Community Impact Grant Application

At Centris Federal Credit Union, we live by the credit union philosophy of people helping people every day. We are committed to supporting and investing in organizations that directly impact the people in our communities. The Centris Community Impact Grant Program is designed to give financial support to non-profit organizations, helping them pursue their mission of serving and building a better community.

2025 Community Impact Grant

We invite you to submit your application for the 2025 Centris Community Impact Grant, where we will award a total of $50,000 in program support.

All applications are due by Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

Please review our Grant Selection Criteria and Grant Restrictions before submitting your grant application.

If you have any questions about the Centris Community Impact Grant, email marketing@centrisfcu.org.

• Applicants must demonstrate how contributions will be used for purposes that are in line with Centris Federal Credit Union’s community pillars of Financial Education, Health & Human Services, and/or Community Betterment.
• Qualifying programs must benefit communities within the Centris service area. This includes the counties of Douglas, Sarpy, Lincoln and McPherson in Nebraska and Pottawattamie in Iowa. This service area also includes the city of Grand Island, Nebraska.
• Grant requests must be consistent with the values and mission of Centris.
• Grant requests that meet the selection criteria are considered by an internal Centris review committee. Centris will only make grants to applications made by non-profit organizations with an exempt status under IRS section 501(c)(3). Grants will not be awarded to the same (or part of the same) organization more than one time in a 12-month period or a maximum of $25,000 since 2024.
• Centris may choose to fully or partially fund grant requests. Previous grant funding does not guarantee continuing support to any organization. Grants are discretionary and restricted to a specific purpose.
• Centris will not provide critiques of proposals submitted.
• Applicant agrees to partner with Centris on marketing and publicity of the Centris Community Impact Grant Program through email, social media, public relations, advertising, etc.
• All applicants must be compliant with the Equal Employment Opportunities Act.

• Programs and projects of charities that do not support financial education, health and human services or community betterment.
• Contributions for scholarships or memberships in professional societies or trade organizations.
• Individual or personal endeavors, projects, individual operations, or pass-through funding.
• Participation or entrance fees for charitable events.
• Religious or sectarian programs or groups when the grant benefits the specific organization.
• Political campaigns, political support purposes, candidates, lobbying groups or causes.
• Sports teams or athletic events or competitions, including equipment or uniforms related to sports.
• School activities or school booster club donations, including bands, choirs or fine arts programs.
• Private foundations promoting personal hobbies.
• Organizations or programs that are inconsistent with or do not align with non-discrimination, ethics or other Centris policies, values or mission.
• Organizations that in any way pose a conflict with Centris’ goals, programs, services or employees.
• Contributions for state annual meetings and regularly scheduled conferences.

2024 Grant Recipients

2025 will be our third annual community impact grant program. Over the last two years, we’ve awarded $100,000 total to 16 local nonprofits.

In 2024, we awarded $50,000 to the local nonprofits below who are making an impact in our neighborhoods, towns and cities.

Click on each logo to learn more about each of our 2024 grant recipients.