To date this year, Lincoln Community Foundation (LCF) has distributed more than $765,000 in Open Door Grants to local nonprofit organizations and scholarships for students. Open Door Grants support efforts by nonprofits in Lincoln and Lancaster County to meet existing needs or address challenges and opportunities facing our community. These grants are made possible by contributions from the Lincoln Forever Fund and LCF donor endowment funds. In addition, LCF awarded upwards of $565,000 in scholarship funds to more than 300 students.
Organizations that that received grant funding include:
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lincoln
General support
Cause Collective
Nonprofit board training and capacity building for local nonprofits
Child Advocacy Center
General support
City of Lincoln - Urban Development
Lead mitigation matching grant
Do More Good Movement
Sponsorship of the 2021 Do More Good virtual conference
Eastridge Presbyterian Church Food Pantry
Restocking the pantry with food, personal hygiene, and household items
Food Bank of Lincoln
Support for capital campaign
Food Fort
Director of Education office resources
Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools
Technology & equipment for deaf and hard of hearing students (Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Association Fund)
Friendship Home of Lincoln
Inclusive Communities Project R.E.A.D.I. trainings for staff
Good Neighbor Community Center
General support
Heartland Bike Share
Sponsorship of BikeLNK bicycles
Lancaster County Medical Society
Support of outreach campaign
Lied Center
Support for 30th anniversary Jazz in June season
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
Support for horticulture department
Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival
Sponsorship of 2nd Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival
Lincoln Parks Foundation
Support for Cascade Fountain renovation
Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
Support for Harmony in Healing program
LUX Center for the Arts
Replacement of building elevator and support for EMERGE LNK, mural project for North Lincoln
Madonna Foundation
Community Medical Transportation program support
Meadowlark Music Festival
General support
Nebraska Appleseed
Policy solutions to address benefit overpayments and collections
Nebraska Peace Foundation
Collaborative initiative, 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
NeighborWorks Lincoln/Community Crops
Support for renovation of NeighborWorks Lincoln facility to re-locate Community Crops offices
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln
Support for Streets Alive! project revitalizing the 3rd & F Street pedestrian tunnel
Proyecto Cultural/Grupo Folklorico Sangre Azteca
Support for Mural and building renovation project
Rabble Mill
New LPS Focus Program, "Bay High"
Southern Heights Food Forest
General support
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
Wellbeing Initiative
Support for mental health awareness campaign
Yazda/Yazidi Cultural Center
General support
About Lincoln Community Foundation
The Lincoln Community Foundation, established in 1955, strives to continually enrich the Lincoln community by promoting and achieving perpetual philanthropic support. The foundation has distributed more than $168 million in grants to nonprofit organizations that have improved the lives of thousands of residents. For more information, visit www.LCF.org.