Lincoln Community Foundation Awards Over $765K to Support Nonprofits, Students
To date this year, Lincoln Community Foundation (LCF, www.LCF.org) has distributed more than $765,000 in Open Door Grants to local nonprofit organizations and scholarships for students. Launched in 2020, Open Door Grants are the successor to the Community and Quick Response grants previously administered by LCF. They support efforts by nonprofits in Lincoln and Lancaster County to meet existing needs or address challenges and opportunities facing the community. Grants may be applied to operations, programs, or capital projects and will include (but are not limited to) areas of arts and culture, community improvement, education and youth, environment and animals, and health and human services. 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. These scholarship funds are supported by generous donors of LCF, who have established more than 80 scholarship funds that benefit students in Lancaster County and across the state of Nebraska.
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.