Non-Profit News

Gretna Community Foundation Accepting Grant Requests

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/19/2022 - 1:00am

Gretna, Neb. – Gretna Community Foundation is accepting grant requests of up to $5,000 from 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Organizations must provide services to individuals residing in, and the grant proceeds must be used within, the City of Gretna, and/or the Gretna School District to be considered for support.

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Costs Of Incarceration Rise As Inflation Squeezes Inmates, Families

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/19/2022 - 12:00am

Across the nation, prison commissaries are raising prices on items that many consider basic necessities — from deodorant to fresh fruit — that are not provided by the state department of corrections. The markups come as decades-high inflation is also squeezing inmates’ families, making it harder for them to help.

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Local Nonprofit Tackles Food Insecurity

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/12/2022 - 5:00am

The USDA found that one in eight Americans suffer from food insecurity, which is defined as a lack of consistent access to enough food to be healthy, usually due to finances not being consistent or a lack of access to healthy meals. In 2021 alone, 12.5% of households with families, including children, reportedly suffered from food insecurity. In Omaha alone, one (1) in five (5) kids go to bed hungry every night.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns Too Often Overlook Those With Metastatic Breast Cancer – Here’s How They Can Do Better

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/12/2022 - 12:00am

Is there anyone who isn’t aware of breast cancer?

Since 1985, cancer-related nonprofits, along with pharmaceutical firms and other businesses, have sponsored an international campaign to observe October as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” During these weeks, the public is bombarded with awareness and education messaging featuring the campaign’s symbol, a pink ribbon.

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UNL Students Explore Democracy On Campus, Join National Efforts

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/10/2022 - 2:00am

Heather Engdahl of Civic Rights Nebraska speaks to 250 students in UNL’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications about voting rights, the importance of voting, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and making a voting plan. (Photo courtesy of Kelli Boling)

LINCOLN – On Sept. 15, hundreds of students across the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications participated in the national Democracy Day effort to raise awareness of threats facing American democracy.

Joining forces with over 350 news organizations, UNL student journalists published pro-democracy stories on the Nebraska News Service website.

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Recovery From A Disaster Like Hurricane Ian Takes Years, And Nonprofits Play Many Pivotal Roles Before And After Fema Aid Runs Out

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 10/07/2022 - 2:00am

Massive storms like Ian and Fiona mark the beginning of a long and frustrating process for anyone who loses their home and possessions.

Recovery usually takes years.

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Rent Aid Program Covering The Bulk Of Nebraska Hits A Snag As It Sunsets

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/05/2022 - 3:00am

OMAHA — Tanya Gifford of Lift Up Sarpy County was thrilled this summer to learn that her nonprofit was awarded $1 million to help ward off homelessness in a community still pained by the pandemic.

But her cheer, and that of about 50 other nonprofits across Nebraska, was short-lived.

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Author Visiting Omaha Says Domestic Violence Goes Beyond Physical Bruises

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 2:00am

OMAHA — Supporters of a Nebraska nonprofit providing legal help to people in need are set to hear from an author and investigative reporter whose work emphasizes that domestic violence is broader than bruises and broken bones.

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Lincoln Faith-Based Nonprofit Enforces Its Ministry Standards

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 1:00am

LINCOLN — City Impact, a faith-based Lincoln youth nonprofit, has recently lost staff and volunteers upset over a set of ministry standards that states, in part, that any sexual relationship beyond sex in a heterosexual marriage “constitute sexual immorality.”

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Study To Measure Health Benefits Of Girls Inc. Programs

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/28/2022 - 2:00am

Rebecca Slotkowski, a student in the MD/PhD program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), received National Institutes of Health funding for a two-year study that will measure the physical and cardiovascular health impact that Girls Inc. has on its young participants.