The Nebraska Community Foundation serves 214 community, organizational and donor-advised affiliated funds in 230 communities located in 77 Nebraska counties. NCF and its affiliated funds have reinvested $138.6 million in Nebraska since 1993.
Shickley Comm. Foundation reaches milestone
05/26/2010, Reggi Carlson, NCF Communications Director, Special to The Nebraska Signal and Signal Staff, The Nebraska Signal
Photo: Joe Kamler (left) and Richard Walter with the Shickley Community Foundation Fund.
In April of this year, the Shickley Community Foundation Fund announced its semi-annual grant awards. This local foundation provided nearly $7,000 in funding to 10 area nonprofits. Folks in this town of about 350 are getting used to the demonstration of support and community pride. What makes this last round of grant-making special is that the Fund has now surpassed the $100,000 mark in community reinvestment, the majority of that occurring in the last 10 years. ...
Article reprinted with permission of the the Nebraska Signal.
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