Kearney Area Community Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Kearney Area Community Foundation supports arts and culture, civic and community, economic development, education, health, human services, recreation, and non-denominational religion in the Kearney region of Nebraska.
FUNDING AREAS: Arts and culture, civic and community, economic development, education, health, human services, recreation, non-denominational religion
IP TAKE: This community funder has very broad interests and is accessible to local grantseekers for awards of a couple thousand dollars or less.
PROFILE: Established in 1995, the Kearney Area Community Foundation (KACF) is a community foundation based in Kearney, Nebraska. Dan Lindstrom, Jeff Anderson, and Roger Jasnoch were the early organizers of the foundation, which administers over 160 funds today. The foundation aims to enhance "the quality of life in the Kearney area by promoting the spirit of charitable giving and effectively responding to the community's needs.” KACF funds local efforts for arts and culture, civic and community, economic development, education, health, human services, recreation, and non-denominational religion.
The Kearney Area Community Foundation awards grants in eight different fields of interests on an ongoing basis. It works through affiliate, field-of-interest, designated, donor-advised, scholarship, organization/agency endowments, and unrestricted funds. It allows organizations with multiple missions to apply for grants more often than organizations with single-focus missions. KACF does not typically support capital campaigns, renovation projects, private or parochial schools, emergency or disaster relief efforts, or agencies that serve populations outside of its service area.
Grants range between about $550 and $2,500. Learn more about this funder’s local giving on the grantees page of the funder’s website. Grantmaking focuses on the city of Kearney in Nebraska as well as Buffalo County and the central region of the state. Past local grantees include the Kearney Area Animal Shelter, Humanities Nebraska, and Kearney Public Schools.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Download a Word or PDF version of the grant application on the foundation website. Organizations must mail in or hand-deliver their applications to KACF. Direct general questions to the staff at kacf@kearneyfoundation.org or 308-237-3114.
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