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Nac Development Corporation

To stimulate and encourage the study and presentation of fine and performing arts throughout the state.

$567k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Itemized grants FY2025
38
Organizations funded FY2024
5%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$471k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,719
Largest grant, FY2025
$52,250
Organizations funded a year
27 to 47
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Nac Development Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving38$471k5%
FY202438$438k5%
FY202347$734k13%
FY202241$660k24%
FY202127$323k7%
FY202034$363k12%
FY201935$427k17%
FY201833$423k36%
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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 2025.

Arts & Culture$3.7MEducation$272kYouth Development$23kHuman Services$20kRecreation & Sports$12kEmployment$7k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 68 grantees
All grantees of Nac Development Corporation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nebraskans for the Arts Inc$267,349866%
Film Streams Inc$199,08491%
Omaha Performing Arts Society$150,95690%
Omaha Theater Company$144,41591%
Joslyn Art Museum$143,86290%
Friends of Lied Lied Center for Performing Arts- Nebraska$143,28393%
Omaha Symphony Association$143,22990%
Lincoln Orchestra Association$141,63592%
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Inc$139,79691%
Omaha Community Playhouse$138,61791%
Museum of Nebraska Art$138,42791%
Kaneko$134,24993%
Omaha Conservatory of Music$105,47861%
Norfolk Arts Center$104,57096%
Opera Omaha Inc$102,41371%
Ballet Nebraska$96,27571%
Omaha Public Schools Foundation$92,05530%
The Willa Cather Foundation$91,41881%
Nebraska Art Association$86,96663%
Friends of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum$86,186840%
Lincoln Community Playhouse$85,91683%
Lincoln Arts Council$81,99273%
West Nebraska Arts Center$79,05088%
Crane River Theater Company Inc$60,57872%
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc$57,75055%
Friends of the Midwest Theater$57,15072%
The Union for Contemporary Art Inc$56,39731%
Lux Center for the Arts$55,86772%
Net Foundation for Television$55,2312n/a
El Museo Latino$52,75671%
Blue Barn Theatre$51,03562%
Carnegie Arts Center Inc$48,79079%
Community Players Inc$47,94564%
Lincoln Public Schools$46,8993n/a
Nebraska Writers Collective$45,35053%
Minden Opera House Inc$43,73955%
Millard Public Schools$42,2662n/a
Robert M Merryman Performing Art Ce$38,22042%
Kearney Community Theatre$26,82944%
North Platte Community Playhouse Inc$25,90132%
Friends of Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Inc$23,95337%
Completely Kids$23,25430%
Papillion - Lavista Community Theatre$22,799346%
The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools$21,01930%
Tassel Coordination Council Inc$20,27536%
Johnny Carson Comedy Festival Inc$20,00018%
Heartland Family Service$19,78120%
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras$17,23032%
Kearney Public Schools$17,1721n/a
Fremont Area Art Association Inc$14,25326%
Hastings Symphony Orchestra$13,49228%
Columbus Area Arts Council$13,4782n/a
Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Inc$12,20027%
Abendmusik at First-Plymouth Inc$12,10824%
Rabble Mill$11,90421%
Lincoln Arts Council$11,4131n/a
Valentine Area Arts Council$10,8222n/a
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$10,7191n/a
Circle Theatre Inc$10,21724%
High Plains Arts Council Inc$10,1892n/a
Oregon-California Trails Association$10,00011%
North Platte Public Schools$7,8001n/a
The House of Afros Capes & Curls Inc$6,80015%
Chicano Awareness Center Inc$6,8001n/a
Grand Island Public Schools$5,9941n/a
Whyarts Inc$5,38511%
Papillion la Vista Schools Foundation$5,34410%
Alliance Arts Council$5,012115%

Where it is load-bearing

Nac Development Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNebraskans for the Arts Inc: $267,349 over 8y, 66% of budgetFilm Streams Inc: $199,084 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetOmaha Performing Arts Society: $150,956 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOmaha Theater Company: $144,415 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetJoslyn Art Museum: $143,862 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Lied Lied Center for Performing Arts- Nebraska: $143,283 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetOmaha Symphony Association: $143,229 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetLincoln Orchestra Association: $141,635 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetBemis Center for Contemporary Arts Inc: $139,796 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetOmaha Community Playhouse: $138,617 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMuseum of Nebraska Art: $138,427 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetKaneko: $134,249 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetOmaha Conservatory of Music: $105,478 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNorfolk Arts Center: $104,570 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetOpera Omaha Inc: $102,413 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBallet Nebraska: $96,275 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetOmaha Public Schools Foundation: $92,055 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Willa Cather Foundation: $91,418 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNebraska Art Association: $86,966 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetFriends of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum: $86,186 over 8y, 40% of budgetLincoln Community Playhouse: $85,916 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetLincoln Arts Council: $81,992 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetWest Nebraska Arts Center: $79,050 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetCrane River Theater Company Inc: $60,578 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetNebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc: $57,750 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetFriends of the Midwest Theater: $57,150 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetThe Union for Contemporary Art Inc: $56,397 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLux Center for the Arts: $55,867 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetEl Museo Latino: $52,756 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBlue Barn Theatre: $51,035 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCarnegie Arts Center Inc: $48,790 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetCommunity Players Inc: $47,945 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetNebraska Writers Collective: $45,350 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetMinden Opera House Inc: $43,739 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetRobert M Merryman Performing Art Ce: $38,220 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetKearney Community Theatre: $26,829 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetNorth Platte Community Playhouse Inc: $25,901 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetFriends of Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Inc: $23,953 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetCompletely Kids: $23,254 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPapillion - Lavista Community Theatre: $22,799 over 3y, 46% of budgetThe Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools: $21,019 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTassel Coordination Council Inc: $20,275 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetJohnny Carson Comedy Festival Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetHeartland Family Service: $19,781 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOmaha Area Youth Orchestras: $17,230 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetFremont Area Art Association Inc: $14,253 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetHastings Symphony Orchestra: $13,492 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetNebraska Jazz Orchestra Inc: $12,200 over 2y, 7.2% 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 56.

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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.

Peter Kiewit FoundationNE64.8× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Peter Kiewit Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Nebraska Humanities Council · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · The Holland Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Annette and Paul Smith Charitable Fund · Nebraska Community Foundation · Mid-America Arts Alliance · Union Pacific 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 Nac Development Corporation

How much does Nac Development Corporation give?
Nac Development Corporation reported 38 itemized grants totaling $471,360, out of $567,300 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Nac Development Corporation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (92%), Education (7%), Youth Development (1%).
Who are Nac Development Corporation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nebraskans for the Arts Inc ($267k), Film Streams Inc ($199k), Omaha Performing Arts Society ($151k).
Does Nac Development Corporation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nac Development Corporation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peter Kiewit Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, The Lozier Foundation.
Where is Nac Development Corporation based?
Nac Development Corporation 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 68 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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