Each fund has been established by a donor or donors to perpetuate a charitable legacy to the community.
A legacy is a gift that is passed on. Leaving a legacy means giving something that will be valued and treasured by future generations. It requires thought to create a fund that is meaningful and supports the community we love.
A legacy fund at the Hamilton Community Foundation provides an opportunity to contribute to a purpose that is bigger than each of us. Each and every legacy fund has strengthened our community; not just for today, but for generations to come!
Affiliate Funds
Giltner Alumni & Community Foundation Fund
Phillips Community Charitable Fund
Agency Funds
AHS Investment Club Fund
Hamilton County Backpack Program Fund
Designated Funds
AHS Agronomy Academy Fund
AHS Class of 1965 Band Instrument Fund
Albert Ackerman Memorial Fund
Sayre Borden Anderson Memorial Fund
Aurora School District 4R Student Safety Fund
Eric Berggren Tree Fund
Doyle and Evelyn Bish Charitable Fund
Book of Memory Fund
George C. and Sarah Strickler Bute Memorial Fund
Carl Chader Memorial Fund
Alice G. Eberhard Memorial Fund
Thelma Clara Elkjer Memorial Fund
William C. and Delight M. Eloe Award Fund
First Evangelical Cemetery Association Memorial Fund
Wilt and Eileen Forsman Memorial Fund
Hamilton Community Foundation Endowment Fund
Hamilton County 4-H Fund
Hamilton County Charitable Fund
Ed and Lena Hilligas and Ruby Hilligas Memorial Fund
Floyd Kerr and William M. Bobst Memorial Fund
Koepke Family Fund
Norma J. Kreutz Memorial Fund
Clarence and Nellie Luthy Charitable Fund
Lillian May Charitable Fund
Janna Moore-Morin Memorial Fund
Mt. Zion Cemetery Maintenance Fund
Alfred P. Nelson Memorial Fund
Harlan and Emma Jane Peterson Fund
Ross Family Charitable Fund
Donald L. Schaffert Memorial Fund
Arthur L. and Edith L. Scott Memorial Fund
Ralph Springer Memorial Fund
George Western Cemetery Maintenance Fund
Women in Philanthropy Fund
Youth Engaged in Philanthropy Fund
Youth Golf Fund
Donor Advised Funds
Aurora Freemason Lodge #68 Charitable Fund
James R. and LaVonne Clarke Charitable Fund
Carl P. and Doris J. Djernes Trust Fund
Nadine Dunbar Memorial Fund
Frank and Alice Farr Trust Charitable Fund
Ronald L. and Nancy Furse Charitable Fund
B. Keith and Norma F. Heuermann Foundation Fund
Heuermann Family Charitable Trust Fund
Clayton and Myra Higgins Charitable Fund
Robert and Bethel Kolar Charitable Fund
Francis and Patricia McDonald Charitable Fund
Mayor Marlin and Nancy Seeman Charitable Fund
Dr. James and Mabel Woodard Charitable Fund
Field of Interest Funds
HCF Fine Arts Fund
Fiscal Sponsorship Funds
Art Walk Aurora Fund
Scholarship Funds
AHS Class of 1973 Scholarship Fund
Lauren Akerson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Wilbur C. Akerson Scholarship Fund
Shirley A. Andersen Memorial Teaching Scholarship Fund
Arthur H. Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jerry and Bertina Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ward B. Andrews Memorial Scholarship Fund for Business
Deryl and Janis Arnold Memorial Scholarship Fund
Aurora Baha'i Community Scholarship Fund
Aurora Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund
Aurora Cooperative Scholarship Fund
Aurora Education Association Scholarship Fund
Aurora High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
Aurora Rotary Club Scholarship Fund
Herbert and Doris Bankson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ivan M. and Agdie I. Bengtson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Big Iron Realty Scholarship Fund
Doyle and Evelyn Bish Scholarship Fund
George C. and Sarah Strickler Bute Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dean and Pat Carriker Memorial Scholarship Fund
Carl Chader Memorial Scholarship Fund
Megan K. Christenson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jim and LaVonne Clarke Scholarship Fund
Cornerstone Bank Scholarship Fund
Edward and Alma Daniel Memorial Fund
Alice G. Eberhard Memorial Scholarship Fund
Thelma Clara Elkjer Memorial Scholarship Fund
Fred and Helen Emken Memorial Scholarship Fund
Bob and Carol Ernst Memorial Scholarship Fund
Frank M. and Alice Farr Trust Scholarship Fund
Frank M. Farr Rotary Club of Aurora Scholarship Fund
John and Imogene Florea Memorial Scholarship Fund
Wilt and Eileen Forsman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Brent L. and Michael C. Furse Memorial Scholarship Fund
Joan M. Gilbert Memorial Scholarship Fund
Giltner Alumni and Community Foundation Scholarship
GNSD Trade and Technology Scholarship Fund
Ray A. and Frances M. Griffin Memorial Scholarship Fund
Rhonda Grosshans Memorial Scholarship Fund
Hamilton Co. Jr. Pork Producers Scholarship Fund
Hamilton County Corngrowers Association Scholarship Fund
Glenn R. and Eva E. Haworth Scholarship Fund
John E. Haworth Scholarship Fund
B. Keith and Norma F. Heuermann Scholarship Fund
Howard Holland Memorial Scholarship Fund
J. Walter and Thelma Hudson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Melvin and Virgie Hurst Memorial Scholarship Fund
Veedis F. (Veda) Jacobs Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jean L. Jemison Memorial Scholarship Fund
Michael Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund
Chuck Keasling Memorial Ag Scholarship Fund
Diane Keller Healthcare Scholarship Fund
Floyd Kerr and William M. Bobst Scholarship Fund
Keystone Lodge #62 Scholarship
Ken Killion Memorial Scholarship Fund
Norma J. Kreutz Memorial Scholarship Fund
Patricia A. Kreutz Memorial Scholarship Fund
Myrl S. and Bessie Evans Mather Foundation Scholarship Fund
Evelyn May Scholarship Fund
Charles "Shorty" McDonald Memorial Scholarship Fund
Memorial Community Health Scholarship Fund
Barbara J. (Otto) Meyer Memorial Scholarship Fund
Rex and Janet Meyer Memorial Scholarship Fund
Mid-Nebraska Disposal, Inc. Scholarship Fund
David and Myrtle Myers Scholarship Fund
Alfred P. Nelson Scholarship Fund
Jeanie Nelson Memorial Scholarship Fund
John W. Newman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Donald A. Nielsen, Betty Lou Nielsen and Robert L. Nielsen Memorial Fund
Kenneth and Lucille Nyblom Teaching Scholarship Fund
Mae Gunnarson Olson P.E.O. Scholarship Fund
Alta Louise Otto Memorial Fund
R.M. "Bud" and Mary Ann Pence Scholarship Fund
Harlan and Emma Jane Peterson Scholarship Fund
Phillips Community Scholarship Fund
John F. and Mary A. Quinn Scholarship Fund
Dick Regier Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ted and Marjorie Regier Fund
Todd Alan Regier Memorial Scholarship Fund
Blanche M. Ross Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kelly Ross Memorial Scholarship Fund
Valta and Cindy Ross Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jim Salmon Memorial Scholarship Fund
Betty Grosvenor Saunders Scholarship in Education Fund
J. Michael Saxton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Donald L. Schaffert Memorial Scholarship Fund
Stella Schaffert Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jean Schuster Memorial Scholarship
Arthur L. Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund
Edith L. Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ethel M. Shaneyfelt Nursing Scholarship Fund
John H. and Edith Pratt Stauffer Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dr. Edmund A. Steenburg Memorial Fund
Alvin and Rose Marie Stranberg Memorial Scholarship Fund
Annita Kay Thomas Memorial Fund
John G. Thomas Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dale E. Traudt Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jana Van Housen Memorial Scholarship Fund
Marie Vetter Memorial Scholarship Fund
Delmer Wadell Memorial Scholarship Fund
Wilbur H. Weedin Scholarship Fund
Karen Louise Nielsen Wilcox Memorial Scholarship Fund
Clifford Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund
Genene and Robert Willis Scholarship Fund
Women in Philanthropy Scholarship Fund
Dr. James and Mabel Woodard Scholarship Fund
Clair "Shorty" and Evelyn Zehr Memorial Scholarship Fund
Unrestricted Funds
Deryl and Janis Arnold Memorial Fund
Elmer and Ruth Barrick Memorial Fund
LeRoy and Ellen Benson Charitable Fund
Donald and Ingeborg Beyer Charitable Fund
Bob and Roberta Cool Charitable Fund
LouAnn DeBoer Memorial Fund
Richard A. Hansen Memorial Fund
Glenn R. and Eva E. Haworth Memorial Fund
John E. Haworth Fund
Jean L. Jemison Memorial Fund
Patricia A. Kreutz Memorial Fund
Harlan and Emma Jane Peterson Fund
Donald L. Schaffert Memorial Fund
Simeon Louis Stark and Eva M. Stark Charitable Fund
Anne Peterson Tappan Memorial Fund
Eunice Troester Memorial Fund