Woods Charitable Fund has awarded a two-year, $40,000 grant to the Historical past Nebraska Basis.
The muse was created in 2020 and raises funds completely to help Historical past Nebraska, previously known as the Nebraska State Historic Society.
The grant will help the work of the Historical past Nebraska Basis in elevating funds that enable Historical past Nebraska to broaden choices and supply better entry to packages and providers in native historic websites.
“Historical past Nebraska preserves Nebraska’s wealthy historical past, and our basis is essential to elevating further funds to fulfill our rising wants,” stated Government Director Tyler Vacha. “Woods Charitable Fund’s generosity helps to make sure a firmer base for our basis and our providers in Lincoln.”
Historical past Nebraska manages and offers interpretations of the state’s historical past in Lincoln on the Nebraska Historical past Museum, Thomas P. Kennard Home, Nebraska Statehood Memorial and at Historical past Nebraska headquarters.
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“Woods Charitable Fund financially helps the Historical past Nebraska Basis because it raises working funds and versatile funding for Historical past Nebraska,” Thomas C. Woods IV, president of Woods Charitable Fund, stated of the help. “It’s a vital time to inform Nebraska’s untold tales as state and nationwide efforts search to disclaim points of our historical past, together with introducing legal guidelines to limit how historical past will be taught.”
Vacha added that the folks of Nebraska are understandably happy with its historical past. “With the help of Woods Charitable Fund, we will protect our legacy for future generations, so that they know the personalities, forces and occasions that formed our previous and have an effect on us nonetheless at present.”
Vacha invitations all who share an curiosity in preserving Nebraska’s historical past to go to historynebraskafoundation.org, or contact him by e-mail at tyler@historynebraskafoundation.org.