Lorin Brass

Abbey of The Hills Inn & Retreat Center is a nonprofit organization that offers a retreat environment for spiritual renewal, reflection, and rest, rooted in over 60 years of Benedictine monastic tradition. The private company is based in Grant. The center provides 65 guest rooms and cabins, meeting and event spaces including a large chapel, and amenities such as hiking trails, fishing lakes, and outdoor recreational activities. It hosts retreats, reunions, meetings, celebrations, and spiritual pilgrimages, and operates through donor and volunteer support, with ongoing campaigns for facility improvements and a permanent endowment fund. The organization focuses on fostering peace and spiritual growth for people of all faiths by maintaining its grounds, prayer spaces, and hospitality services.

The Lincoln Conservation District is a local government entity dedicated to natural resource conservation across Lincoln County’s agricultural landscape. The private company is based in Canton. It supports farmers, ranchers, homeowners, and suburban residents in implementing conservation practices such as tree planting, windbreak and shelter design, soil erosion control, wetland restoration, habitat establishment, and water quality protection. The district offers services including machine and manual tree planting, site preparation, fabric weed barriers, and grass seeding, as well as educational resources on tree care, pruning, weed control, and landscape management. It promotes stewardship of air, land, and water resources and provides information on financial assistance programs like the Farm Service Agency’s Conservation Reserve Program. The district maintains conservation materials, tree order forms, meeting minutes, and engages the community through employment opportunities and social media.

SDIC invests in domestic and international equity securities, government and corporate fixed-income instruments, as well as short-term investments. They often utilize external managers to invest in distressed and high yield fixed-income securities, international equities, real estate and private equity.

Provides social fundraising services

Operates as an integrated oil and gas company that engages in exploration, production, refining and marketing of oil & natural gas and manufactures petrochemicals