Grants awarded
Since our inception in 1979, Peter Kiewit Foundation
has awarded grants totaling over
$875M
Year | Organization | Location | Title | Grant Type | Strategic Priority | Amount |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Heartland Bike Share | Omaha, NE | To provide capital support to purchase 100 electric pedal-assist bikes for Heartland B-cycle’s Equity Program. | Capital | Economic Development & Opportunity | $85,000 |
2021 | Omaha Children’s Museum, Inc. | Omaha, NE | To provide capital support for the roof replacement project. | Capital | Quality of Place Amenities – Omaha | $80,000 |
2022 | No More Empty Pots | Omaha, NE | To provide two years of support for the Food Entrepreneur Program. | Program | Economic Development & Opportunity | $80,000 |
2021 | Blue River Arts Council Inc | Crete, NE | To provide capital support for Resurrecting the Goddess: Bringing Life Back to the Isis Theatre renovation project. | Capital | Quality of Place Amenities – Greater Nebraska | $75,000 |
2021 | Holy Name Housing Corporation | Omaha, NE | To provide three years of program support to prepare rent-to-own and shared equity tenants for homeownership. | Program | Economic Development & Opportunity | $75,000 |
2021 | Rock County Growth, Inc. | Bassett, NE | To provide capital support for the Rock County Community Center. | Capital | Quality of Place Amenities – Greater Nebraska | $75,000 |
2021 | Heartland Workforce Solutions, Inc. | Omaha, NE | To provide one year of operating support. | Operating | Economic Development & Opportunity | $75,000 |
2022 | Center for Rural Affairs | Lyons, NE | To provide one year of program support for the Center for Rural Affairs Small Business Services within Greater Nebraska and Nebraska’s Native American Tribes. | Program | Economic Development & Opportunity | $75,000 |
2024 | Nebraska Children and Families Foundation | Lincoln, NE | To fund Year Two of the ELO Engineering Pathways Initiative during the Summer of 2024 and the 2024-25 school year. | Program | Youth Development | $75,000 |
2021 | The Norris Institute | McCook, NE | To provide capital support for the Norris Alley project. | Capital | Quality of Place Amenities – Greater Nebraska | $50,000 |