Amy Sandeen
NE
Director of major gifts at the Nebraska Community Foundation and former executive director of the Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor and Agricultural Learning. Sandeen wants careful spending that maintains roads and utilities and more affordable housing.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 20 records
Received Women Who Run Nebraska’s endorsement for Hastings City Council, Ward 4.
October 6, 2026
Source: womenwhorunne.org
Directed LearningWorks at Blake and Wilderness Inquiry’s youth program. Taught in Visitation School’s after-school program and coordinated YMCA Camp St Croix’s outdoor education. Worked as an educator at Minnesota Children’s Museum and Wilder Forest. Helped plan Give Hastings Day. Served with the Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environment Education and the Natural Legacy partnership team. Hosted a Sherwood Foundation Community Catalyst cohort. Facilitated National Humanities Conference sessions, nonprofit roundtables, and planning for organizations including Grand Island Children’s Museum. Received community-service awards from the Daughters of the American Revolution and Adams County YWCA.
October 6, 2026
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Served on the Nebraska Foundation for the Humanities board in Hastings.
October 2, 2026
Source: humanitiesnebraska.org
Served on the Humanities Nebraska Council from 2016 to 2022, including two years as chair and service on its Foundation board.
August 7, 2026
Source: humanitiesnebraska.org
Worked through Roots & Ripples with Hastings’ city government, symphony, public library foundation, business improvement district and chamber. Other local clients included the community theatre, PFLAG chapter, Prairie Loft and two churches. Worked with Stuhr Museum, Greater Grand Island Community Foundation, Grand Island YWCA and Kamp Kaleo. Clients also included Nebraska’s Department of Environment and Energy and the Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence.
June 16, 2026
Source: rootsandripples.net
Worked as Crane Trust’s outreach manager and as a National Endowment for the Humanities site reviewer. Earned the Certified Fund Raising Executive credential. Also earned a Fund Raising Leadership certificate from Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
May 11, 2026
Source: nebcommfound.org
Joined Nebraska Community Foundation as Director of Major Gifts after leading Prairie Loft and founding Roots & Ripples. She facilitated nonprofit workshops through her firm. Served on the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands board and as Humanities Nebraska Council treasurer. Previously served with the Center for Rural Affairs, Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce and Federation for State Humanities Councils. Earned a Macalester College degree in International Studies, German and Music.
January 28, 2025
Source: nebcommfound.org
Served on the Center for Rural Affairs board of directors.
December 9, 2024
Source: cfra.org
Served as the initial registered agent for Roots and Ripples LLC when the company was organized in Nebraska.
July 12, 2023
Source: bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com
Co-taught a Hastings College course with Stephanie Furrer at Prairie Loft and worked with college professors on outdoor learning activities.
September 14, 2022
Source: hastings.edu
Presented Prairie Loft’s outdoor and agricultural education programs to the Hastings Kiwanis Club.
April 7, 2022
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Chaired the committee that developed Humanities Nebraska’s 2019–2023 strategic plan. Its Council and Foundation boards approved it on January 19, 2019.
January 19, 2019
Source: guidestar.org
Collaborated with Jack Sandeen and Mary Linnea Vaughan on the Nature as Muse art exhibition at the Red Cloud Opera House.
April 8, 2016
Source: willacather.org
Exhibited her fine-art photography in a Hastings-area artists’ show at the Red Cloud Opera House.
November 9, 2015
Source: willacather.org
Worked on the Nebraska Project’s photography and short documentaries, scouting locations, contacting participants and supporting field shoots.
December 16, 2014
Source: herviewfromhome.com
Received the Nebraska Wildlife Federation’s Conservation Education Award for her work at Prairie Loft.
October 24, 2013
Source: platteriverprogram.org
Participated in focus-group interviews for the Hastings conference-center feasibility study as Prairie Loft’s executive director.
August 27, 2013
Source: bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com
Testified for LB551, a Nebraska proposal limiting landowners’ liability for recreation and tourism on their property. Described Prairie Loft’s outdoor education work.
February 13, 2013
Source: leg.ne.gov
Discussed water-quality outreach with Hastings Youth Leadership Academy students during their Prairie Loft visit.
April 13, 2009
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Spoke to the YWCA of Adams County Women’s Fellowship about Prairie Loft’s sustainable-agriculture and environmental-education programs.
November 3, 2008
Source: bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com
Past race Amy Sandeen ran in:
- City Council Member Ward 4 · November 3, 2026 · Hastings city, Nebraska