Non-Profit News

DED Grant Helps Columbus Community Hospital Complete Major Fieldhouse Project

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 06/21/2023 - 3:00am

Columbus Community Hospital (CCH) has embarked on construction of a new, multimillion dollar fieldhouse. The ambitious project will bring fitness, wellness, rehab, and childcare services together in a single facility. CCH is undertaking the initiative, after building a wellness center in 2015, in response to a community health assessment showing rising rates of obesity, diabetes, and health disease in the region.

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A Nebraska Basketball Court Helped Make Him. Now Josh Jones Wants To Save It.

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 5:00am

Josh Jones prepares to fire up a shot. He shot countless jumpers at these Bryant Center hoops while growing up a few blocks away. Only later did he learn that the Bryant Center was at the center of his neighborhood’s history. “Those courts, bro? Legendary,” Jones says. “Le-gen-da-ry!” (Abiola Kosoko / Flatwater Free Press)

He dribbled down the middle of Grant Street, past the century-old brick landmarks that shaped his neighborhood: Zion Baptist Church and the Dreamland Ballroom, the Omaha Star and the Fair Deal.

When he crossed 24th Street and reached the gate on the chain-link fence, he found the shaded hoop beneath the giant sycamore tree. Among the ghosts of North Omaha, Josh Jones practiced his last-second shots.

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Moms For Liberty Rises As Power Player In GOP Politics After Attacking Schools Over Gender, Race

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 3:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — To its members, it's a grassroots army of "joyful warriors" who "don't co-parent with the government."

To anti-hate researchers, it's a well-connected extremist group that attacks inclusion in schools.

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Final Business, Nonprofit Filing Deadline Approaching

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 2:00am

Some foreign and domestic business entities have yet to file annual and biennial reports with the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office. Secretary Bob Evnen says if action isn’t taken immediately, the businesses will be administratively dissolved.

The final day to file in person at the Secretary of State’s Office is Friday, June 16, 2023.

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Free Summer Meals Available At More Than 50 Communities Across Nebraska

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 1:00am

LINCOLN — Free meals are available to children, ages 1 to 18, at sites in about 50 communities across Nebraska this summer.

The food, both breakfasts and lunches in some locations, are available via the Summer Food Service Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Charities Can Get A 6% Donations Boost When Charity Navigator Gives Them More Stars – But To Get There, They Might Game The System

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 06/07/2023 - 5:00am

With multitudes of worthy charities to choose from – and the possibility that a poorly run or fake nonprofit might trick you into thinking it’s a good cause – it’s sometimes hard to know which ones to support.

That’s why many donors rely on ratings from groups like Charity Navigator, GuideStar and the BBB Wise Giving Alliance to make more-informed choices.

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Project Harmony: Creating A Safe And Promising Future For All Children And Families

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 06/07/2023 - 4:00am

Project Harmony’s goal is to protect and support children and works to end child abuse and neglect. They work with professionals to create programs that will help with healing and empowering individuals who have been affected by abuse and are striving to end the cycle. As the project says, “anyone can have the opportunity to help a child — to help that child find the courage to use their voice — and to see the vision of what potential that child can have.”

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Front Porch Nonprofit Awards Loans And Grants To Spark More Omaha-Area Affordable Housing

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 06/07/2023 - 2:00am

OMAHA — Sixteen organizations collectively have been awarded $11 million in low-interest loans and grants to create more affordable housing in the Omaha area.

Front Porch Investments said that its latest round of “Development and Preservation Fund” recipients, announced Thursday, should generate 221 dwellings and help launch four new housing programs and four planning grants.

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Rural Prosperity Nebraska Receives $25M Award For Regional Foods Business Center

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 5:00am

No More Empty Pots showcases its programs at a community event in North Omaha.
(Courtesy of No More Empty Pots)

Omaha, Neb. May 16, 2023 — No More Empty Pots will partner with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a $25 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the creation of the Heartland Regional Foods Business Center.