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Arc of Lincoln-Lancaster County	$25,000
General operating support for this organization committed to promoting and protecting the rights and interests of people with developmental disabilities and their families
Asian Community and Cultural Center	$15,000
For support of the Executive Director position for this community ethnic center dedicated to serving the needs of Lincoln’s Asian community since 1994
Boys and Girls Club of Lincoln Lancaster County	$5,000
Toward general operating support for the Club's youth development programs
Bright Lights, Inc.	$7,500
Renewal support of its Development Coordinator position to increase the agency's long-term stability
CASA for Lancaster County	$12,500
Support of increased staff time toward the retention of the agency's volunteer advocates who work to ensure that the needs and best interests of abused and neglected children are being met while under the jurisdiction of the courts
Center for People in Need, Inc.
General operating support for this organization that provides food, personal supplies and services to low income individuals in Lincoln	$1,666
Staff salary support for its job skills/adult education programs that aim to improve the earning potential of low-income workers and facilitate long-term, sustainable economic self-sufficiency	$20,000
Support of the Center's capital campaign for a warehouse and office facility to be used for project expansion, including its Truckloads of Help Project, in collaboration with Goodwill Industries and the Food Bank of Lincoln.	$40,000
Center for Rural Affairs	$25,000
Toward its efforts to engage micro-entrepreneurs and community leaders in the debate over Nebraska economic development policy through education, policy updates and a media campaign
CenterPointe, Inc.	$12,500
Third payment of a three-year $98,200 grant toward the salary of a new Director of Development to lead fundraising activities and develop private funds for this organization dedicated to serving those affected by co-occurring substance abuse and mental health issues
Community CROPS	$15,000
General operating support to help enhance the capacity and fundraising capabilities of this organization that supports the food security and agricultural-based enterprises of immigrant, refugee and low income gardeners in Lincoln and Southeast Nebraska
Community Development Resources	$20,000
General operating support for this organization that provides lending capital, affordable housing resources and business training for women, minorities and economically disadvantaged individuals
Community Services Fund of Nebraska	$6,000
For the purchase of computer software that provides enhanced online features to the potential donors of its future workplace giving campaigns in Lincoln and greater Nebraska
Cultural Centers Coalition	$15,000
For a shared Development Coordinator position for this collaboration, comprised of Asian Community and Cultural Center, Malone Community Center, Indian Center and El Centro de las Americas, that is dedicated to improving its client services through working collaboratively to strengthen each other and overcome the challenges shared by Lincoln's cultural centers
For a feasibility study and planning for a collaborative facility in which the Asian Community and Cultural Center, El Centro de las Americas, Indian Center and Malone Community Center would co-locate	$30,000
El Centro de las Americas	$25,000
Staff salary support during a transitional restructuring period for the Center whose purpose is educating and empowering Hispanic/Latino families and the community at large
Families Inspiring Families, Inc.	$20,000
Third-year support of its advocacy and family support program that helps families whose child is at risk of becoming a state ward due to having emotional, behavioral, and/or mental health issues by providing them with resources and tools to address their children’s intensive needs in the home
Family Service Association of Lincoln	$30,000
To expand to Lefler and Mickle Middle Schools its behavioral mental health services, which provides therapy in a school setting to students and their families
Flatwater Shakespeare Company	$10,000
Final payment of a two-year $30,000 grant to support the Artistic Director and Managing Director positions of this organization that inspires and informs Nebraska audiences and students through Shakespeare theatre productions
Food Bank of Lincoln, Inc.	$1,668
For the Backpack Program; a retiring WCF board member grant designation
Fresh Start, Inc.	$20,000
For its Outreach & Community Services program that provides resources and support to women to increase their self-sufficiency after leaving Fresh Start Home
Friends of Arts Are Basic	$20,000
Final payment of a two-year $40,000 grant for capacity building and agency partnering efforts to help sustain this organization providing K-12 afterschool programming and teacher training with emphasis in multiculturalism and the arts
Friends of Haydon, Inc.	$15,000
Final payment of a two-year $29,500 renewal grant for an Education Coordinator to work with Haydon Art Center's volunteer educators and community partners to develop and lead an ongoing series of art education projects primarily for the underserved K-8 students of Lincoln's Community Learning Centers, housed in Lincoln's public schools
Friends of Haymarket Theatre	$6,000
General operating support of this group providing professional theater productions and comprehensive theater training for children and young adults
Friends of Lied	$5,000
Toward the Nobody’s Perfect Project, performances and workshops related to the story of a child who is hearing impaired, in partnership with the Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln Public Schools, Nebraska Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and the University of Nebraska
Friends of the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theatre	$7,000
For general operating support for this movie theater dedicated to presenting the community with a wide diversity of high quality film and video
Friendship Home of Lincoln	$15,000
First payment of a three-year $30,000 grant to support of a part-time Major Gifts/Planned Giving Officer position to assist the organization’s staff and board in furthering its fund development
Good Neighbor Community Center, Inc.	$10,000
Final payment of a two-year $30,000 renewal grant to support the Executive Assistant position for this organization that provides clothing and basic needs to low-income people
Heartland Big Brothers Big Sisters	$10,000
Toward part-time staff to help boost the number of male volunteer applicants and thus help match more boys with positive adult male role models
Heritage Films	$5,000
To complete the editing and production of A Home Out West, a documentary film exploring the homesteading experience on the Great Plains
Heritage Nebraska	$10,000
For advocacy training activities by Heritage Nebraska field staff as part of its technical assistance to local historic preservation groups to help them protect Nebraska's historic built and cultural environment
Houses of Hope of Nebraska, Inc.	$75,000
Toward the Vision of Hope capital campaign to create a new recovery campus, including three new halfway house facilities and an administrative office, for this agency that provides affordable residential treatment and support services for men recovering from substance abuse
Legal Aid of Nebraska	$25,000
For its Ethnic Island and Special Populations Outreach program that takes civil legal aid services directly to ethnic and homeless populations in comfortable community settings
Lighthouse	$20,000
For support of its Truancy Intervention and Prevention program focusing on youth in grades 5 through 12 who have problems with school attendance
Lincoln Action Program, Inc.	$30,000
Three-year general operating support during a transitional restructuring period of this organization working to improve the quality of life and economic self-sufficiency of people of low income by providing services, support and advocacy
Lincoln City Libraries	$10,000
For its Comprehensive Library Planning Project to conduct a comprehensive strategic planning process
Lincoln Community Playhouse, Inc.	$20,000
Toward the Director of Education & Outreach position to support both existing and new programming that provides theater arts education to children and underserved groups
Lincoln Housing Charities	$10,000
First payment of a two-year $20,000 grant toward the RentWise program which presents a structured curriculum to educate diverse renters, helping them obtain and keep rental housing and be successful renters
Lincoln Lancaster County Child Advocacy Center	$60,000
Toward construction of a new facility in Northeast Lincoln to accommodate the growing number of children and families served by this organization whose mission is to reduce trauma suffered by child abuse victims during abuse investigations and to increase the successful prosecution of child abusers
Lincoln Lancaster County Human Services Federation, Inc.	$3,500
To support a study on predatory payday lenders in Lincoln and Lancaster County
Lincoln Literacy Council	$64,000
Renewal support for the English Language Academy, a program that extends volunteer tutors to over twenty collaborating ethnic and faith-based community partners in order to enhance and increase Lincoln's English Language services
Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation	$5,000
For a feasibility study as the first step in developing a sustainability plan for the Pioneers Park Nature Center
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska	$25,000
Support of the Lutheran Family Refugee Services program, including the addition of a full-time case manager, that provides resettlement assistance to refugees before, during and after their arrival in Lincoln
Malone Community Center	$1,666
For general operating support; a retiring WCF board member grant designation
Matt Talbot Kitchen	$50,000
For support of its capital campaign, Witness to Hope, to construct a larger facility for this organization providing hunger relief and homeless prevention services to Lincoln’s homeless and working poor individuals and families
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest, Inc.	$43,832
Final payment of a three-year $120,000 grant for the creation of a new anti-poverty plan and public campaign, the Economic Opportunity Agenda for Nebraska, which will contain an assessment of current Nebraska anti-poverty programs and initiatives and for preparing a comprehensive media and messaging strategy to garner support for the Agenda
Nebraska Art Association	$8,000
Toward Sheldon Museum of Art’s new Civic Engagement Initiative to provide collaborative programming and to increase engagement of diverse and underserved constituents in addition to the general community
Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children, Inc.	$20,000
For the Quality Enhancement Project to identify 15 early childhood programs in Title I school neighborhoods of Lincoln and work together with them to improve the quality of services
Nebraska Center for the Book	$1,500
To expand diversity programming and involvement in its 2009 Nebraska Writers: Cultivating Creativity Nebraska Book Festival
Nebraska Cultural Endowment	$20,000
First payment of a three-year $60,000 grant toward administration expenses to conduct the $5 million fundraising campaign for this organization established to provide long-term stability and funding for the arts and humanities in Nebraska
Nebraska State Bar Foundation	$10,000
For review and research efforts to enhance the organization's Teen Parents and the Law program, implemented in Lincoln Public Schools and CEDARS Youth Services, which educates teen parents on their rights and responsibilities
Nebraska Wesleyan University	$8,500
For a pilot project to increase the desire and capacity of 40 disadvantaged Lincoln-area high school students to pursue and succeed in higher education, in conjunction with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Upward Bound program
Partners in Recovery Foundation	$5,000
Toward staff and volunteer policy development and the creation of training manuals related to its Children for Recovery program which supports kids whose parents are recovering from drug or alcohol addiction
Planned Parenthood of Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Inc.	$50,000
Final payment of a three-year $150,000 grant for general operating support for this organization that provides affordable and confidential reproductive health care and sex education in Lincoln, Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa $50,000
Seniors Foundation	$15,000
Toward the Lincoln Seniors Transportation Program, a volunteer social transportation program that provides affordable, non-medical transportation assistance for older adults in Lincoln
St. Monica's Home	$95,000
For The Human Potential and Development Institute, a new set of programs which will operate internally, to maximize the vocational and personal potential of women with substance abuse and mental health issues, and externally by offering clinical consultation, community training and outreach
State of Nebraska, Nebraska Deptartment of Correctional Services	$6,750
To support the training of Department staff on how to be better role models in order to improve inmates' interpersonal behavior and increase their success in re-entering society following incarceration
State of Nebraska, Region V Systems	$5,000
For the Let's Build initiative managed by Region V Systems, with its partner the Lancaster County Funders Group, to assist community and faith-based organizations with becoming operationally effective and financially sound to better meet social service needs in the community
TADA Productions, Inc.	$12,500
To expand staff to include a Managing Artistic Director and a Technical Coordinator for this not-for-profit theater company that provides the community with dramatic performances, musical productions and special events
The Angels Company	$2,200
Toward the production of Reviving Ophelia, a theatrical production to raise awareness of the issues facing young women in America today
The Mediation Center	$17,600
First payment of a two-year $35,200 grant to help sustain and possibly expand the Small Claims Court Mediation Program of this agency that provides low cost, neutral mediation services in Lincoln
Union College	$28,170
For the development and implementation of a program to help transition Lincoln students with disabilities into high school, college and adult life, in collaboration with Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln Public Schools and Nebraska Advocacy Services
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County	$5,000
For a technology system upgrade through the purchase of a new software program designed to better track, process and analyze its pledge, donor and recipient data
University of Nebraska Foundation	$50,000
In partnership with the 2015 Vision Group and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, toward the creation of an Arts and Humanities Center in Lincoln's Haymarket to function as Sheldon Museum of Art’s community annex for exhibits, events and programs
UNL-African American and African Studies Program	$5,000
Renewal support for the biannual Black Film Festival at the Mary Riepma Ross Theatre with the theme, Real to Reel: Documenting Empowerment Equality Inclusion, to expose the broader University and the Lincoln-Omaha communities to Africans and African Americans in world cinematic genres
UNL-International Quilt Study Center	$25,000
First payment of a two-year $50,000 grant toward the Communications Coordinator position for the implementation of strategic communications to increase the Quilt Museum’s visibility, with a focus on neighborhood and community outreach
UNL-Nebraska Repertory Theatre	$15,000
Toward the part-time Director of Community Engagement & Development position to coordinate fundraising and friend-raising activities to ensure long-term sustainability of this organization that offers theatre productions and professional opportunities in Lincoln
UNL-University of Nebraska Public Policy Center	$10,000
Final payment of a three-year $60,000 grant to create, implement and promote a comprehensive, searchable online database of available human service resources in the state, to be freely accessible to Lincoln residents and service professionals
Updowntowners	$15,000
Toward the Events Coordinator position to increase and sustain the organization's ability to plan and promote downtown Lincoln's annual festivals and events that create millions of dollars of economic impact for the city
Voices for Children in Nebraska	$30,000
First payment of a two-year $60,000 grant toward general operating and capacity-building efforts of this statewide organization that advocates for the well-being of children in Nebraska as it prepares for a transition in leadership
Voices of Hope Lincoln, Inc.	$30,000
Toward the ongoing operations and expansion of the Volunteer & Internship program of this agency that serves survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and their families
VolunteerLinc dba Volunteer Partners	$30,790
To provide board diversity development and training to nonprofit boards of directors and to ultimately enhance the diversity and functioning of local nonprofit organizations’ boards, a collaborative-led project with Lincoln Lancaster County Human Services Federation and Leadership Lincoln
YMCA of Lincoln	$20,000
Final payment of a three-year $60,000 grant to support before and after-school programming for low income children in grades K-8 who will be served at the new northwest YMCA to be co-located with the Lincoln Public Schools' new middle school
TOTAL GRANTS 2009	$1,443,842