Shickley Archive of Community Stories
Gifts of Grain and Livestock
With grain prices rising to their highest levels in the past 10 years, the advantages for ag producers to gift agricultural commodities to a community foundation fund are greater than ever. Many Nebraska farmers and ranchers have found that they can save significant taxes by contributing commodities to a charity instead of selling the commodities and making a cash contribution.
Aiming High
In April 2010, the Shickley Community Foundation Fund announced its semi-annual grant awards. The Fund provided nearly $7,000 to 10 area nonprofits. What makes this last round of grantmaking special in this town of about 350 people is that the Fund has now surpassed the $100,000 mark in community reinvestment, the majority of that occurring in the last 10 years. Most of those grants have been made from earnings on the Fund’s endowment account.
