Nebraska · Public charity
Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc
To build and sustain a strong and vibrant omaha jewish community and to support jews in israel and around the world.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
90% of Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Omaha Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $125,360
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $802,758
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $69M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $164k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $218k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $232k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $180k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $159k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $163k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $203k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Hebrew Academy | $1,102,726 | 9 | n/a |
| Temple Israel | $121,944 | 9 | n/a |
| Beth El Synagogue | $118,457 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $115,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nebraska Jewish Historical Society Inc | $72,974 | 7 | 15% |
| Beth Israel Synagogue | $65,195 | 7 | n/a |
| World Ort Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Friends of Wgh Western Galilee Hospital Nahariya C/O the Lapin Group | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $21,671 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Hebrew Academy | $1,102,726 | 9 | n/a |
| Temple Israel | $121,944 | 9 | n/a |
| Beth El Synagogue | $118,457 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $115,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nebraska Jewish Historical Society Inc | $72,974 | 7 | 15% |
| Beth Israel Synagogue | $65,195 | 7 | n/a |
| World Ort Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Friends of Wgh Western Galilee Hospital Nahariya C/O the Lapin Group | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $21,671 | 2 | 0% |
| South Street Temple | $10,350 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation · Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc
- How much does Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc give?
- Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $1,562,879, out of $2,710,376 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (91%), Education (6%), Religion (2%).
- Who are Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Omaha Hebrew Academy ($1.1M), Temple Israel ($122k), Beth El Synagogue ($118k).
- Does Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation, Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc based?
- Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc is based in NE.
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