The Nebraska Community Foundation serves 220 community, organizational and donor-advised affiliated funds in 238 communities located in 79 Nebraska counties. NCF and its affiliated funds have reinvested $138.6 million in Nebraska since 1993.
Marcia White
Director of Community Development Philanthropy
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Marcia White
Marcia manages affiliated fund development and support functions for NCF. She works with the NCF’s directors of community fund development to provide services and programs that help affiliated funds be more effective at generating resources and investing those resources back into their communities in ways that make positive, sustainable impact.
Marcia has more than 20 years experience working with community benefit organizations as both a staff person and volunteer. Her career includes work in rural development, grant making for education, community outreach and communications for nonprofit and government organizations in Nebraska. Immediately prior to joining NCF in September 2009, Marcia was a program administrator, academic adviser and instructor at UNL. Marcia has also taught various communication-related courses at Doane College-Lincoln and Webster University-Thailand.
From 2002 - 2004, Marcia served as a Peace Corps volunteer advising small businesses and community-based tourism development projects in northern Ghana, West Africa.
Marcia is a native of Bridgeport, Nebraska and a two-time graduate of UNL with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture and Master of Arts Degree in Adult and Continuing Education.
Gift Annuity Benefits Community and Donor
Rita Shimmin
Rita Shimmin, a retired school teacher, grew up in Hershey and taught school in Elsie for three years before moving to Ogallala, where she taught high school business classes for 35 years. Rita worked with NCF’s Jim Gustafson to establish a charitable gift annuity which will benefit the Keith County Community Foundation Fund in the future.
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