Woods Charitable Fund
CIVIC & COMMUNITY
Center for Rural Affairs $20,000
For analysis of and advocacy for Nebraska's microenterprise development, which aims at helping alleviate poverty in struggling urban and rural communities by enabling low and moderate income people to acquire assets and create wealth
EndowNebraska $10,000
Second-year support to continue and expand a marketing campaign aimed at increasing public understanding and utilization of Nebraska's charitable giving tax credit and to raise awareness of the opportunities to support Nebraska's nonprofit organizations †
Goodwill Industries Serving Southeast Nebraska, Inc. $24,000
Second payment of a two-year $54,000 grant to enhance employment and translation services for immigrant and refugee job seekers and potential employers to increase the self-sufficiency of New Americans living in Lincoln and Lancaster County
Leadership Lincoln, Inc. $10,000
Emergency funding for its youth programming which offers leadership development to Lincoln teens
Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation $14,370
Second payment of a two-year $34,370 grant for an Executive Administrator to enhance fund development, community and volunteer involvement and to achieve the strategic plan set out by this organization that provides support to Lincoln's parks and recreational resources
NeighborWorks, Lincoln $110,000
To continue and expand on strategies developed during its five-year project aimed at increasing affordable housing in Lincoln as part of this organization's mission to keep Lincoln a safe and prosperous community through building stronger neighborhoods
People's City Mission $10,000
For horticultural education, vocational training, planting supplies and garden space for shelter residents and transitional housing tenants, a collaborative project with UNL Extension in Lancaster County
Sunrise Communications, Inc. $40,000
To convert KZUM radio station's transmission signal from analog to digital and to create a second community radio station focused on serving Lincoln refugees, immigrants and low income individuals
The Mediation Center $15,000
Second payment of a two-year $35,000 grant to support a Marketing/Development Specialist to diversify the Center's funding base and increase the amount of revenue from the fee-for-service programs of this organization dedicated to helping people reach agreement through mediation
United Methodist Ministries $25,000
Second payment of a two-year $50,000 grant for the position of Bilingual Legal Adviser for the Equity-in- Nebraska program, a federally accredited program dedicated to providing affordable legal immigration services
VolunteerLinc dba Volunteer Partners $15,781
Second-year support of the marketing, staffing and office operations of a Corporate Volunteer Council (CVC) in Lincoln, which promotes workplace volunteerism, following its 2006 start-up phase
TOTAL CIVIC & COMMUNITY $294,151
Woods Charitable Fund  •  PO Box 81309  •  Lincoln, Nebraska 68501
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