Member Agencies

History Nebraska Foundation

25-WORD DESCRIPTION:

The History Nebraska Foundation supports the work of History Nebraska to collect, preserve, and open to all the histories we share.


HOW WE USE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS:

  • $1 per week allows History Nebraska to digitize 25 objects in its collection. ($52)

  • $10 per month provides annual maintenance costs for 1 Historical Marker. ($120)

  • $3 per week funds research for one Nebraska History Magazine Article. ($156)

  • $25 per month supports activities for 1 school field trip at the Nebraska History Museum. ($300)

  • $10 per week maintains one piece of Historic Art. ($520)

  • $50 per month creates a digital presentation that can be viewed by students across Nebraska. ($600)

  • $20 per week provides travel for one day of an archeological and gains a complementary History Nebraska Membership. ($1,040)

  • $100 per month funds one day of services at the History Nebraska Reference Room and gains a complementary History Nebraska Membership. ($1,200)

  • $200 per month ensures one week of visitors center operations at a History Nebraska site, like Chimney Rock, Fort Robinson, or the Neligh Mill, and gains a complementary History Nebraska Membership. ($2,400)


A STORY FROM OUR AGENCY:

The History Nebraska Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization with a mission to “spread awareness of History Nebraska’s efforts and seek financial support from those with a passion for Nebraska’s rich and diverse history.” The organization was established in 2019 by the History Nebraska Board of Trustees.

Since 2020, the History Nebraska Foundation has provided funding and services totaling more than $1,276,000 in support of History Nebraska initiatives.

This support has provided funding for amazing traveling exhibitions and corresponding programming, new historical markers that more fully share Nebraska’s incredible history, support for a new digitization lab, allowing History Nebraska to make more of its collections available online, faster, support History Nebraska employee learning initiatives and recognition, and work within the state legislature to ensure funding for vital programs.

Investing in the History Nebraska Foundation will impact how Nebraska’s story is told for generations to come.

 

ADDRESS/PHONE:

PO Box 81883
Lincoln, NE 68501

402-853-4282

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