The Kearney Area Community Foundation enhances the quality of life in the Kearney area by promoting the spirit of charitable giving and effectively responding to the community’s needs.
Donor Name: Kearney Area Community Foundation (KACF)
State: Nebraska
City: Kearney
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/01/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Grants Program of the Kearney Area Community Foundation (KACF) is a means by which not-for profit charitable organizations may secure financial assistance for programs and/or projects which will enhance the quality of life for all residents of the Kearney area and surrounding communities. KACF is a ‘community’ foundation, in that we collect and administer charitable funds under Section 509(a)(1) of the IRS tax code.
They channel gifts from donors to a variety of nonprofit organizations. KACF serves the Kearney area in three major ways: 1) seeking and soliciting gifts and bequests from individuals, families, corporations, foundations, and other not-for-profit organizations, 2) managing assets for preservation of principal, optimum return, and perpetuity of the donors’ intentions, and 3) distributing funds through grants.
Fields of Interest
The KACF awards grants in eight fields of interest:
- Arts/Culture
- Health
- Community/Civic
- Human Services
- Economic Development
- Recreation
- Education
- Religion
Eligibility Criteria
- Typically, a community foundation serves the people of a certain geographic area. This means that only projects or programs in the Kearney area and surrounding communities are considered for support. Grants are made to nonprofit, federally tax exempt 501(c)(3) qualified organizations or organizations delivering a project or program that qualifies as charitable activity or which has a fiscal relationship with a charity.
- Single mission organizations or agencies (like the SAFE Center, HelpCare Clinic, etc.) may apply no more frequently than every 24 months after receiving a BFT grant from KACF. Multi-mission organizations or agencies (like Buffalo County Community Partners, Kearney Public Schools and the University of Nebraska – Kearney) may apply every year, but no more than two requests may be submitted in any one year by any sub-groups (goal work groups, departments, school buildings, etc). Once the sub-group has been awarded a grant, they will need to sit out for two years before reapplying. The committee will consider grant requests on a case-by-case basis.
Limitations
As a general practice, the Kearney Area Community Foundation refrains from funding:
- Agencies serving a populace outside of KACF’s service area; or to programs that do not meet the mission of the KACF.
- Annual fund drives, galas, or other special-event fundraising activities
- Debt reduction
- Dissertations or student/faculty research projects
- Established or new endowment funds
- Indirect/administrative costs, or operating expenses that are part of the typical cost of running the organization as it exists. These types of costs are necessary for the organization to function, such as salaries, rent, utilities, and office supplies
- Institutions that discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, mental, emotional or physical ability/disability, national origin, or age in policy or in practice
- Loans, fellowships, or grants to individuals
- Religious activities (unless non-denominational and serving a broad segment of the population)
- Political lobbying, or legislative activities
- Private or parochial schools (unless serving a broad segment of the population), as well as other private organizations
- Profit making enterprises (unless allowed by Federal Treasury Regulations)
- Travel, tours or trips, including honor conferences, expanded studies
- Umbrella organizations that would re-distribute the requested funds at their discretion.
For more information, visit KACF.
