Thanks to the generosity of our community's business and individual donors, the Covid Food Fund was able to grant $26,000 to help those suffering with food insecurities.

Thank  You!

We donate over $125,000 to various nonprofits around our community every year.

Our application process is

easy to manage and we have three grant cycles per year.

Get started now!

 BECOME A FUND

With a minimum donation of $20.00, you can enter your loved one's name into our Book of Memory. Then we send an acknowledgement of this memorial to the family of the deceased. 

SEND A MEMORIAL

Support our grantmaking throughout our community

or contribute to one of our managed funds

DONATE TO A FUND

What is the

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Oregon

Trail

Community Foundation?

The Oregon Trail Community Foundation (OTCF) is one of more than 1,600 community foundations around the world.  OTCF helps connect community leaders, businesses, residents, institutions, and programs to promote the mental, moral, and intellectual well being of and encourage physical improvement for the inhabitants of Nebraska, and of Goshen and Platte Counties, Wyoming, and primarily of Scotts Bluff County.

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Individuals, families, businesses and other nonprofits can establish permanent or temporary charitable funds at the Oregon Trail Community Foundation to provide support for the causes and organizations they care about most.

Community foundations are recognized by the IRS as tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so gifts to community foundations are eligible for tax deductions.

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Showcase of Our

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

OTCF has awarded nearly 1.1 million dollars in grants

to projects in our Valley from various funds, donations and memberships 

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Through our Grantmaking, and through our donor advised funds, we strive ...

• 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 promote health and the prevention of disease.

• To promote scientific research for the alleviation of human suffering.

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A Crown Jewel

The Midwest Theater

The Historic Midwest Theater

was donated to the

Oregon Trail Community Foundation in 1997 to be saved and preserved

for years to come