Spring 2025 Grant Contenders & Recap

The Spring 2025 class at the May grant ceremony.
The Spring 2025 class at the May grant ceremony.

The Spring 2025 Strive to Thrive Lincoln class researched 12 local organizations that provide quality early childhood education for children ages 0-5. Each organization was considered for a grant as part of the class’s semester-long philanthropic project.

Students conducted Zoom interviews and participated in service projects and site visits with the following organizations:

  • Belmont Community Center
  • Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties
  • Dimensions Educational Research Foundation
  • Educare
  • Malone Center
  • Northeast Family Center
  • Rosemont Childcare
  • Sheridan Child Development Center
  • St. Mark’s Preschool Kidzone
  • The Children’s Place
  • Trinity Infant and Child Care Center – 16th & A
  • Willard Community Center


Read more about the Spring 2025 semester in this article from the Nebraska College of Business: Students Award $10,000 in Grants to Support Early Childhood Education