Support the Willa Cather Foundation

The Impact of Your Gift

When you make a financial contribution to the National Willa Cather Center, you become a partner in our many efforts to advance the legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Willa Cather. Our mission-driven programs and projects serve over 70,000 people annually through education, preservation, and the arts—both in Red Cloud and beyond.

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Support for Special Projects

Willa Cather Birthplace Fund
Willa Cather Birthplace Fund
Campaign for the Future
Campaign for the Future
New Exhibit for the Farmers & Merchants Bank
New Exhibit for the Farmers & Merchants Bank
Potter Block / Hotel Garber
Potter Block / Hotel Garber
Education Director, Rachel Olson, speaks to a group of students sitting in front of a display in museum.

Educating All Ages

Your gift supports the operation of a museum, archive, and performing arts center at the National Willa Cather Center; conservation of the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie; and organization of educational programs such as conferences and seminars that advance scholarly research dedicated to Cather’s works.

Willa Cather's wallpaper: pink roses, white background, and green and brown foliage

Preserving Historic Sites & Collections

With your support we maintain ten historic properties connected to the life and works of Willa Cather; provide tours of Willa Cather's childhood home and other sites from her life and writing; display and care for a growing museum collection and an archive of correspondence, rare books, and photographs.

A performance on the stage at the Opera House; a man in period clothing stands while three women huddle together, all looking off into the distance.

Access to the Arts

Your gifts enable us to provide quality year-round programming, cultural events, performances, and exhibits at the restored 1885 Red Cloud Opera House, which figured prominently in the life of Willa Cather; publish the Willa Cather Review; and inspire the next generation of artists.