Fall 2023 Grant Contenders & Recap

A member of the Fall 2023 class volunteers at BraveBe, helping ensure facilities are clean and ready for training meetings.
A member of the Fall 2023 class volunteers at BraveBe, helping ensure facilities are clean and ready for training meetings.

The Fall 2023 class collected applications and identified 10 finalist organizations for a Strive to Thrive Lincoln grant, all of which serve Lincoln in the area of education.

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

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Lincoln
  • BraveBe
  • CEDARS
  • Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties
  • Food Fort
  • Leadership Lincoln
  • Mourning Hope
  • NeighborWorks
  • Wellbeing Initiative
  • WICS Home for Girls


The Nebraska College of Business wrote the following article summarizing the Fall 2023 semester:
https://business.unl.edu/news/students-volunteer-give-10-000-to-impact-lincoln-community/