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2020 Grantee Profiles
Just like many other businesses and organizations across the country, Lincoln Community Foundation understood the need to temporarily ‘retrofit’ our organization during this pandemic to better serve our community. When it became clear that with many having to stay at home, our community was very …
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Profile: The Salt Mine
One of the most important services in Lincoln is the Salt Mine food closet (Vine Life Ministries aka the Salt Mine). With many folks newly out of work, it is paramount that families and those in need have access to food! Lincoln Community Foundation has …
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Profile: Lincoln Deliverz
The Lincoln Community Foundation is proud to be a supporter of this truly innovative program! We recently spoke with John Fett of Lincoln Deliverz for some inside information about how this community program got started, how it works and what we can expect for the …
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Profile: Granite Wellness
In keeping with our desire to support organizations affected by the pandemic, we granted funds to the Granite Wellness Center of Lincoln. Granite Wellness addresses substance use disorders and related behavioral health issues, encouraging people to find their inner strength via residential and outpatient wellness …
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Profile: Lighthouse
To learn about Lighthouse Counseling and Family Resource Center, their amazing community services and how they are faring during these turbulent times, we recently spoke with Gary McDonald, Executive Director. LCF: Can you give us a little history about Lighthouse? Gary: Our mission is to …
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Profile: Ride To Walk
We recently awarded funds to a fantastic organization called ‘Ride to Walk’ – a therapeutic horseback riding program in Lincoln. Heather of Ride to Walk had this to say about their grant: “The donation you so generously gave us meant a great deal — as …
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Two New Community Partnerships
Lincoln Potters Baseball Club In June, 2020, LCF partnered with the Lincoln Potters Baseball Club! We couldn’t be more excited to be able to help our local baseball club in their efforts to bridge this current downturn. Our treasurer, Jan Bedwell, met with the Potters’ …
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LCF Pays it Forward with Special Grants
In Early April, the Lincoln Community Foundation received a $25,000 grant from the California Foundation for Strong Communities to support citizens of Lincoln during these challenging times. Within the week, we met and approved $5,000 grants to the Salt Mine, Lighthouse, and the St. Vincent …
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BINGO Night! Friday, March 13th, 2020
***BINGO event cancelled due to Corona virus safety.*** Lincoln Community Foundation Presents BINGO at McBean Park Pavilion. ** Must be 21 or older to attend ** Doors open 5:30 p.m. with Bingo at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are a $25.00 non-refundable donation. Ticket includes 12 games …
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2020 Grant Recipients Announced
This year, we are proud to announce that eight local non-profit organizations were awarded a total of $23,500 during the City of Lincoln Council Meeting on January 28th. Here are the organizations with their program names and amount of grant funding received: ORGANIZATION PROJECT TITLE …
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