Press Releases
NCCF Awards Over $136,000 to Nicholas County Organizations in Grants
The Board of Directors of Nicholas County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that over $136,000 are awarded to 31 organizations serving Nicholas County in the 2019 Awards Day. The Nicholas Community Foundation exists to encourage local giving and the development of permanently endowed...
Over $110,000 Awarded to Organizations by NCCF at Annual Dinner
Over the next few weeks eighteen organizations throughout Nicholas County will be receiving grant award checks from the Nicholas County Community Foundation Seelinger Family Fund. The awards were announced during the annual “friendraiser” gathering hosted by NCCF on October 15th at the...
NCCF introduces new giving program
Nicholas County Community Foundation has a new program; the Community Catalyst Fund, which will be be neficial to donors and recipient organizations. The Community Catalyst Fund is a membership driven approach to giving.
Nicholas County Community Foundation Report to the Community
As seen in the July 30th edition of The Nicholas Chronicle NCCF produced an eight page insert that serves as a report to the community for our operations during 2014 through July 1 of 2015. Please click here to view the entire insert
“College Dreams Become A Reality”
Over the past 5 years the Nicholas County Community Foundation has awarded over $65,000 in scholarships to students from Nicholas County. The foundation has awarded over $164,000 in scholarships and $1.3 million in grants since its beginning. In Spring of 2014 the first of the Seelinger...
The Sum of the Whole is Greater than the Parts
For You, For Today and For Tomorrow. The Nicholas County Community Foundation (NCCF) is a collection of charitable funds donated by caring citizens. Since 2009, we have raised over $3.1 million dollars for the community endowment and distributed over $675,000 in grants and scholarships from the...
When you Need A Helping Hand
A grant from the NCCF Seelinger Family Fdn Fund provided more than 900 meals to families in need in Nicholas County. Since 2009, the Nicholas County Community Foundation has distributed more than $200,000 in grants to non profit organizations, throughout our community. Do you know of a charitable...
“Nicholas County helped make us who we are.”
“Nicholas County helped make us who we are.” They came here with each other, and not much else. Nearly 50 years later Marty and Steve Davis still call Nicholas County home. Together, they have raised a family here and established themselves as a dedicated educator and a community minded...
“The Most Powerful Force in the Universe”
"The Most Powerful Force in the Universe," these are the words Albert Einstein used to describe the strength of compounding interest and the strength of endowments. As the author of Poor Richard's Almanack, Benjamin Franklin, advised: A penny saved is a penny earned. Now, 200 years after his...