This Year's Project: Community Project Grant Funds
About Our Organization
The Gage County Foundation exists for the purpose of raising and providing funds for the benefit of Gage County non-profit organizations engaged in the pursuit of serving the educational, cultural, recreational, historical, health and all meaningful needs of our Gage County Citizens.
The Gage County Foundation is a vehicle for people of all means to make a lasting difference in the community causes they care about. The central purpose the Gage County Foundation is to serve the needs and philanthropic aims of donors who wish to better their community, now and in the future. We do this by providing donors with flexible, efficient, and tax-effective ways to ensure their charitable giving achieves the greatest possible impact. The concept of the Foundation is as ingenious as it is simple - it is a means to build substantial endowment funds for our community through contributions large and small. Because the contributions are endowed, they are never spent. Instead, they are permanently invested to produce income. The income earned is then used to help meet the community's charitable needs, according to YOUR donor interests and the current needs and opportunities in the community. So gifts to the Gage County Foundation continue to benefit our community forever. This is philanthropy in its broadest sense.
Current Project: Community Project Grant Funds
The Gage County Foundation aims to raise funds and inspire individuals and organizations to donate. Through philanthropy and gift distribution, it seeks to address the significant needs of Gage County, Nebraska residents.
To achieve our organizational purpose, we have established a Community Project Fund. This fund supports initiatives that enhance the well-being and quality of life within communities. These projects can cover various areas, including education, health, environment, arts and culture, social services, and infrastructure.
The amount of funding available from the Community Project Grant Fund can vary widely depending on the size of the fund and the scope of the projects considered.
Successful projects funded by the Community Project Grant Fund can significantly positively impact the community by improving quality of life, enhancing community engagement, increasing access to services, and strengthening social cohesion.
Community Support and Big Give
Project Details
The Gage County Foundation is proud to serve our county in many capacities. Our foundation funds the marketing to make the Big Give Gage County happen each year. This past year, we have helped with the Trail Depot which provided parking and restrooms for guests using the trail system in Gage County and has donated funds to bring the new Food Pantry to life. We are so excited to be able to help with these and various projects in our area. A goal for 2023 is to hire our first paid position for the foundation to help the foundation grow and serve our county on a whole new level.
Foundation 2022
Project Details
The Gage County Foundation assists projecs throughout Gage County each year. In 2022, one of the projects we assisted in funding was Trailhead Park which is located near Dempsters and will providing parking and restrooms for those using the trails. The foundation is fudraising to continue to benefit our communtiy and to complete projects in future years.
Support Gage County
Project Details
Gage County Foundation awarded almost $40,000 in grants in 2020 to assist various projects in Gage County. We are a proud sponsor of Big Give Gage County in 2019 and 2020 and strive to make Gage County a better place to live. Our goal is to increase the number of projects we are able to fund in the upcoming year. Some 2020 funded projects include the Beatrice Backpack Program, Beatrice Area Chamber, Adut and Teen Challenge, and the Wymore Food Pantry.
Supporting Local Communities
Project Details
Since its inception in 1981, the Gage County Foundation has funded grants of over $730,000 to worthwhile projects in Gage County. The goal of the Foundation is to coordinate the various sources of support available in Gage County in an effort to make these funds available for worthwhile causes. Every year, grants requests total close to $30,000, and the Gage County Foundation is only able to fund 60% of those requests. The Gage County Foundation seeks to raise funds to add to their exsisting Endowment Account, which will allow 100% of area grant requests to be filled.