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Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest
Nebraska appleseed fights for justice and opportunity for all nebraskans. We take a systemic approach to complex issues - such as child welfare, immigration policy, affordable healthcare and poverty - and we take our work wherever we believe we can do the most good, whether that's at the courthouse, in the statehouse or in the community.
- $359k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $331k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $140,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 8 | $331k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $342k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $291k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $265k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $90k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $58k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $117k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $24k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund | $315,500 | 3 | 37% |
| Raise the Wage Nebraska | $265,449 | 2 | 4% |
| Voz de Esperanza | $163,350 | 6 | 7% |
| Unity in Action | $159,200 | 8 | 13% |
| Nebraskans for Reproductive Freedom | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Insure the Good Life | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| EMPOWERING FAMILIES of Nebraska Inc | $60,500 | 5 | 9% |
| Center for Rural Affairs | $60,137 | 2 | 1% |
| Opensky Policy Institute | $59,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Native Futures | $58,225 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund | $315,500 | 3 | 37% |
| Raise the Wage Nebraska | $265,449 | 2 | 4% |
| Voz de Esperanza | $163,350 | 6 | 7% |
| Unity in Action | $159,200 | 8 | 13% |
| Nebraskans for Reproductive Freedom | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Insure the Good Life | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| EMPOWERING FAMILIES of Nebraska Inc | $60,500 | 5 | 9% |
| Center for Rural Affairs | $60,137 | 2 | 1% |
| Opensky Policy Institute | $59,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Native Futures | $58,225 | 4 | n/a |
| Together Inc of Metropolitan Omaha | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln for Fair Housing | $20,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Voices for Children in Nebraska | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska | $11,248 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $8,012 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope- Esperanza | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Heart Ministry Center | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rise Academy | $7,917 | 1 | 0% |
| Vida Nueva | $6,160 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Island Latino Network | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Dreams | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Weitz Family Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Holland Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · The Fairness Project · Todd and Mary Heistand Family Foundation · Cooper Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest with peer funders
About Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest
- How much does Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest give?
- Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest reported 8 itemized grants totaling $331,100, out of $358,992 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (49%), Community Improvement (19%), Employment (10%).
- Who are Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund ($316k), Raise the Wage Nebraska ($265k), Voz de Esperanza ($163k).
- Does Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sherwood Foundation, Weitz Family Foundation, The Lozier Foundation.
- Where is Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest based?
- Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest is based in NE.
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