Funders

Foundations in Nebraska That Accept Grant Applications

Every one of these 92 foundations is based in Nebraska, gave to at least ten organizations we could identify, filed a return covering 2023 or later, and did not tell the IRS it funds only organizations it picks itself. Roughly three in four private foundations do tell the IRS exactly that; those are not listed here.

92foundations accepting requests
$580.3Mgranted between them
5,056funding 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 foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Union Pacific FoundationOmaha$10,0001,561$48.3M
Hdr FoundationOmaha$12,893209$9.7M
Robert B Daugherty FoundationOmaha$80,000167$160.7M
The Hawks FoundationOmaha$25,000151$85.9M
Leland J & Dorothy H Olson CharitableOmaha$35,000149$37.0M
Abel FoundationLincoln$10,000116$11.8M
Cooper FoundationLincoln$10,000111$4.3M
Leroy Thom Jean Thom and T-L FoundationHastings$15,000103$21.3M
Hirschfeld Family Foundation IncKearney$25,000102$52.2M
Assurity Life FoundationLincoln$50090$2.0M
Jc & Jessie Seacrest Family FndtnLincoln$25088$127K
Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha$12,00082$6.2M
Cl Werner FoundationValley$20,00078$6.6M
Seline Family FoundationOmaha$1,37578$1.8M
Viking Foundation of LincolnLincoln$4,00063$620K
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NebraskaOmaha$10,00061$1.1M
Lee and Debbie Stuart Family FoundationLincoln$5,00052$1.1M
Olson Tom & Cynthia Family FoundationLincoln$1,10050$337K
Milton & Miriam Waldbaum FamilyFort Calhoun$3,00049$1.7M
Susan Stuart Seiler Family FoundationLincoln$10,00049$2.4M
Herbert T Weston JR andLincoln$6,00048$2.7M
James Stuart III Family FoundationLincoln$2,00047$2.5M
Bettenhausen Family FoundationLincoln$1,00047$675K
Alan & Marcia Baer FoundationOmaha$2,00047$910K
Burlington Capital FoundationOmaha$5,00045$1.7M
Rogers FoundationLincoln$15,00044$2.9M
Creigh Family FoundationLincoln$4,00040$1.5M
The Fred and Sally Bekins FoundationOmaha$2,00040$1.6M
Ike & Roz Friedman FoundationElkhorn$2,50037$1.8M
Equitable Bank CharitableGrand Island$1,00036$150K
Pegler Family FoundationLincoln$10,00035$2.5M
Lienemann Charitable Foundation IncLincoln$12,75034$3.6M
Sn Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable FoundatiOmaha$10,00033$2.4M
Bernard K and Norma F Heuermann FoundationOmaha$5,00033$2.0M
Hawkins Charitable TrustOmaha$7,50032$1.5M
The Rod Rhoden FoundationOmaha$3,80031$6.0M
Great West Casualty Company FoundationSouth Sioux City$70531$159K
Webster Family FoundationOmaha$6,00030$1.5M
The Rehabvisions & Cariant FoundationOmaha$80030$240K
Gretchen Swanson Family FoundationOmaha$25,00029$9.8M
Olsson Family FoundationLincoln$4,00028$386K
Harold & Dorothy Madson FoundationOmaha$10,00028$1.7M
The Owen FoundationOmaha$5,00028$2.1M
Hugo a and Thelma Aspegren Charitable TrustLincoln$20,00028$1.3M
Cope Ron & Carol Foundation TrustKearney$24,62027$3.8M
Johnson-Wissing Family FoundationHastings$2,00027$334K
Gifford Foundation IncOmaha$1,00027$285K
Kitty M Perkins FoundationCambridge$14,50025$2.9M
Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation IncBoys Town$2,75025$294K
Bridges Family CharitableOmaha$1,80024$3.8M
Pace Woods FoundationLincoln$10,00023$1.1M
Dolezal Family FoundationLincoln$11,00023$1.1M
Moeller Charitable TrustLincoln$10,00021$872K
The Hampton Family FoundationLincoln$5,00021$272K
The Roy & Gloria Dinsdale FoundationOmaha$1,00021$9.2M
Cost of Discipleship FoundationOmaha$1,00020$776K
May L Flanagan Foundation IncLincoln$5,00020$652K
Gardner FoundationWakefield$22,86620$7.5M
Lothlorien FoundationOmaha$3,60020$1.7M
Donald E Nielsen Foundation IncOakland$49,00018$7.2M
The Chief Foundation IncGrand Island$10,00018$600K
American Charitable FoundationOmaha$5,00018$330K
Hoegemeyer Family FoundationLincoln$5,00017$239K
Tye Family FoundationKearney$1,00017$114K
Berneice M Hopper Private Foundation 9285002Omaha$2,78016$506K
The Lebaron FoundationLincoln$5,00016$164K
The Steinhart Foundation IncNebraska City$7,25016$1.7M
Noel Barrett Shuler FoundationOmaha$100,00016$6.9M
Karl H and Wealtha H NelsonOmaha$8,00015$910K
Robbins Family Charitable FoundationOmaha$5,00015$254K
The Leslie Family FoundationSpalding$2,00015$262K
The Lee and Mary Volkmer Family FoundationLincoln$10,00014$1.4M
The Tesi FoundationOmaha$25014$113K
Gilbert C Swanson Foundation IncOmaha$10,00014$514K
Shoemaker Family FoundationCambridge$5,00013$472K
Virgil Eihusen Foundation IncGrand Island$10,00013$656K
Frank M & Alice M Farr TrustAurora$8,18713$951K
Bill & Virginia Coffee Family FoundationHarrison$3,00012$329K
Gallagher FoundationOmaha$5,00012$1.5M
P&n Charitable Foundation TrustLincoln$1,20012$154K
Wortman Family Charitable TrustAurora$2,50012$1.4M
The Kubly Family FoundationLincoln$5,00012$241K
Harold W & Lois D Struve FoundationHebron$2,00011$461K
Linder Family FoundationOmaha$5,00011$229K
Carl & Caroline Swanson FoundationOmaha$25,00011$6.6M
John C & Catherine S AngleLincoln$15,75011$1.0M
Larue Coffee Charitable FoundationLincoln$2,50010$378K
Albert G & Bernice F HansenMccook$4,00010$1.0M
Patricia and Ronald Schardt FoundationDeshler$5,00010$206K
Kropp Charitable Foundation IncNebraska City$3,00010$570K
Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable TrustOmaha$15,00010$811K
Doggy Do Good Foundation IncOneill$8,00010$480K

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Nebraska foundations that fund only organizations they pick

Each of these told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests, so none is in the list above. Each has a page because a real share of its giving went to community foundations and other organizations that make grants themselves, and the page names them. Ordered by number of organizations funded.

FoundationBased inOrganizations fundedGrantmakers among them
The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE56612
The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE3306
The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationOmaha, NE2956
Fulk Family Foundation IncLincoln, NE2404
Spreetail FoundationLincoln, NE2124
Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE1637
Mutual of Omaha FoundationOmaha, NE1333
Buffett Early Childhood FundOmaha, NE765
Duncan Family TrustLincoln, NE613
The Graff Charitable Foundation Inc Co P Mark GraffMccook, NE614
The Claire M Hubbard FoundationOmaha, NE543
Harley and Beth Schrager FoundationOmaha, NE353

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