Blixt Locally Grown: $5,000
To support the inaugural year of the Blixt Fellowship program for emerging playwrights.
Center for Legal Immigration Assistance: $20,000
For general operating support.
Conservation Nebraska: $15,000
To expand the Conservation Nebraska’s Common Ground Program in Southeast Nebraska.
Flatwater Shakespeare Company: $14,000
Toward general operating focused on supporting their educational programming and outreach.
Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska: $7,500
In support of the Lincoln Outreach Program for Lincoln area girls in grades K-12.
Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival: $15,000
To help underwrite fees and expenses of local touring musicians for the 2021 Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival (July 31-August 8).
Lincoln/Lancaster County Habitat for Humanity: $15,000
Towards a software program that will better track all housing work, including new houses and the home repair program.
Lincoln Police Department $15,000
To fund the Clutch Mentor program to reduce gang membership by partnering at-risk youth on probation with an adult mentor and incentive programming.
Nebraska Cultural Endowment: $15,000
For general operating support.
Nebraska Transition College: $7,500
To support the creation of a social, living, and work-ready skills development curriculum for individuals with disabilities.
Prairie Loft Center for Agriculture & Outdoor Education, Hastings, NE: $15,000
To support experiential learning programming and build capacity to assess education and community engagement efforts with families and schools.
St. Monica’s: $20,000
To purchase and update security and technology for their facilities and programs.
The Bridge Behaviorial Health: $20,000
To replace The Bridge’s outdated HVAC unit.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Honors Program: $18,000
Toward Cooper Connections at the University Honors Program, including Cooper Conversations that bring students and community leaders together for ciritical dialogue, and Cooper Community Scholars, an experiential learning scholarship to engage Honors students with local organizations, elected officials, and community programs.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues: $250,000
To support the Thompson Forum on World Issues series for 2022 – 2026. The Thompson Forum is Nebraska’s premiere lecture series, established in 1988 with the purpose of bringing a diversity of viewpoints on international and public policy issues to the University and the people of Nebraska to promote understanding of global issues that face us all. The Thompson Forum is a collaborative program of the Cooper Foundation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lied Center for Performing Arts, and is presented by the University of Honors Program.
