LINCOLN- Seventeen Nebraska nonprofits will share around $70 million in grant funds awarded Wednesday by the state for "shovel-ready" building projects. The funds come from the Shovel-ready Capital Recovery and Investment Act Program, for which extra funding was appropriated by the Nebraska Legislature and Gov. Jim Pillen this year.

The fund was created to assist nonprofits with capital projects that were delayed due to the pandemic or that are expected to provide a positive economic impact in the State of Nebraska. The biggest grant winner was Omaha's Creighton University, which is to receive $30 million. The remaining $40 million in funding was divided among the state's three congressional districts.

District 1 winners include the Malone Community Center, Lancaster County Agricultural Society, and Lindsay Area Development. District 2 winners include Creighton Preparatory School, Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, Omaha Community Playhouse, Rabble Mill, and the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Omaha. District 3 winners included, among others, Art Farm, Chadron Public Library Foundation, and the Grand Island Children's Museum.

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