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How you can help in this uncertain time

A national emergency declaration in response to a pandemic virus is new to all of us, and as a fundraising organization, we want to be sensitive to the unique situation of every single student, every alumnus, every friend of the University of Nebraska.

With economic uncertainty a reality for many, we ask for financial support with prudence. At the same time, some in our university family have reached out to ask how they can help, and some student support organizations have reached out to seek assistance. We’ve highlighted some funds below that allow you to help our students, patients and communities during COVID-19.

Whether you’re able to give at this time or not, we extend our wishes for your health and safety.

University of Nebraska Emergency Assistance Fund

The University of Nebraska Emergency Assistance Fund was created to help support students and employees on all four campuses who are now facing sudden financial hardship due to crisis situations such as last year’s flooding, personal hardship and now the current cancellation of on-campus classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education takes a backseat for students who are food insecure or unable to pay housing and other expenses. Many don’t know the status of their employment, and many will return home for the rest of the semester. For some students, this is a life-altering crisis.

Please, if you’re able, consider a gift to the University of Nebraska Emergency Assistance fund to help at-risk students in our university family.

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Global Center for Health Security Response Fund

The Global Center for Health Security, led by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine, is home to the national Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center, which features the nation’s only federal quarantine unit and internationally acclaimed Nebraska Biocontainment Unit team.

Gifts to this fund support the work of the Global Center for Health Security in providing rapid response capabilities, including training, education, research and clinical expertise for evolving infectious diseases.

This fund will also support the research expertise of this group of leading experts. The work is laser-focused in fields that include drug discovery and public health on work such as tests to diagnose COVID19, treatment and vaccine possibilities. 

This fund also supports the trial of the investigational antiviral remdesiver. This is the first clinical trial in the United States to evaluate an experimental treatment for COVID-19.

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Public Health Security Relief Fund

The focus of this fund is to decrease COVID-19 transmission in communities, especially among underrepresented minorities. Great racial inequities have been identified in those who are infected and die from COVID-19. The College of Public Health will address these under-resourced communities where they work, play and live. For example, it is known that Hispanics are at great risk from their work in meatpacking plants and other venues where they cannot work from home. This extends to Blacks, Asians and other minorities. COPH will work with employers, churches and other community organizations to help understand infection patterns in communities and engage community members in the response to protect them from infection. This fund will also be used to prepare for future pandemics.

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Other Ways to Help

UNK Fund – Campus Priorities

A gift to this fund enables the chancellor to take advantage of special opportunities as they arise or provide immediate support to areas where students and faculty may need it most.


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N Fund – Chancellor’s Greatest Needs

A gift to this fund provides flexible financial support to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.


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UNMC Healing Arts Fund

The Healing Arts program at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine aims to transform the health care experience by connecting people with the power of art. We believe the arts also can create a compassionate, supportive and inspirational environment for our patients, their families and staff.


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UNO Fund – Area of Greatest Need

A gift to this unrestricted fund enables the UNO chancellor to assist when special opportunities arise or provide immediate support to areas where students and faculty may need it most.


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About the Foundation

Our mission is to grow relationships and resources that enable the University of Nebraska to change lives and save lives.

The University of Nebraska Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization created in 1936 by community leaders who wanted to create excellence at the university not possible through state funding alone. We manage more than 11,000 donor funds, an endowment ranked in the top 25 among public universities and keep our cost of fundraising below that of our peers.

Our vision is to be recognized as the trusted partner of those wishing to support the University of Nebraska and its affiliates.

The University of Nebraska Foundation (EIN: 47-0379839) is exempt from federal income tax under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

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