Oregon Trail Community Foundation

Statement of Purposes

Grant Application Information

Recent Grants

The Oregon Trail Community Foundation is a benevolent community trust organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska for the benefit of the citizens of western Nebraska and Goshen and Platte Counties in eastern Wyoming.

The administration of funds is directed by a board of directors of civic-minded persons of wide acquaintance with the community needs. All directors serve without compensation.

Applications for grants of funds are reviewed by the Grant Committee and then referred to the Board of Directors for final action. These two bodies approve all grants.

Scottsbluff/Gering Pathways Project

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSES
The purposes of the Oregon Trail Community Foundation are to receive, administer and disburse funds for such charitable or education purposes as will, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, promote the mental, moral, intellectual and physical improvement and well-being of the inhabitants of Nebraska, and of Goshen and Platte Counties, Wyoming, and primarily of Scotts Bluff County, all regardless of race, national origin, creed, sex or age; and, without in any way limiting or restricting the foregoing but rather in enlargement and extension thereof:

To assist charitable institutions (including educational institutions not operated for profit) whether supported by private donation or public taxation.

To improve living and working conditions.

To provide for recreation.

To promote and encourage the arts.

To aid in the care and development of children.

To aid in the care of the sick, aged and helpless.

To aid in the rehabilitation of:
-          Victims of narcotics, drugs and liquors,
-          Inmates and released inmates of penal and
      reformatory institutions, and
-          Wayward and delinquent individuals.
To promote health and the prevention of disease.
To promote scientific research for the alleviation of human suffering.

GRANT APPLICATION INFORMATION (return to top)
Oregon Trail Community Foundation grant application information may be obtained by downloading the Grant Application or writing or phoning the office at:

115 Railway Plaza
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
(308) 635-3393

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