Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Nebraska

These 57 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.

57grantmaking charities

$2.0Bgranted between them

4,681funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A grantmaker supporting sixty groups is a more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

Organization	Based in	Median grant	Organizations	Total granted
Lincoln Community Foundation Inc	Lincoln	$19,100	605	$71.8M
Nebraska Community Foundation	Lincoln	$16,581	592	$45.2M
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation	Lincoln	$50,425	250	$102.9M
National Arbor Day Foundation	Lincoln	$37,500	248	$24.7M
Immanuel Community Vision Foundation	Omaha	$25,000	140	$12.4M
Orphan Grain Train Inc	Norfolk	$55,139	139	$86.9M
Midlands Community Foundation	Papillion	$10,000	130	$3.3M
United Way of the Midlands	Omaha	$50,000	129	$49.5M
Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation	Omaha	$13,000	119	$27.3M
Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation	North Platte	$11,247	115	$5.5M
Fremont Area Community Foundation	Fremont	$12,227	108	$5.8M
Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation	Omaha	$40,000	107	$105.9M
Kearney Area Community Foundation	Kearney	$18,222	99	$5.4M
Doris Day Animal Foundation	Omaha	$10,000	94	$2.1M
Mammel Family Foundation	Omaha	$37,500	92	$59.8M
Hastings Community Foundation Inc	Hastings	$15,185	88	$8.7M
Nebraska Humanities Council	Lincoln	$10,500	87	$2.0M
Home Instead Charities	Omaha	$13,455	84	$3.0M
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster	Lincoln	$18,455	83	$18.7M
Greater Grand Island Community	Grand Island	$10,500	70	$6.6M
Annette and Paul Smith Charitable Fund	Omaha	$30,250	67	$12.0M
Gage County Foundation Inc	Beatrice	$10,142	58	$1.7M
Phelps County Community	Holdrege	$15,000	57	$7.1M
Nac Development Corporation	Omaha	$12,362	55	$2.3M
The Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha	$16,579	54	$1.2B
Parker Family Foundation	Omaha	$30,000	52	$5.7M
Amy L Scott Family Foundation	Omaha	$20,000	51	$3.4M
Collective for Youth	Omaha	$40,155	49	$27.6M
Oregon Trail Community Foundation	Scottsbluff	$15,195	48	$2.4M
The Enrichment Foundation	Omaha	$30,000	47	$8.4M
Dixon Family Foundation	Omaha	$22,500	45	$3.4M
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance	Omaha	$10,000	45	$2.5M
The Mcgowan Family Foundation	Omaha	$25,000	42	$4.1M
Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc	Omaha	$11,000	38	$3.1M
Hamilton Community Foundation Inc	Aurora	$22,158	37	$3.2M
Front Porch Investments	Omaha	$186,849	35	$14.5M
Women's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc	Omaha	$94,413	34	$19.3M
Foundation for Educational Funding II	Lincoln	$10,000	31	$855K
Howard County Foundation Inc	St Paul	$1,500	30	$698K
Threshold Coc	Omaha	$112,000	29	$41.0M
Back to the Bible Foundation	Lincoln	$11,200	29	$1.8M
Lincoln Chamber Economic Development Cor	Lincoln	$25,000	28	$2.6M
Combined Health Agencies Drive	Omaha	$30,431	27	$3.5M
Lori & David Scott Foundation	Omaha	$25,000	27	$1.7M
Singer Foundation	Omaha	$13,000	26	$1.4M
Merrick Foundation Inc	Central City	$10,000	25	$1.3M
Building Healthy Futures	Omaha	$100,000	23	$9.2M
Educationquest Foundation Inc	Lincoln	$26,500	23	$6.2M
Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation	Omaha	$11,588	23	$834K
Reruns R Fun Inc	La Vista	$14,964	22	$862K
Heartland United Way Inc	Grand Island	$35,500	22	$2.9M
Nebraska CASA Association	Lincoln	$27,801	22	$2.0M
Center for Rural Affairs	Lyons	$20,248	21	$810K
Children's Hospital & Medical Center	Omaha	$15,000	20	$13.5M
Norfolk Area United Way Inc	Norfolk	$15,000	20	$1.4M
Fillmore County Foundation Inc	Geneva	$12,500	20	$477K
College World Series of Omaha Inc	Omaha	$7,500	20	$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.

New Nebraska grantmakers, as they file

The IRS publishes returns continuously. We read them and email you the ones that match your cause. Free.

No spam, unsubscribe in one click. We never sell or share your address.

Looking for private foundations instead? Foundations in Nebraska that accept applications.