Lincoln Hills Foundation

The Lincoln Hills Foundation is celebrating its 23rd year! Organized in 2002, the Foundation is a non-profit, tax exempt, corporation founded and funded by residents of Sun City Lincoln Hills. The primary objective of the Foundation is to support seniors in the Lincoln community by providing funds to established senior assistance organizations or through Foundation-operated service programs. Since its beginning, the Foundation has issued over $1.2M in grants to assistance groups and non-profit organizations for the physical, health, and maintenance of independent living needs of seniors. While initially established to meet just the needs of the senior residents of Sun City Lincoln Hills, the Foundation's vision expanded in 2008 to include all seniors in Lincoln and the local community of Sheridan.

Our vision is to help meet the real, practical needs of seniors. We are seeing substantial growth in food insecurity as seniors must make tough decisions due to overall rising costs and food is often at the bottom of the list. We are proud to be the community's most consistent supporter of The Salt Mine, a Lincoln–based organization that provides food as well as personal items to those in need. Beyond just food our work with the Salt Mine has identified that nutritional supplements such as Ensure are an ever-expanding requirement to help seniors stay healthy and often are the one meal a day available to some. For 2025 we are providing an additional grant solely for these necessary and expensive supplements.

As our community ages transportation is a huge issue for seniors. Many are unable to drive or have stopped driving and getting around can be challenging. A Foundation grant provides reduced cost transportation coupons through a Dial-a-Ride program, with the Foundation subsidizing the cost of rides within the city of Lincoln.  In 2024 over 220 packets were sold allowing residents who would otherwise need to depend on friends and neighbors to have the freedom to move about as needed.

In 2024 we responded to the growing request for senior counseling services.  Our pilot program with the Lighthouse Counseling and Family Resource Center had a tremendous response and validated the need that this is an area where we could provide additional support for our community.

We continue with significant support for Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center each year but we have learned that grants do not have to be large to make an impact. The Foundation also underwrites the cost of CPR/First Aid classes, large print books and digital literacy training for the local library and funding for support or awareness groups in Sun City Lincoln Hills such as Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Bosom Buddies, Multiple Sclerosis and Bereavement.  As our residents age many lose spouses or partners often resulting in isolation so in 2025, we are looking at piloting a program that reaches out to those alone and with limited contact to help them get engaged back into our community.