Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Nebraska

These 60 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in Nebraska that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

60grantmaking charities
$2.4Bgranted between them
5,046funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific grantmaker is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Nebraska Community FoundationLincoln$16,995714$61.9M
Lincoln Community Foundation IncLincoln$19,100605$71.8M
Nebraska Children & Families FoundationLincoln$50,425250$102.9M
National Arbor Day FoundationLincoln$37,500248$24.7M
Immanuel Community Vision FoundationOmaha$25,000153$15.5M
Midlands Community FoundationPapillion$10,000145$4.9M
Jewish Federation of Omaha FoundationOmaha$12,950140$41.2M
Orphan Grain Train IncNorfolk$55,139139$86.9M
Fremont Area Community FoundationFremont$12,566133$8.4M
Mid-Nebraska Community FoundationNorth Platte$12,000131$7.5M
United Way of the MidlandsOmaha$50,000129$49.5M
Suzanne & Walter Scott FoundationOmaha$40,000107$105.9M
Kearney Area Community FoundationKearney$18,22299$5.4M
Doris Day Animal FoundationOmaha$10,00094$2.1M
Greater Grand Island CommunityGrand Island$10,50093$8.4M
Nebraska Humanities CouncilLincoln$10,12792$2.7M
Mammel Family FoundationOmaha$37,50092$59.8M
Hastings Community Foundation IncHastings$15,18588$8.7M
Home Instead CharitiesOmaha$13,45584$3.0M
United Way of Lincoln and LancasterLincoln$18,45583$18.7M
Annette and Paul Smith Charitable FundOmaha$30,25067$12.0M
Phelps County CommunityHoldrege$15,83266$9.2M
The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha$16,63361$1.5B
Gage County Foundation IncBeatrice$10,14258$1.7M
Amy L Scott Family FoundationOmaha$20,00057$4.1M
Parker Family FoundationOmaha$30,00057$6.8M
Nac Development CorporationOmaha$12,36255$2.3M
Dixon Family FoundationOmaha$20,00053$4.5M
Collective for YouthOmaha$39,82052$36.1M
Oregon Trail Community FoundationScottsbluff$15,19548$2.4M
The Enrichment FoundationOmaha$30,00047$8.4M
Woodmen of the World Life InsuranceOmaha$10,00045$2.5M
The Mcgowan Family FoundationOmaha$25,00042$4.1M
Wounded Warriors Family Support IncOmaha$11,92040$4.6M
Hamilton Community Foundation IncAurora$22,15837$3.2M
Women's Fund of Greater Omaha IncOmaha$90,00035$21.0M
Front Porch InvestmentsOmaha$186,84935$14.5M
Foundation for Educational Funding IILincoln$10,00033$1.1M
Back to the Bible FoundationLincoln$12,00031$2.4M
Howard County Foundation IncSt Paul$1,50030$698K
Singer FoundationOmaha$15,00030$1.9M
Threshold CocOmaha$112,00029$41.0M
Lori & David Scott FoundationOmaha$25,00028$2.4M
Lincoln Chamber Economic Development CorLincoln$25,00028$2.6M
Nebraska Recycling CouncilLincoln$15,96027$491K
Combined Health Agencies DriveOmaha$30,43127$3.5M
Merrick Foundation IncCentral City$10,00025$1.3M
Creighton UniversityOmaha$11,00024$1.0M
Building Healthy FuturesOmaha$100,00023$9.2M
Center for Rural AffairsLyons$20,50023$1.1M
Educationquest Foundation IncLincoln$26,80023$7.8M
Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Supporting FoundationOmaha$11,58823$834K
Reruns R Fun IncLa Vista$14,96422$862K
Heartland United Way IncGrand Island$35,25022$3.7M
Nebraska CASA AssociationLincoln$30,17922$2.8M
MosaicOmaha$13,47821$992K
Norfolk Area United Way IncNorfolk$15,00021$1.7M
Children's Hospital & Medical CenterOmaha$15,00020$13.5M
Fillmore County Foundation IncGeneva$12,50020$477K
College World Series of Omaha IncOmaha$7,50020$260K
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.

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