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Asian Community & Cultural Center — $20,000 Operating and programming support for the Family Resource Program, Senior Program, and Cultural Education Program.
Audubon Nebraska, Denton, Nebraska — $25,000 Operating support for Spring Creek Prairie, an 808-acre tallgrass prairie nature preserve that offers year-round nature education programs for schools and the public.
Barth Syndrome Foundation, Larchmont, New York — $500 Memorial in honor of Paula Varner.
CASA for Lancaster County — $20,000 General operating support for this agency that trains volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates to advocate for children who are in the court system due to abuse and neglect.
Center for People in Need — $25,000 Center for People in Need supports low-income people by bringing extra resources to agencies that serve people in need and by providing advocacy on public policies.
CenterPointe, Inc. — $22,865 For the purchase of state-of-the art hardware and software to assist clinical staff with psychological testing and diagnosis. CenterPointe offers an integrated treatment program for clients with mental health and substance use problems.
Chase County Schools, Imperial, Nebraska — $50 Memorial in honor of Billy Dale Pribbeno.
Council on Foundations, Arlington, Virginia — $2,130 Annual support for this membership organization of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations and giving programs worldwide.
Doane College, Crete, Nebraska — $21,350 To support the creation of learning communities within the academic program, to improve learning and strengthen students' connections to the college environment.
Downtown Lincoln Foundation - — 10,000 “Our Community…Larger Than Life” photo mural project.
Flatwater Shakespeare Company — $5,000 Second year funding to support development and fundraising efforts.
Foundation Center, New York, New York — $2,500 General operating support for 2007.
Fresh Start, Inc. — $26,827 Support for upgraded technology, marketing, and capacity building to increase and diversify funding. Fresh Start provides transitional housing and supportive services for homeless women in Lincoln.
Girl Scouts – Homestead Council — $10,000 To assist an effort to build capacity within the Girl Scouts councils to assure consistent, high quality programming, staffing, marketing and fundraising.
Goodwill Industries Serving Southeast Nebraska, Inc. — $10,000 Salary support for an Employment Specialist to work with immigrant and refugee job seekers.
Groundwater Foundation — $16,849 Operational funding to support executive leadership transition, board development and enhanced financial operations.
Heartland Big Brothers Big Sisters — $10,000 Second year support toward staff positions to increase the number of children served with quality mentoring relationships.
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation,
Walthill, Nebraska — $25,000
Junior Achievement of Lincoln, Inc. — $5,000 Matching funds to increase the number of new and upgraded donors to Junior Achievement. Junior Achievement offers work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy programs for 13,600 K-12 students in 70 Lincoln public and parochial schools.
Lincoln Children’s Museum — $20,000 Salary support for the new Membership Coordinator position, to further the Museum's mission "to invite children to create, discover and learn through the power of play."
Lincoln Literacy Council — $10,000 Support for the Refugee Women's Group, an employment-focused English language study group to help refugee women become literate in verbal and written English, obtain employability skills, and understand the cultural norms of life in Lincoln.
Lincoln Municipal Band — $5,000 To support the 2007 Summer Concert Series, the 100th Anniversary Season. The oldest professional music organization in Nebraska, the Lincoln Municipal Band serves thousands of people each summer with free Sunday night concerts in Antelope Park in July and August.
Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation — $5,000 Support for the Open Sudio and Writer’s WordShop programs.
Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools — $50,000 To support the first major gifts campaign of the Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools which will enhance reading, math and science programs, expand opportunities for low-income students and families, and to provide additional resources to schools and teachers so every student has a superb learning environment.
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra — $15,000 Second-year support for the Development Director position.
Lofte Community Theatre, Manley, Nebraska — $15,000 Fund development program for this volunteer theatre company that presents over 44 performances each year with a annual attendance of over 11,000 people from Southeast Nebraska and beyond.
Loup Basin RC&D Council, Ord, Nebraska — $25,000 Support for a part time director for the new Loup Basin Technology Center in Ord, which serves a nine county region in north central Nebraska with computers, video conferencing, distance learning capabilities and related equipment.
Lux Center for the Arts — $15,000 To make visual art education accessible to broader, more diverse audiences.
Malone Community Center — $30,000 Support toward the Executive Director position for this organization that serves Lincoln's diverse and evolving community through educational, social, recreational and cultural programming.
Metropolitan Community College Foundation,
Omaha, Nebraska — $10,000 Support for the 2007 Great Plains Theatre Conference featuring celebrated playwright Edward Albee, May 26 - June 4, 2007 at the Fort Omaha campus. The conference, with an emphasis on new and emerging playwrights, includes workshops, symposia, performances, and panels at which participants can meet and interact with award-winning playwrights, directors, producers, and actors, as well as critics and scholars.
Metropolitan Opera/Nebraska Auditions — $1,000 Support for awards for the 2008 auditions.
Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, Missouri — $25,000 Support for HELP, training for 20 small, rural museums in Nebraska, to improve governance, financial management, professional skills and resource sharing among peer institutions.
Mourning Hope — $4,000 Operating support for this agency which provides free grief support programs for children and families.
Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. — $5,000 VisionMaker Film Festival, featuring documentary and narrative films produced by and about Native Americans, at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, November 16-29, 2007.
Nebraska Brass — $2,500 Commission of five new works for brass quintet.
Nebraska Community Foundation — $25,000 Support for the EndowNebraska marketing campaign, to promote the Nebraska Charitable Tax Credit for gifts to permanent endowments of Nebraska nonprofit organizations. http://nebraskataxcredit.org/
Nebraska Conservation Educational Fund — $15,000 General operating support for this new agency which works to increase public engagement in conservation policy formation in Nebraska.
Nebraska Cultural Endowment, Omaha, Nebraska — $15,000 Operating support over three years for a major gifts campaign to raise $2 million for the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. In 1998 the Nebraska Legislature created the State of Nebraska Cultural Preservation Endowment Fund which set aside $5 million for the benefit of the Nebraska Arts Council (NAC) and the Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC). Private donations to the Nebraska Cultural Endowment release state funds in an equal amount for immediate use by the NAC and NHC, which provide comprehensive arts and humanities programming across the state.
Nebraska Humanities Council — $30,000 Support for humanities programming across the state, many focused on environmental issues. These include Capitol Forum on America's Future, a program for high school students to examine key global issues faced by the United States; Museum on Main Street's "Between Fences" exhibition for rural audiences and small museums addressing the cultural history of fences and land use; The Good Life: Rural-Urban-Suburban program focusing on scarce natural resources; Kansas-Nebraska Chautauqua 2008-2010, an opportunity for Nebraskans to interact with scholars and learn about historical figures in a stimulating and entertaining atmosphere; and a project to simulcast the E.N. Thompson Forum lectures to venues across the state.
Nebraska Independent College Foundation,
Omaha, Nebraska — $16,500 Cooper Foundation Scholarships for Students of Color at 11 member institutions.
Nebraska Land Trust — $20,000 Support for an effort to protect the Schramm Bluffs area in Sarpy County, Nebraska, a biologically unique area that includes eastern hardwood forest, tallgrass prairie, and three kinds of shrubland, providing essential habitat for many species of plants and animals. Working with the support of local landowners, the Nebraska Land Trust will obtain conservation easements to preserve the natural amenities and scenic vistas of the lower Platte region between Lincoln and Omaha, used for outdoor recreation by over two million people each year.
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Omaha, Nebraska — $10,000 Support for the program Shakespeare in American Communities, a professional touring production of a Shakespeare play and educational workshops in schools and communities in Nebraska and the region.
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum — $5,000
Toward "Real & Imagined Landscapes," an exhibition of sketches and journal entries from noted Nebraska landscape artist Keith Jacobshagen, in eight different venues across Nebraska in 2007 and 2008.
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Support for a lecture by Richard Louv, author of “Last Child in the Woods,” on the importance of outdoor experiences for children, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in February, 2008.
Northeast Family Center — $15,000 Administrative support for this organization that offers services and programming for families and youth in northeast Lincoln.
OLPC Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts — $12,719 For 60 XO Laptops from the One Laptop Per Child Foundation. Under their Give One Get One Program, 30 of the XO Laptops will be sent to a developing nation and 30 more to Lincoln. The OLPC Foundation's mission is to stimulate initiatives designed to enhance and sustain the effectiveness of laptops as learning tools for children living in lesser-developed countries. The XO Laptops coming to Lincoln will serve that same goal for children here. The Cooper Foundation is working with the Foundation for the Lincoln Public Schools to develop plans for distribution of the XO Laptops.
St. Monica’s Behavioral Health Services for Women — $31,081 Technology to enhance staff efficiency, improve client service and increase fundraising.
Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska — $10,000 Support for Lancaster County students attending SPACE: Journey to Our Future, from February 9 to May 4, 2008. Students will use interactive lessons in science, technology, engineering and math to learn how discoveries in space exploration are made.
Third Chair Chamber Players — $2,600 Support for the music program “Thomas the Tough Turkey” in collaboration with the Lincoln Children's Museum and Lux Center for the Arts.
United Way of Lincoln/Lancaster County — $10,000 Support for Nebraska 211, a free 24-hour telephone line to provide information and referral services for health, human services and community programs. — $12,707
Support for the 2007 United Way Campaign.
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Charitable Gift Fund on behalf of 2015 Vision — $30,000 Support for the public outreach activities of 2015 Vision, a cooperative project with a focus to strengthen research and education, create jobs and provide new entertainment and cultural opportunities for citizens of Lincoln.
International Quilt Study Center — $21,274 Support for "Drawing Connections: the Art and Design of Quilts," the inaugural exhibition in the new International Quilt Study Center Museum, opening in early 2008.
Friends of the Libraries — $100 Memorial for Sally Knudsen.
Lied Center for Performing Arts — $20,000 Support for “The Train”, a thought-provoking performance about the Holocaust, survival and about living with traumatic memories.
Nebraska Center for Research on
Children, Youth, Families & Schools — $7,494 Toward Project TEAMS, a collaboration with the Lincoln Public Schools that provides support for students who are at risk of dropping out of high school.
E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues — $15,934 Annual support from the Thompson Family Fund, established by E.N. and Katherine Thompson to support programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
UNL - Psychology Department — $18,424
For the Project SAFE Coordinator at the Child Advocacy Center in Lincoln. Project SAFE provides free on-site individual and group therapy services to victims of sexual abuse, their siblings and non-offending parents and caregivers.
Wayne State College Foundation, Wayne, Nebraska — $50,000 Support for equipment for the Carhart Science Building at Wayne State, part of a $19 million renovation project to enhance the science program, the fastest growing major at Wayne State College.
Wyuka Historical Foundation — $10,000 Support for planning and design of the Wyuka Park and Gardens project.
YMCA of Lincoln — $50,000 Support toward after school programming for a new YMCA that will be located with the new middle school to be built in northwest Lincoln. This unique public, private, and nonprofit partnership will allow the YMCA and the middle school to share resources and common facilities and will provide much needed community-based family recreation facilities to this area of Lincoln.
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