Spring 2024 Grant Contenders & Recap

Members of the Spring 2024 class volunteer at Center for People's food distribution.
Members of the Spring 2024 class volunteer at Center for People's food distribution.

The Spring 2024 class was provided 12 organizations to consider for Strive to Thrive Lincoln grants. While each organization had been a previous finalist (vetted by multiple classes) anywhere from three to nine times, none had ever been selected for a Strive to Thrive Lincoln grant.

Each of the following organizations hosted Strive to Thrive Lincoln members for a service project and site visit:

  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Lincoln
  • Camp Kesem at the University of Nebraska
  • Center for People
  • Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties
  • Educare of Lincoln
  • Family Service Lincoln
  • Friendship Home
  • Hopespoke
  • Malone Center
  • Mourning Hope
  • Northeast Family Center
  • Teammates


The Nebraska College of Business wrote the following article summarizing the Spring 2024 semester:
https://business.unl.edu/news/students-give-10-000-to-impact-two-lincoln-nonprofits/