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Find detailed information here on NCF’s 203 affiliated funds serving communities throughout the state.

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News & Events

  • 08/05/2010 - Nebraska Inspires Arkansas Native
  • 07/29/2010 - Ag commodities contributions can benefit non profit organizations
  • 06/17/2010 - Hap Jones Loved Thedford; Estate Keeps Action Alive With Ongoing Gift To TACFF
  • 05/26/2010 - Shickley Comm. Foundation reaches milestone
  • 05/19/2010 - Exeter Foundation Receives Challenge Grant
  • 03/11/2010 - Their goal?  Help Norfolk to thrive decades into the future
  • 11/18/2009 - Nebraska Community Foundation receives $1 million pledge

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Upcoming Events

  • 09/06/10 - Labor Day – NCF offices closed
  • 09/08/10 - Affiliated Fund Remote Training - Making the Ask:  Responding to “Yes,” “No” and “Maybe”
  • 09/08/10 - Affiliated Fund Remote Training - Making the Ask:  Responding to “Yes,” “No” and “Maybe”
  • 09/21/10 - Nebraska City Community Foundation Fund - 2010 Annual Meeting
  • 09/22/10 - Transforming Rural America:  HomeTown Competitiveness Workshop

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“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.” 

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$2.3M Estate Gift for Entrepreneurship and People Attraction

$2.3M Estate Gift for Entrepreneurship and People Attraction

Rudolph H. Elis

A $2.3 million endowment has been established to support entrepreneurship and people attraction in north-central Nebraska. Rudolph H. Elis created a donor-advised fund in 2006 that was funded by a bequest upon his death.

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2009 Annual Report
Transfer of Wealth
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