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News & Events
- 04/03/2012 - Small Towns, Big Ideas. Nebraska Magazine profiles NCF President & CEO Jeff Yost.
- 03/30/2012 - Donor-Advised Fund makes first round of grants to small-town libraries
- 12/29/2011 - NCF Transfer of Wealth Study interview
- 11/04/2011 - ‘We Can’ is right message - Omaha World Herald
- 11/04/2011 - Transfer of Wealth News Conference November 2, 2011
- 11/03/2011 - New study projects massive wealth transfer in Nebraska
- 08/22/2011 - Investments in the future - The Omaha World-Herald
- 08/08/2011 - Keeping rural communities strong - Agweek
- 07/27/2011 - Where is Rural Philanthropy Heading and Where in the World are its Partners on the Journey?
- 07/26/2011 - Where Is the Intergenerational Transfer of Wealth Hiding and How Can Foundations Find It?
- 07/21/2011 - Making Philanthropy Work in Rural America
- 05/31/2011 - “My Values Are On My Sleeve” How Jeff Yost and the Aspen Institute are changing rural America.
- 04/07/2011 - Philanthropy funds drive improvement in rural communities - The Omaha World Herald
- 03/01/2011 - Your best shot for long-term results - Alliance Magazine
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
Mail Carrier John Daro Used Gift Annuity to Give Back
John Daro
Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor dark of night ever kept John Daro, a World War II veteran, of Garrison, Nebraska, from delivering the mail for 51 years. John delivered the mail in rural Butler County and those on his route came to depend upon him. Then John decided to share part of his good fortune by making a gift that allowed him to fulfill his goal of giving back to his hometown with a gift to the Nebraska Community Foundation’s gift annuity program.
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