SkateFest started as an idea for Omaha’s first skateboarding competition and festival. To get a jump start on funds for the event, Blake Harris’s organization SkateFest Omaha applied for One Omaha’s community-building mini-grant.
In June 2021, One Omaha launched a community-building mini-grant to lower barriers of entry to creating change in Omaha. We aimed to provide funding quickly and directly to local community-based groups looking to make positive changes in our city.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is recognized as one of America’s most prominent Civil Rights Movement leaders. He was foundational in getting Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act) signed into law.
One Omaha’s respect for Jane Jacobs is based around her urban planning ideals, as well as her grassroots activism to keep her community intact and thriving.
Young people in Omaha are creative changemakers. They navigate education and healthcare systems not created for them. They advocate for justice and equity. However, many feel they need to leave Nebraska to do the work about which they’re passionate.
Thousands of properties in Omaha are abandoned. Their owners have disappeared, they have delinquent taxes, and they lack marketability. These properties are vacant, create blight, and serve as dumping and gathering grounds – often for illegal activity.
Since 2015, One Omaha has focused on addressing the lack of knowledge and resources available to community leaders.
We believe that by engaging and connecting people to their communities and improving participation in general, we will enrich the prosperity of our community.
On September 14, 2021, One Omaha became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We will continue to benefit the Omaha community by addressing the lack of knowledge and resources available for residents to sustain a better quality of life.
The Omaha Community Foundation’s Omaha Neighborhood Grants Program (ONGP) is a community-building resource available in Omaha. For a group to be eligible for the grant, it only
SkateFest started as an idea for Omaha’s first skateboarding competition and festival. To get a jump start on funds for the event, Blake Harris’s organization SkateFest Omaha applied for One Omaha’s community-building mini-grant.
In June 2021, One Omaha launched a community-building mini-grant to lower barriers of entry to creating change in Omaha. We aimed to provide funding quickly and directly to local community-based groups looking to make positive changes in our city.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is recognized as one of America’s most prominent Civil Rights Movement leaders. He was foundational in getting Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act) signed into law.