Nebraska · Private foundation
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $32k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,340
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Nebraska Academy of Sciences funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $32k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $53k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $39k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $62k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $25k | 65% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $69k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $66k | 85% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep Omaha Beautiful Inc | $24,669 | 7 | 1% |
| Nebraska Recycling Council | $16,809 | 2 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Civic Nebraska | $9,430 | 3 | 0% |
| Tekamah Community Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Prairie Pines Partners | $7,009 | 3 | 9% |
| Aquatic Society of Omaha Inc | $6,617 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Crops | $6,488 | 2 | 1% |
| Kearney Visitors Bureau | $6,300 | 2 | 0% |
| The Groundwater Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep Omaha Beautiful Inc | $24,669 | 7 | 1% |
| Nebraska Recycling Council | $16,809 | 2 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Civic Nebraska | $9,430 | 3 | 0% |
| Tekamah Community Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Prairie Pines Partners | $7,009 | 3 | 9% |
| Aquatic Society of Omaha Inc | $6,617 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Crops | $6,488 | 2 | 1% |
| Kearney Visitors Bureau | $6,300 | 2 | 0% |
| The Groundwater Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Rural Affairs | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Bellevue | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Better Ponca Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Phelps County Historical Society | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Middle Niobrara Nrd | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Heron Haven | $2,830 | 1 | n/a |
| The Izaak Walton League of America | $2,701 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln Earth Day | $2,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Chadron Beautiful | $2,096 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska State Fair Board | $1,960 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison County School District 2 | $1,833 | 1 | n/a |
| Bellevue University | $1,735 | 1 | 0% |
| Wachiska Audubon Society Inc | $1,393 | 1 | 1% |
| Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway Inc | $1,040 | 1 | n/a |
| Creighton University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Willa Cather Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($261k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nebraska Academy of Sciences supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Sherwood Foundation · The Ethel S Abbott Charitable Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · The Holland Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation · Annette and Paul Smith Charitable Fund · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Nebraska Children & Families Foundation
How this is measured
About Nebraska Academy of Sciences
- How much does Nebraska Academy of Sciences give?
- Nebraska Academy of Sciences reported 11 grants totaling $31,683 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Nebraska Academy of Sciences fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Environment (25%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Nebraska Academy of Sciences's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Keep Omaha Beautiful Inc ($25k), Nebraska Recycling Council ($17k), Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc ($15k).
- Does Nebraska Academy of Sciences fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nebraska Academy of Sciences accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nebraska Academy of Sciences?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sherwood Foundation, The Ethel S Abbott Charitable Foundation, Cooper Foundation.
- Where is Nebraska Academy of Sciences based?
- Nebraska Academy of Sciences is based in NE.
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