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Cultural Advocates create a unique public private partnership with the State of Nebraska to support the arts and humanities.
Recognizing the value of supporting Nebraska’s cultural community, a group of visionaries and community leaders from across the state joined hands with the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Humanities Council to build the first cultural endowment in the nation to support both the arts and humanities—the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
In 1998, the dialogue between state legislators and cultural advocates culminated in Legislative Bill 799. Sponsored by state Senator LaVon Crosby, the bill established a State fund managed by the State of Nebraska for the benefit of the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Humanities Council. Income from the State fund is available to the two Councils when a contribution from private sources is made to the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, a private 501 (c) (3).
Ten years later, in 2008, Omaha philanthropist Richard Holland initiated another dialogue between arts and humanities advocates and the state legislature. Holland was interested in maximizing his contribution toward a personal fundraising goal for the arts. The Nebraska Cultural Endowment responded to Holland’s challenge by returning to the state legislature for an increase in the State fund established by LB799. Co-sponsored by Senators John Nelson and Lowen Kruse in 2008, LB1165 provides for the addition of $5M to the State fund over the next three years.
The goal of the Nebraska Cultural Endowment is to build side-by-side $10 million funds, one private and one public, to ensure a match for the income from the State fund. LB1165 promises to increase the State of Nebraska fund to $10 million. Currently, gifts and pledges to the private Nebraska Cultural Endowment total $8.4 million. The goal of the Nebraska Cultural Endowment is to raise the remaining $1.6 million to complete the match.
In partnership with the State of Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment provides vital resources for educational opportunities in the arts and humanities in communities across Nebraska. The arts and humanities are essential to Nebraska's future, and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment is the best way to support them.
CONSTITUENT ORGANIZATIONS
Nebraska Arts Council www.arts.nebraska.gov
Nebraska Humanities Council www.nebraskahumanities.org
LEADERSHIP
HONORARY CHAIR
LaVon Crosby, Lincoln
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT: Ed Cook, Kearney
Boyd Adkinson, Benkelman
Jack Campbell, Lincoln
Kate C. Dodge, Omaha
Terrence Ferguson, Omaha
Jane Renner Hood, Lincoln
Marc LeBaron, Lincoln
Marilyn Mitchell, Norfolk
Robert Nefsky, Lincoln
Anne T. Nelson, Council Bluffs
Don Pederson, Lincoln
Trixie Schmidt, Lincoln
Frederick Simon, Omaha
David Slosburg, Omaha
Richard Vierk, Lincoln
Suzanne Wise, Lincoln
Director: Pamela Hilton Snow, Ashland
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Keith Blackledge, North Platte
Kit Dimon, Lincoln
Gloria Dinsdale, Palmer
Kim West Dinsdale, Grand Island
N.P. Dodge, Jr., Omaha
J. Robert Duncan, Lincoln
Elvira Garcia, Omaha
Sharon Marvin Griffin, Omaha
Maryanne Harry, Denver
Don Hinds, Fremont
Hod Kosman, Scottsbluff
Karen Levin, Omaha
Jack Maddux, Wauneta
Earl Mitchell, Norfolk
Gretchen Peters, Gering
Brad Pflueger, Norfolk
Paula Pflueger, Norfolk
Rob & Eileen Raun, Minden
Sue Renken, York
Chuck Shoemaker, Hastings
Merle Stalder, Falls City
Rita Stinner, Gering
Sue and Tom Tallman, Lincoln
Charles Trimble, Omaha
Wally & Martha Richardson, Lincoln
Jackie Rosenlof, Kearney
Jim and Rhonda Seacrest, Lincoln
Gene & Ann Spence, Omaha
Fred & Lorraine Teller, Hastings
Mary Vaughan, Broken Bow
John F. Wiederspan, Lincoln
Donna W. Woods, Lincoln
Gail Walling Yanney, Omaha
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