum (NU Board of Regents)
Support for juried exhibition, "Contemporary Indigeneity 2022"
Heartland Bike Share
Sponsorship of BikeLNK bicycles
History Nebraska Foundation
Youth and community engagement programming around BISON exhibit
Husker Fans Salute The Troops Foundation
Salute to the Troops Annual Fall Weekend event
Jazz in June (Lied Center)
Support for 30th anniversary season
Lancaster County Medical Society
Outreach campaign to encourage COVID-19 vaccination
Lincoln Arts Council
Support for 2021 Lincoln Arts Festival; Sponsorship of Mayor's Arts Awards
Lincoln Calling
Launch of Lincoln Calling TV streaming platform
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Horticulture department support
Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival
Sponsorship of 2nd Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival
Lincoln Parks Foundation
Cascade Fountain renovation
Lincoln Public Schools - Arts & Humanities Focus Program
Support for therapy dog, Sonny
Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
Harmony in Healing program
LUX Center for the Arts
Replacement of building elevator; EMERGE LNK, a mural project for North Lincoln
Madonna Foundation
Community Medical Transportation program support
Meadowlark Music Festival
General support
MilkWorks
Operating support
National Museum of Roller Skating
Renovations to building entrances
Nebraska Appleseed
Policy solutions to address benefit overpayments and collections
Nebraska Children's Home Society
Operating support for Lancaster County programs
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table
Get Out The Vote (GOTV) efforts in Lancaster County
Nebraska Peace Foundation
Roots of Local Justice: Historical Truth and Fair Reconciliation
Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation (for Veterans Advisory Group)
Outreach to veterans, guidance with government systems, and veteran fellowship
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lift As You Climb STEM enrichment program
NeighborWorks Lincoln/Community Crops
Renovation of NeighborWorks Lincoln facility to co-locate Community Crops offices there
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln
Streets Alive! project revitalizing the 3rd & F Street pedestrian tunnel
Pinewood Performing Arts
Summer 2022 musical sponsorship
Proyecto Cultural/Grupo Folklorico Sangre Azteca
Mural and buildling renovation project
Rabble Mill
New LPS Focus Program, "Bay High"
Southeast Community College - Lincoln
Educational support for qualified student
Southern Heights Food Forest
General support
Sunday Farmers' Market at College View
Strategic planning using local consultant
Transformative Life (Contemplate Lincoln)
Care Packages for the Quarantined
UNL Board of Regents for International Quilt Museum
Collaboration with Lincoln NAACP Youth Council on social justice movements and associated art forms
Visionary Youth
Support for Community Impact Program events
Wellbeing Initiative
Mental health awareness campaign
Wyuka Historical Foundation
Restoration of Rudge Chapel
Yazda/Yazidi Cultural Center
Support for operations