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Lincoln Community Foundation Inc

Inspiring our community to give, act and lead.

$24M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
379
Itemized grants FY2024
357
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$22M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$23,420
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,585,362
Organizations funded a year
282 to 407
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
28
Total assets, FY2024
$251M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Lincoln Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureReligionInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving361$21M15%
FY2023357$20M17%
FY2022318$13M15%
FY2021326$15M16%
FY2020407$20M32%
FY2019363$16M27%
FY2018333$12M32%
FY2017282$11Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$34MReligion$20MHuman Services$14MHealth$11MArts & Culture$10MRecreation & Sports$7.4MHousing & Shelter$6.8MYouth Development$5.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Nebraska Foundation$15,223,22881%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$3,728,2648n/a
Nebraska Wesleyan University$3,546,54283%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc$2,998,75073%
Center for People in Need$2,010,66985%
The Madonna Foundation$1,936,670818%
The Catholic Foundation of Southern Nebraska$1,795,3877n/a
St Joseph Catholic Church of Lincoln$1,778,8176n/a
People's City Mission$1,704,16172%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,578,78080%
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All grantees of Lincoln Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Nebraska Foundation$15,223,22881%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$3,728,2648n/a
Nebraska Wesleyan University$3,546,54283%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc$2,998,75073%
Center for People in Need$2,010,66985%
The Madonna Foundation$1,936,670818%
The Catholic Foundation of Southern Nebraska$1,795,3877n/a
St Joseph Catholic Church of Lincoln$1,778,8176n/a
People's City Mission$1,704,16172%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,578,78080%
South of Downtown Community Development Organization$1,526,910862%
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach$1,511,792810%
The Cedars Home for Children Foundation$1,473,66888%
Bryan Foundation$1,469,945811%
First-Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln$1,423,6268n/a
Lincoln Children's Zoo$1,412,34583%
Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation$1,179,15389%
Friendship Home of Lincoln Inc$1,146,79885%
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County$1,073,79183%
Berean Fundamental Church of Lincoln Nebraska$1,069,1888n/a
The 1890 Foundation$1,000,000117%
Lincoln Literacy Council$978,989818%
Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center$975,30886%
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation$963,71081%
The Salvation Army$899,2798n/a
Clinic With a Heart Inc$891,691824%
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties$879,44071%
Christ Lutheran Church$877,6138n/a
The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools$840,41586%
Capital Humane Society$838,00784%
Catholic Social Services$797,30785%
Southeast Community College Educational Foundation$768,86765%
Lutheran Education Foundation$764,344811%
Pius X Foundation$763,8638n/a
City Impact$731,923813%
YWCA of Lincoln$714,0416100%
The Tabitha Foundation Inc$709,434810%
Lincoln Orchestra Association$702,621811%
Sheridan Lutheran Church$692,2668n/a
Neighborhoods Inc$682,963813%
Abendmusik at First-Plymouth Inc$673,864863%
Centerpointe Inc$670,94781%
City of Lincoln Nebraska$645,5928n/a
Lighthouse$640,150715%
Cedars Youth Services Inc$623,72881%
Lincoln Youth Complex$622,68734%
YMCA of Lincoln$620,33681%
Malone Community Center$556,079724%
Southeast Nebraska Youth for Christ$551,804812%
St Teresa Catholic Church of Lincoln$543,7587n/a
Southwood Lutheran Church$525,5658n/a
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church of Lincoln$516,0498n/a
Family Service Association of Lincoln$499,85381%
Union College$495,99780%
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest$487,55582%
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation$468,40882%
Rabble Mill$460,097813%
Seward Community Scholarship$455,528836%
Nebraska Art Association$448,794824%
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc$440,80051%
Fresh Start Inc$427,931812%
Wachiska Audubon Society Inc$423,188858%
Friends of Lied Lied Center for Performing Arts- Nebraska$419,671811%
Lincolnlancaster County Habitat for Humanity$416,31884%
Hopespoke$403,04271%
Eastmont Towers Foundation$400,339811%
Dimensions Educational Research Foundation$397,83882%
Pregnancy Center Inc$395,204814%
Nebraska Housing Resource$383,333288%
Mourning Hope$382,902811%
Lincoln Community Playhouse$370,345810%
Civic Nebraska$364,45663%
Doane University$363,57480%
Cornhusker Council 324 Boy Scouts America Inc$348,11385%
Center for Rural Affairs$345,97881%
Foundation for Lincoln City Libraries$337,010814%
Educare of Lincoln Inc$332,85663%
Lincoln Christian School Foundation Short Tax Year Ended 5/31/2025$331,33389%
Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation$319,88384%
Teammates Mentoring Program$317,15364%
Voices of Hope of Lincoln Inc$316,20976%
Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Lincoln Nebraska$312,5197n/a
Good Neighbor Community Center Inc$312,27082%
Boys and Girls Club of Lincolnlancaster County$311,295811%
Pickleball Lincoln Inc$302,988755%
Ive Got a Name$300,313834%
Westminster Presbyterian Church$297,0598n/a
Lux Center for the Arts$295,76387%
Greater Lincoln Chamber Foundation$291,833550%
Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc$290,93741%
Sunrise Communications Inc$288,239813%
Bridges to Hope$285,846825%
Foundry Community Foundation$285,529420%
Nebraska Trails Foundation Inc$279,077844%
National Audubon Society Inc$274,68680%
Food Bank of Lincoln Foundation$274,257321%
East Butler Public Schools$273,317861%
The Cat House$273,277816%
Asian Community and Cultural Center$272,37387%
Junior Achievement of Lincoln Inc$265,05787%
Opensky Policy Institute$263,244810%
Lincoln Arts Council$259,69389%
The Bridge Behavioral Health Inc$259,48382%
Nebraska Humanities Council$255,05983%
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church of Lincoln$251,5456n/a
St Monica's Home$251,41981%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$249,66780%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$248,2508n/a
El Centro de Las Americas$248,056819%
Launch Leadership Inc$247,276718%
St Michael Catholic Church of Cheney$246,3058n/a
Saint Elizabeth Foundation$245,81474%
ACLU Nebraska Foundation Inc$244,97482%
Lincoln Bike Kitchen$241,852739%
Prestonwood Baptist Church$240,0005n/a
St Annes Catholic Church$235,7505n/a
Planned Parenthood North Central States$234,56220%
Matters on Tomorrow$232,727840%
Theatre Art for Kids$229,783836%
Cause Collective$229,473639%
Redeemer Lutheran Church$227,3687n/a
Harbor Ministries Inc$223,24584%
Our Savior Lutheran Church$221,7242n/a
Hearts United for Animals$215,54083%
Camp Sonshine$214,18078%
Mosaic$211,76380%
First Presbyterian Church$211,7085n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$211,30780%
Pcm Medical Clinic$207,7491n/a
Omaha Youth for Christ$205,00071%
The Solidago Conservancy$204,7591n/a
Farmhouse Foundation$203,00042%
Community Development Resources$200,00015%
Jewish Federation of Lincoln$198,589878%
Food Fort$198,351731%
Parkview Christian School$198,10762%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$197,68770%
Wyuka Historical Foundation$197,448775%
Nebraska Sports Council$194,25089%
Center for Legal Immigration Assistance$193,726811%
Jacob's Well$186,464620%
First Street Bible Church$178,7784n/a
The Arc of Lincoln$178,089820%
Cathedral of the Risen Christ of Lincoln$177,7438n/a
Joslyn Art Museum$176,25031%
Nebraska Peace Foundation$175,485818%
Fitting Futures$175,285647%
Heartland Bible Church$174,9295n/a
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc$171,16380%
New Covenant Community Church$170,8326n/a
Willard Community Center$170,02679%
Teammates Mentoring Program$169,8625n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$168,13970%
Capitol Ministries$167,87434%
Tabitha Inc$167,30470%
Susan Laflesche Picotte Center$165,619228%
Seward Changing the Game Inc$165,300311%
Central Presbyterian Church$165,0008n/a
Casa for Lancaster County$162,22589%
Foster Care Closet$161,25486%
First Evangelical Free Church of Lincoln Nebraska$159,6546n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska Inc$158,12981%
State University of Iowa Foundation$158,00070%
Lincoln Children's Museum$156,66482%
Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House$156,20070%
First Evangelical Lutheran Church$155,8854n/a
Net Foundation for Television$154,19251%
Liz Shea-McCoy Foundation for the Arts$153,490392%
St Paul United Methodist Church$150,3088n/a
Nebraska Family Alliance Inc$150,04176%
World Food Prize Foundation$150,00061%
Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation$148,284145%
Bright Lights Inc$148,10286%
Northeast Family Center$146,63864%
Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska$144,22180%
Community Crops$143,148516%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$142,50060%
Orphan Grain Train Inc$142,43140%
Christian Heritage Children's Home$142,33971%
Lincoln Housing Charities$141,930763%
Milkworks Inc$139,93982%
Seniors Foundation$139,091852%
Outlinc Inc Outnebraska$136,083611%
Alpha USA$135,00040%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$131,00040%
Cultural Centers of Lincoln$130,3803n/a
Milford Schools Foundation$130,056812%
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission$129,9674n/a
Nebraska Housing Developers Association$127,46578%
Nebraska No Kill Canine Rescue$125,860725%
In Touch Ministries Inc$125,00080%
Prison Fellowship International$125,00041%
Catholic Bishop of Lincoln Inc$125,0001n/a
Young Life$123,57570%
Capitol City Christian Church$120,9615n/a
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$120,20060%
Nebraska Human Resources Research Foundation$118,350719%
Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation$117,58759%
Steadfast Bible Fellowship$115,0008n/a
Hope4liberiaincorporated$115,000127%
Northeast Community College$114,4005n/a
Harbert Community Church-Harbert Mi$113,5006n/a
Barnabas Community Inc$111,238627%
Lutheran Student Center$111,0875n/a
Lincoln Housing Authority$110,0001n/a
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Inc$110,0002n/a
Lincoln Council Society of St Vincent de Paul$104,25157%
Leadership Lincoln Inc$103,89479%
Net Foundation for Radio$103,15151%
Special Olympics Nebraska Inc$100,79081%
Hutchinson Community College Endowment Association$100,60014%
St Mary Catholic Church of Denton$100,1007n/a
The Colson Center for Christian Worldview$100,00041%
Trinity Lutheran School Foundation$100,0001n/a
Global Assist$100,000111%
St Mary Catholic Church of Lincoln$100,0001n/a
Covenant Presbyterian Church$100,0002n/a
Ashland Area Foundation$100,00017%
Nebraska Pregnancy Care Alliance$100,000186%
Domesti-Pups$99,328416%
Lancaster Youth Softball Associatio$96,79276%
Masonic-Eastern Star Home for Children Inc$96,35781%
Lincoln Music Teachers Association$95,707841%
Montessori School for Young Childre$95,37874%
Childrens Place Inc$95,245311%
Legal Aid of Nebraska$94,60880%
We Care Endowment$93,516723%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lincoln$92,45156%
Flatwater Shakespeare Company$92,082827%
Woods Tennis and Educational Foundation$91,879443%
First Christian Church$91,4004n/a
Kaleo on the River$91,000122%
First Lutheran Church$90,7812n/a
Haiti Lutheran Mission Society Inc$90,150318%
New Creations Outreach Ministries$90,0003n/a
Nebraska FFA Foundation$88,82871%
Zion Church$84,2555n/a
Nebraska Journalism Trust$83,98422%
Nebraska Wrestling Training Center$83,14748%
It Stands Written of Arizona$82,9761n/a
American Heart Association Inc$82,53530%
The Christ Lutheran Foundation$81,4111n/a
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Nassau FOUNDATION INC (RCAN FOUNDATION)$80,00016%
Villa Marie Home and School for Exceptional Children$79,9115n/a
Samaritan's Purse$76,77560%
Teammates Mentoring Program$76,3501n/a
South Street Temple$76,2947n/a
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod$75,1505n/a
Presbyterian Church in America a Corporation$75,0004n/a
Covenant Presbyterian Church$75,0002n/a
Million Dollar Round Table Foundation$75,00021%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$75,00020%
Phi Delta Theta Foundation$75,00021%
Jullia Rose Foundation$73,4015n/a
The Hub - Central Access Point for Young Adults$73,18863%
Women's Care Center Inc$72,90850%
Live Well Go Fish$72,843520%
Concordia University$71,95060%
Lincoln Municipal Band Association Inc$70,686812%
Friends of Opera$70,058828%
Fellowship of Christian Assemblies$70,0002n/a
Hastings College Foundation$69,500471%
New York Blood Center Inc$68,28150%
Rise Academy$67,71231%
Breakthrough T1d$67,41160%
Lighthouse Foundation$65,616150%
Hope Venture$64,62831%
Christs Place$64,5002n/a
Nebraska Children's Home Society Inc$63,91060%
National Museum of Roller Skating$63,749433%
Africa Inland Mission International Incorporated$63,5003n/a
Horisun Hospice Community Foundation$63,0113n/a
Atlas Partners$63,009515%
League of Human Dignity Inc$62,37570%
Disrupting Traffick$62,067516%
Emmaus Institute for Biblical Studies$61,924356%
The Nebraska Land Trust Inc$60,27243%
United States Artists Inc$60,00050%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands$59,96421%
Mosaic Church$59,6003n/a
Faith of Our Fathers Lutheran Church$58,8505n/a
Juniper Refuge$58,545410%
International Crisis Aid Inc$58,50030%
The Salvation Army Services Inc$58,051124%
Still Waters Equestrian Academy$57,95556%
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Inc$57,60071%
Kansas State University Foundation$57,28430%
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital$57,13330%
National Wildlife Federation$57,02780%
Health Partners Initiative$56,47452%
St Marks Preschool Kidzone Inc$55,97633%
Lincoln Botanical Gardens$55,606539%
US Friends of Yehudi Menuhin School Inc$55,5291n/a
The Children's Home Project$55,18762%
Our Saviors Lutheran Church$55,1724n/a
Tiger Pride Foundation$55,1211n/a
Possibilities Africa$55,00044%
The Nebraska Lawyers Foundation$54,628310%
Indian Center Inc$53,803423%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$53,7003n/a
Camp Summergold$53,2454n/a
Vision Maker Media$53,21451%
The Dressage Foundation$53,03054%
First Presbyterian Church$52,5287n/a
Community Action of Nebraska Inc$52,52317%
Wayne State Foundation$52,20020%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$52,15040%
Dollys Legacy Animal Rescue$51,41155%
Mybridge$51,35551%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc$50,40040%
National Park Foundation$50,30010%
Lancaster County Interfaith Justice Organization$50,243215%
Mystic Rhoads Productions Inc$50,1964n/a
Southeast Community College$50,0334n/a
Delta Gamma Foundation$50,00010%
Hunters Hope for Duchenne and Degs1 Leukodystrophy Inc$50,000182%
American Legion Dept of Nebraska$49,70823%
Lincoln Lutheran School Association$48,5002n/a
Lincoln Medical Education Partnership$48,31230%
Lincoln Animal Ambassadors$48,06857%
Museum of Nebraska Art$47,87531%
Meadowlark Music Festival$46,810618%
Bryan Medical Center$46,75040%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$46,45020%
Compassion International Incorporated$45,9265n/a
Eye Care for Kids$45,0002n/a
Beatrice Educational Foundation Inc$44,53723%
Friends of Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Inc$44,442516%
Birthright Incorporated$44,1735n/a
Lincoln Rotary Club 14 Foundation$44,15249%
Hanover College$44,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$43,98140%
Nebraskans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Foundation Inc$43,9751n/a
Sadie Dog Fund$43,2975n/a
Heartland Cancer Foundation$42,48943%
Angels Theatre Company Inc$42,1706n/a
Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music$42,047422%
The Citadel Foundation$42,00060%
Southern Heights Food Forest$41,9364n/a
Pinewood Bowl Inc$41,442410%
Prairie Pines Partners$41,151415%
Junior League of Lincoln Inc$41,071327%
Peru State College Foundation$41,06232%
Trinity Lutheran Church$41,0005n/a
Sutton Christian Schools Inc$41,00035%
Operation Santa Claus$40,9795n/a
Omaha Botanical Center Inc$40,60020%
The Carter Center Inc$40,10010%
The Gathering$40,00021%
Harry and Reba Huge Foundation$40,00043%
United Way of Greater Houston$40,00040%
Stanton County Veterans Memorial Park$40,00018%
Grace Central Church$40,0004n/a
Innovative Blood Resources$39,51330%
Creighton University$39,40040%
Oral Roberts University$38,77730%
Echo Collective$38,586210%
Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum$38,051586%
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church$38,0004n/a
Americas Great Stories Inc$37,7043n/a
Linked2Literacy$37,633211%
Lincoln Calling$37,25935%
Wellbeing Initiative Inc$37,20242%
Friends of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum$37,012420%
Global Scholars$36,90041%
Epona Horse Rescue$36,83439%
Calvary Lutheran Church$36,3804n/a
Nebraska Cultural Endowment$36,22651%
Brave Animal Rescue Inc$36,210321%
Connection Point Christ United Methodist Church$36,1344n/a
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$35,76460%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$35,60010%
Mercy City Church Inc$35,4502n/a
Wilson College$35,00020%
Launch Global$35,00030%
Trinity United Methodist Church$34,8292n/a
Centennial School Foundation$34,683314%
The Lee and Mary Volkmer Family Foundation$34,49915%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$34,43920%
Great Plains Trails Network$33,479118%
Hastings College$33,26230%
St Matthews Episcopal Church$32,6494n/a
Trinity Lutheran Church$32,6092n/a
International Messengers$32,30020%
Vertical Hearts$32,2003n/a
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$32,00010%
North American Martyrs Catholic Church of Lincoln$31,8505n/a
Sowers Club of Nebraska Foundation$31,71736%
South Gate United Methodist Church$31,3004n/a
Glad Tidings Bible Camp Inc of Bloomfield NE$31,000316%
Willie S Underwear Project$30,6363n/a
Foodnet Inc$30,5723n/a
Good Life Community Development$30,475213%
Obasi Ministry$30,2383n/a
Eastridge Presbyterian Church$30,0203n/a
The Aopa Foundation Inc$30,00030%
Sutton Community Home Foundation$30,00013%
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation$30,00021%
Malcolm Youth Sports Association$30,000113%
Diocese of Salt Lake City Ut$30,0001n/a
Ministry Builders Inc$30,00024%
Elevate Community Church$30,0001n/a
Lincoln Sports Foundation Inc$29,94123%
Ratio Christi Inc$29,25040%
Women in Community Services Inc$29,12334%
Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies$29,000140%
Midwestern African Museum of Art$28,6742n/a
Outstretched Arms Ministries Inc$28,500510%
Nebraska Transition College$28,40849%
Sheridan School PTO$28,361137%
Down Syndrome Association for Families$27,891216%
Stage Theater$27,3912n/a
Autumn House Foundation$27,2365n/a
Global Radio Outreach$27,00018%
Roam Share$26,79451%
No Footprint Too Small Birth and Bereavement Services$26,677311%
Lincoln Elks Lodge No 80 Charitable Fund Inc$26,3044n/a
Mental Health Association of Ne$26,17021%
United Church in Walpole$26,1002n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$26,00010%
Teammates Foundation$25,75022%
Nebraska Health Care Foundation$25,50014%
Trinity United Methodist Church$25,2412n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands$25,00010%
Colorado Christian University$25,00010%
Banner Health$25,00010%
University of Sioux Falls$25,00040%
The American College$25,00010%
Table Rock Community Foundation$25,0001n/a
Friends of Wilderness Park Inc$24,7393n/a
Grace Lutheran Church$24,7003n/a
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra Foundation$24,385112%
Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Inc$23,99227%
Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company$23,56433%
Platte Institute for Economic Research Inc$22,99441%
Second Baptist Church$22,8002n/a
We Can Do This Inc$22,763226%
Girls Inc of Lincoln$22,5892n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$22,06120%
Global Serve International Inc$22,00020%
Water For Life Inc$22,00021%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$22,0002n/a
Teen Reach Adventure Camp$21,9841n/a
Midland University$21,80030%
Vss Catholic Communications Inc$21,57330%
Uplifting Paws Inc$21,3632n/a
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc of Nebraska$21,20431%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$21,20010%
Nebraska State Suicide Prevention Coalition$21,150313%
Seal-Nsw Family Foundation$21,10020%
School District 145 Foundation for Education$21,03512%
Yazda$20,98732%
Visionary Youth$20,93818%
Prairie Loft Center$20,75023%
First United Methodist Church (Lincoln NE)$20,5161n/a
Connecting Pointe Church of the Nazarene$20,4521n/a
Falls City Educational Foundation$20,312116%
The Brownville Concert Series Inc$20,312110%
Brownville Fine Arts Association$20,312144%
Brownville Village Theatre Foundation$20,3121n/a
United States Catholic Conference$20,1004n/a
The University of Texas System$20,0002n/a
Phi Kappa Tau Foundation$20,00021%
India Association of Nebraska Inc$20,000129%
Oaks Indian Mission Inc$20,00012%
University of South Dakota Foundation$20,00020%
Little Treasure MinistriesInc$20,0002n/a
Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Inc$19,92510%
Wonderfully Made$19,920220%
Lincoln Education Association Foundation$19,6803n/a
Saint Francis Medical Center Foundation$19,66812%
Herostock Inc$19,599118%
Loving Hearts Child Development Center$19,46313%
The Arc of Nebraska Inc$19,44918%
Stand for Schools$19,38233%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$19,2003n/a
Forvis Mazars Foundation$19,0003n/a
Nebraska Folklife Network Inc$18,6413n/a
International Assoc for Feminist Econom$18,55015%
Omaha Performing Arts Society$18,50020%
Edenton Christian Church$18,2043n/a
Belmont Community Center$18,03624%
Sync With God$17,566216%
Clarkson College$17,50020%
Nebraska-Iowa Kiwanis District Foundation$17,498120%
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table$17,29630%
Foundation of the Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants$17,29429%
Open Shelf Community Initiatives$17,2572n/a
Autism Family Network of Lincoln Nebraska$17,255212%
Faith Lutheran Church$17,0001n/a
Food Bank for the Heartland$17,00030%
Hindu Temple Ltd$16,48021%
Knights Band Boosters Corp$16,401219%
Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska$16,2942n/a
Volunteer Linc$16,005211%
Because People Matter Inc$16,0001n/a
Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation$16,00012%
Southeast Nebraska YMCA Foundation$16,00021%
Horses for Healing$15,9352n/a
The Nebraska Communities Playhouse$15,92223%
Whiteclay Makerspace$15,89513%
Branched Oak Observatory$15,855230%
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Hanna Pinneo$15,7803n/a
Blixt Locally Grown$15,56527%
Banister's Leadership Academy$15,50121%
Men With Dreams Inc$15,314114%
St Marks United Methodist Church Foundation$15,30012%
Malone Community Center Housing Corp$15,22213%
Fellowship Community Church$15,2051n/a
Lincoln Gold$15,200112%
Kids First Inc$15,1281n/a
Faith Community Lutheran Church$15,0002n/a
Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska$15,0001n/a
Campus Ministry Council of Grand Valley State College$15,0001n/a
Cbmc International Inc$15,0002n/a
Mary's Meals USA Inc$15,00020%
St Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church$15,0001n/a
Nebraska State Chamber Foundation$15,00012%
Montgomery County Food Bank Inc$15,00010%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$14,9002n/a
College View Academy$14,8662n/a
St Peter Catholic Church of Lincoln$14,7232n/a
Peru State College$14,5002n/a
Cheryls Learning Center$14,44112%
First United Methodist Church$14,4001n/a
St Paul Lutheran Church$14,4002n/a
Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation$14,25817%
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church$14,1502n/a
Southwestern Community College$14,0002n/a
Bible Study Fellowship$13,93410%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$13,60020%
Creating Family Choices$13,5892n/a
Friends of the Haymarket Theatre$13,54225%
History Nebraska Foundation$13,156221%
Friends of Trinity Infant and Child Care Center$12,9841n/a
The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation$12,92814%
Released and Restored Inc$12,9221n/a
Love Justice International$12,90010%
L5 Youth Ranch$12,662266%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$12,60020%
Merry Manor School of Childhood in Tina Wright$12,54312%
Poverty Impact Network Inc$12,51416%
Lancaster County Medical Society Foundation$12,50014%
Zion Lutheran Church$12,5002n/a
United Way of the Midlands$12,50020%
Illinois Wesleyan University$12,50010%
Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation Inc$12,5002n/a
Lincoln Community Concert Band Inc$12,2872n/a
Merle Beattie Parent Teacher Organization of Lincoln Nebraska$12,1501n/a
Houses of Hope of Nebraska Inc$12,05320%
Ags Gamma Chapter Foundation Inc$12,000111%
Girls on the Run of Nebraska$11,89923%
Brain Injury Association of Nebraska$11,85113%
Healing Heart Dogs$11,5982n/a
Shelterme Nebraska$11,4331n/a
Teen Reach Lincoln$11,3431n/a
Lincoln Youth Sports Promotions Inc$11,225114%
Republic of South Sudan Leaders$11,20512%
Mid-America Arts Alliance$11,20020%
Alternatives to Violence Project USA Inc$11,1652n/a
Lincoln Lancaster County Genealogical Society$11,1481n/a
Epic Church$11,0001n/a
Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc$11,00012%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha$10,88720%
Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation Inc$10,83920%
The Visiting Nurse Health Services$10,75510%
Student Mobilization Inc$10,7002n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,60010%
Friends of Nebraska Dyslexia Association$10,5002n/a
Waverly Community Foundation$10,47123%
Nebraska Diaper Bank$10,30011%
Lincoln Cornhusker Kiwanis Foundation Inc$10,2902n/a
Ambleside School$10,23011%
Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors$10,22012%
Lincoln Lacrosse Association$10,1271n/a
April's Kids Inc$10,0001n/a
Pheasants Forever Inc$10,00010%
Risen Christ School$10,0001n/a
Kings Ransom Foundation$10,0001n/a
Water Missions International$10,00010%
Prodeo Academy Charter School #4213$10,00010%
Portage Lake Covenant Bible Camp$10,0001n/a
Washington University$10,00010%
American Craft Council$10,00020%
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore Div of Elem & Secondary$10,0001n/a
Front Porch Investments$10,00010%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston$10,00010%
Nurturing Newborns$10,00015%
Manchester University Inc$10,00010%
Trinity United Methodist Church$10,0001n/a
Columbus Rescue Mission$10,00011%
Sower Church$10,0001n/a
United Negro College Fund Inc$10,00010%
South Texas Youth for Christ$10,00021%
Nebraska Kidney Association$10,00016%
Pawnee County Medical Foundation$10,0001n/a
Judson University a Baptist Institution$10,00010%
Northwest Assistance Ministries$10,00010%
McLean Presbyterian Church$10,0001n/a
Nebraska Association of Former State Legislators$10,0001n/a
Cedarville University$10,00010%
Spotlight Good News Ministry$10,00018%
Christ the King Catholic Church$10,0002n/a
Historic Jamestown Society Inc$10,0001n/a
Keith County Housing Development Corporation$10,00011%
St Benedict the African$10,0001n/a
Arpan Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Denison University$9,83410%
Wood River Community Centennial Foundation$9,83414%
Wood River Rural Schools$9,8341n/a
St John Catholic Church of Lincoln$9,5051n/a
Proyecto Cultural$9,0381n/a
Food for the Hungry Inc$9,00010%
United Stroke Alliance$9,00011%
Umonhon Nation Public School$9,0001n/a
Vine Congregational Church$9,0001n/a
Coalition of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence Inc$8,9601n/a
English Language Institute in China$8,90010%
Lincoln Tree of Hope$8,8691n/a
Silver Hawks Booster Club$8,80612%
Lincoln Right to Life Inc Educational Trust Fund$8,769111%
Nebraska Wildlife Federation$8,6771n/a
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Lincoln$8,5061n/a
Christian Record Services Inc$8,20910%
Friends of the Dog Parks Inc$8,1941n/a
College of Saint Mary$8,00010%
American Lutheran Church$8,0001n/a
Family Health Services$7,71511%
Christian & Missionary Alliance$7,7001n/a
Norris School District Educational Foundation$7,616112%
League of Women Voters of Lincoln-Lancas$7,5401n/a
Morningside University$7,50010%
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation$7,50010%
Bethlehem Lutheran Church$7,5001n/a
Catholic Center Retreat House$7,39711%
International Lutheran Laymens League$7,3971n/a
Lincoln East Band Boosters$7,3951n/a
Larksong Writers Place$7,3571n/a
Nebraska Safety Council$7,28711%
Northwest Missouri State University$7,2501n/a
Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc$7,18211%
India Association of Nebraska Lincoln$7,0341n/a
House United$7,0241n/a
National Assn of Insurance & Financial Advisors Lincoln Fdn$7,0001n/a
Ethnos360 Inc$7,0001n/a
Karen Society of Nebraska Inc$6,8531n/a
Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation Inc$6,85011%
Way of Truth$6,7001n/a
Reconnect Inc$6,7001n/a
Friends of Silver Hawk Theatre$6,51213%
Youth Actors Academy of Lincoln Inc$6,45613%
Lincoln Youth Symphony Foundation$6,4401n/a
Wild Learning$6,42817%
St Cecilia Church$6,4161n/a
The Heritage Foundation$6,40010%
Common Cause Education Fund$6,25710%
Girls Code Lincoln$6,1431n/a
South Dakota State University$6,0001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$6,00010%
Beatrice Public Schools$6,0001n/a
American Academy in Rome$6,00010%
James C and Rhonda S Seacrest Foundation$6,0001n/a
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$6,00010%
Central Community College Foundation Inc$6,00010%
The Houston Food Bank$6,00010%
Omaha Girls Rock Inc$5,94412%
Nebraska 4-H Foundation$5,94011%
Friends of Constru Casa USA$5,90012%
LHS Drama Boosters$5,8901n/a
Nebraska Interfaith Power & Light Inc$5,8551n/a
Concordia Seminary$5,8001n/a
The Mediation Center$5,74211%
Americares Foundation Inc$5,70110%
Royal Family Kids of Lancaster County$5,70016%
American Bible Society$5,69710%
The Navigators$5,6501n/a
Vine Congregational Church$5,6501n/a
Lincoln-Lancaster Mental Health Foundation$5,6181n/a
Church of the Resurrection United Methodist$5,6121n/a
Prairie Hill Learning Center$5,56911%
Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska$5,55910%
Swarthmore College$5,50010%
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry$5,5001n/a
Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association$5,50014%
Columbia University Gift Systems$5,5001n/a
Nebraska Brass Inc$5,4971n/a
Lincoln Cornhuskers Inc$5,44014%
Lincoln Star City Lions Foundation$5,3861n/a
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$5,3501n/a
National Center for Families Learning Inc$5,32310%
The Big Garden$5,31011%
Third Chair Chamber Players Inc$5,2791n/a
Loaves and Fishes$5,2531n/a
Transformations Thrift Store$5,2241n/a
Nebraska Writers Collective$5,20011%
Autism Center of Nebraska Inc$5,15710%
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust Inc$5,15510%
The Barth Syndrome Foundation$5,10010%
Mercy Housing Midwest$5,08110%
Museum Assn of the American Frontier$5,05812%
Disability Rights Nebraska$5,03810%
Friends of the University of Nebr T Ractor Test and Power Museum$5,0361n/a
Old Cheney Road Farmers Market Inc$5,032110%
Sewing for Babies Incorporated$5,028114%
Lincoln Jr Hawks Inc$5,0271n/a
Faith Lutheran Church$5,0001n/a
Jewish Community Center$5,00010%
Search Homeless Services$5,0001n/a
Tomagwa Ministries Inc Dba Tomagwa Healthcare Ministries$5,00010%
YMCA Norfolk Nebraska$5,00010%
Lincoln Shooting Sports Foundation$5,0001n/a
New England Aquarium Corporation$5,00010%
Ag Men Alumnae Association$5,0001n/a
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$5,0001n/a
First Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
Heritage Discovery Center Inc$5,00019%
Take Flight Farms Inc$5,00012%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00010%
Purpose Driven Connection DBA Pastor Ricks Daily Hope$5,00010%
Winnebago Health Foundation$5,0001n/a
Messiah Lutheran Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Christian Home Assn - Children's Square USA$5,00010%
Micah House Corporation$5,00010%
Mayo Clinic$5,0001n/a
Pawnee City Assisted Living$5,00011%
Tomball Emergency Assistance Ministries$5,00011%
Rubendall Foundation Charitable Trust$5,00015%
Lincoln Star City Alumni Inc$5,0001n/a
Smithsonian Institution$5,00010%
Concordia Lutheran Schools of Omaha Inc$5,0001n/a
First Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
Global Dominion Ministries Inc$5,0001n/a
Heartland Workers Center$5,00010%
Stand Fast in Freedom$5,0001n/a
The John and Marine Van Vlissingen Family Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Old Cheney Alliance Church$5,0001n/a
Northwest Accreditation Commission Inc$5,0001n/a
Organ Historical Society$5,00011%
Council on Foundations Inc$5,00010%
Foundation to Defend the First Amen$5,000161%
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc$5,00010%
The Edison Institute Inc$5,00010%

Plus 89 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lincoln Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 47 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Nebraska Foundation: $15,223,228 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetNebraska Wesleyan University: $3,546,542 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetFood Bank of Lincoln Inc: $2,998,750 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetCenter for People in Need: $2,010,669 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetThe Madonna Foundation: $1,936,670 over 8y, 18% of budgetPeople's City Mission: $1,704,161 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,578,780 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSouth of Downtown Community Development Organization: $1,526,910 over 8y, 62% of budgetMatt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach: $1,511,792 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetThe Cedars Home for Children Foundation: $1,473,668 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetBryan Foundation: $1,469,945 over 8y, 11% of budgetLincoln Children's Zoo: $1,412,345 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetLincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation: $1,179,153 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetFriendship Home of Lincoln Inc: $1,146,798 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetUnited Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County: $1,073,791 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetThe 1890 Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetLincoln Literacy Council: $978,989 over 8y, 18% of budgetLincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center: $975,308 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetNebraska Children & Families Foundation: $963,710 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetClinic With a Heart Inc: $891,691 over 8y, 24% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties: $879,440 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetThe Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools: $840,415 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetCapital Humane Society: $838,007 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetCatholic Social Services: $797,307 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetSoutheast Community College Educational Foundation: $768,867 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetLutheran Education Foundation: $764,344 over 8y, 11% of budgetCity Impact: $731,923 over 8y, 13% of budgetYWCA of Lincoln: $714,041 over 6y, 100% of budgetThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $709,434 over 8y, 9.6% of budgetLincoln Orchestra Association: $702,621 over 8y, 11% of budgetNeighborhoods Inc: $682,963 over 8y, 13% of budgetAbendmusik at First-Plymouth Inc: $673,864 over 8y, 63% of budgetCenterpointe Inc: $670,947 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetLighthouse: $640,150 over 7y, 15% of budgetCedars Youth Services Inc: $623,728 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetLincoln Youth Complex: $622,687 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetYMCA of Lincoln: $620,336 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMalone Community Center: $556,079 over 7y, 24% of budgetSoutheast Nebraska Youth for Christ: $551,804 over 8y, 12% of budgetFamily Service Association of Lincoln: $499,853 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUnion College: $495,997 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest: $487,555 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation: $468,408 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetRabble Mill: $460,097 over 8y, 13% of budgetSeward Community Scholarship: $455,528 over 8y, 36% of budgetNebraska Art Association: $448,794 over 8y, 24% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc: $440,800 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFresh Start Inc: $427,931 over 8y, 12% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Cooper FoundationNE174.8× affinity96 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cooper Foundation · Abel Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County · Acklie Charitable Foundation · D F Dillon Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Spreetail Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Lozier Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Lincoln Community Foundation Inc

How much does Lincoln Community Foundation Inc give?
Lincoln Community Foundation Inc reported 379 itemized grants totaling $21,923,709, out of $23,759,618 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 282 and 407 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Lincoln Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Religion (15%), Human Services (10%).
Who are Lincoln Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Nebraska Foundation ($15M), Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska ($3.7M), Nebraska Wesleyan University ($3.5M).
Does Lincoln Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lincoln Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cooper Foundation, Abel Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation.
Where is Lincoln Community Foundation Inc based?
Lincoln Community Foundation Inc is based in NE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 853 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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