How much does Nebraska Children & Families Foundation give?

Nebraska Children & Families Foundation reported 141 itemized grants totaling $22,142,633, out of $24,367,983 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 157 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Nebraska Children & Families Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Human Services (29%), Health (11%).

Who are Nebraska Children & Families Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Central Plains Center for Services ($21M), Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska ($17M), Fremont Area United Way ($4.6M).

Does Nebraska Children & Families Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Nebraska Children & Families Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sherwood Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation.

Where is Nebraska Children & Families Foundation based?

Nebraska Children & Families Foundation is based in NE.

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Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. Our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. Our values are (1) prevention - we believe in investing early before problems start, (2) opportunity - we believe every child…

$24M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 141
Itemized grants FY2024: 157
Organizations funded FY2023: 32%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $22M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $3,680,275
Organizations funded a year: 32 to 157; FY2017 to FY2023
Total assets, FY2024: $54M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations Nebraska Children & Families Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	137	$22M	23%
FY2023	157	$29M	32%
FY2022	138	$27M	37%
FY2021	106	$24M	26%
FY2020	91	$19M	45%
FY2019	61	$14M	52%
FY2018	32	$2.2M	53%
FY2017	38	$3.7M	n/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$46MHuman Services$41MHealth$15MPhilanthropy$14MCommunity Improvement$9.5MYouth Development$5.3MHousing & Shelter$4.8MCrime & Legal$2.5MOther$0

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
Central Plains Center for Services	$21,145,232	8	88%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$16,791,588	8	n/a
Fremont Area United Way	$4,644,255	8	56%
Project Harmony	$4,271,680	6	8%
Panhandle Partnership Inc	$3,742,524	7	80%
Siouxland Human Investment Partnership	$3,202,766	6	10%
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County	$2,895,549	7	8%
Lift Up Sarpy County	$2,771,606	7	75%
Columbus Area United Way Inc	$2,706,212	4	43%
Unite for Literacy	$2,621,405	1	n/a

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All grantees of Nebraska Children & Families Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Central Plains Center for Services	$21,145,232	8	88%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$16,791,588	8	n/a
Fremont Area United Way	$4,644,255	8	56%
Project Harmony	$4,271,680	6	8%
Panhandle Partnership Inc	$3,742,524	7	80%
Siouxland Human Investment Partnership	$3,202,766	6	10%
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County	$2,895,549	7	8%
Lift Up Sarpy County	$2,771,606	7	75%
Columbus Area United Way Inc	$2,706,212	4	43%
Unite for Literacy	$2,621,405	1	n/a
Family Housing Advisory Services	$2,578,611	6	17%
Buffalo County Community Health Partners Inc	$2,578,242	7	58%
Hall County Community Collaborative	$2,541,705	7	31%
Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative	$2,502,551	6	6%
Kearney Public Schools	$2,497,410	8	n/a
Norfolk Family Coalition Inc	$2,412,356	7	98%
Grand Island Public Schools	$2,200,376	7	n/a
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation	$2,065,922	4	3%
Legal Aid of Nebraska	$1,899,137	4	6%
United Way of South Central Nebraska Inc	$1,723,338	5	44%
The Hub - Central Access Point for Young Adults	$1,668,378	6	57%
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties	$1,617,884	6	4%
Falls City Public Schools	$1,616,543	6	n/a
Hastings Public Schools	$1,524,287	6	n/a
York Public Schools	$1,515,454	8	n/a
Families 1st Partnership	$1,480,716	6	90%
Auburn Public Schools	$1,468,944	7	n/a
Gering Public Schools	$1,449,405	6	n/a
Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children Inc	$1,347,244	8	41%
Blue Valley Community Action Inc	$1,233,404	7	2%
The Omaha Home for Boys	$1,202,821	4	5%
Centura Public School	$1,157,828	7	n/a
School District of Columbus Foundation	$1,108,567	6	54%
Sidney Public Schools	$1,020,107	8	n/a
Student1	$948,488	4	30%
Esu #16	$946,039	7	n/a
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission	$890,183	3	n/a
York County Health Coalition	$865,548	6	91%
Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska	$864,017	6	n/a
The Bridge Family Resource Connector Network (Fka Building Bright Futures)	$824,060	2	62%
Heartland Family Service	$806,640	4	1%
National Center for Families Learning Inc	$789,016	3	3%
Housing Foundation for Sarpy County	$750,000	1	n/a
Public Health Solutions	$726,259	7	n/a
Cornhusker United Way Inc	$616,850	4	86%
Gothenburg Early Childhood Learning Coalition	$562,300	7	41%
Siouxland Human Investment Partnership	$539,326	5	n/a
Nebraska City Area Economic Development Corporation	$538,111	5	82%
Central District Health Department	$527,719	3	n/a
People United for Families	$507,103	6	72%
Nebraska 4-H Foundation	$499,968	6	13%
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers	$494,716	5	16%
First United Methodist Church of Lexington	$443,025	5	n/a
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebr	$441,738	6	1%
Dawson County Family Partners	$405,995	3	62%
Southeast Nebraska Affordable Housing Council Inc	$400,000	1	n/a
Norfolk Area United Way Inc	$378,663	3	21%
The Valley Child Development Center Inc	$335,944	6	14%
Child Saving Institute Inc	$335,438	4	1%
Region V Systems Behavioral Health	$326,800	1	n/a
Gage Area Growth Enterprise	$318,430	2	58%
Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc	$318,315	4	0%
Merrick County Child Care Inc	$316,884	3	19%
Threshold Coc	$306,028	2	0%
Sherman County Economic Development Inc	$302,472	2	75%
Ainsworth Child Development Center Inc	$295,976	2	12%
North Platte Public Schools	$292,834	7	n/a
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation	$283,615	4	12%
Wood River Vision 2020	$269,439	7	13%
North Central District Health Department	$254,603	2	n/a
Southeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership	$251,635	3	3%
Sarpy County Long-Term Disaster Recovery	$250,161	2	61%
Building Blocks Early Childhood and Family Development Center	$250,000	1	28%
Crete Public Schools	$248,937	8	n/a
Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare	$240,803	1	n/a
Collective For Youth	$239,108	5	1%
Spring Creek Kids Inc	$236,550	2	25%
Northern Illinois University	$234,999	2	n/a
St Paul Early Childhood Foundation Inc	$232,160	3	90%
Sandhills First Steps Inc	$229,076	4	20%
Center for Holistic Development	$223,341	2	14%
Community and Family Partnership	$212,914	2	50%
Youth Emergency Services Inc	$210,379	3	5%
Boone Beginnings Early Childhood and Family Development Center Inc	$204,466	5	6%
Little Cubs Daycare LLC	$200,000	2	n/a
Box Butte General Hospital	$200,000	1	n/a
Care Corps' Lifehouse	$193,179	2	5%
Schuyler Community Schools	$183,521	7	n/a
PC Sweet Second Home	$182,397	3	n/a
McCook Economic Development Corp	$181,641	5	9%
Sky High Learning Center	$175,000	1	n/a
Seward County Chamber & Development Partnership	$174,505	3	7%
Teaching Strategies	$173,500	2	n/a
Ashland Greenwood Public Schools Foundation	$172,511	3	43%
Hartington Community Development Inc	$171,446	3	n/a
Civic Nebraska	$169,500	6	1%
Atkinson Children and Families Coalition Inc	$165,372	4	n/a
Tecumseh Tomorrows Inc	$159,894	3	100%
Region 3 Behavioral Health Services	$156,221	2	n/a
Whispering Roots Inc	$152,622	2	9%
Prairie Oak Publishing and Consulting	$151,459	3	n/a
Nebraska Housing Developers Association	$150,000	1	51%
Valentine Children & Families Coali Tion	$149,360	2	n/a
Northwest Community Action Partnership	$146,500	2	2%
Sandhills Area Childcare	$146,080	1	n/a
Early Childhood Services	$140,006	1	2%
Heartland Counseling Services Inc	$140,000	1	6%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc	$138,624	1	1%
Walthill Public Schools	$138,110	5	n/a
Norm Waitt Sr Young Men's Christian Association (2221)	$135,000	1	3%
Loup Valley Childhood Initiative Inc	$130,715	2	n/a
Inclusion Diversity and Equity Assessments Consulting LLC	$130,705	2	n/a
Kindercare Education LLC	$125,669	2	n/a
Capito Associates LLC	$125,530	3	n/a
Friends of Cedar River Rascals Inc	$120,892	3	31%
Lexington Public Schools	$120,303	6	n/a
Baker Professional Services	$116,929	2	n/a
Two Rivers Public Health Department	$115,000	1	n/a
Alliance Recreation Center	$112,740	4	6%
Lisa Sock & Assoc	$110,140	2	n/a
West Central District Health Department	$109,725	1	n/a
Linear Accounting	$109,720	2	n/a
East Central District Health Dept	$108,000	1	n/a
Bayard Public Schools	$106,627	4	n/a
Brain Builders Early Childhood And Family Development Inc	$102,719	5	48%
Loup Basin Public Health	$101,600	3	n/a
Women's Empowering Life Line Inc	$100,000	2	n/a
Upside Down Childcare LLC	$99,839	1	n/a
Spalding Community Club Inc	$98,954	3	62%
United Way of the Midlands	$95,888	1	0%
Family Enrichment Inc	$95,282	2	n/a
Career Services Inc	$95,000	1	41%
Rabble Mill	$91,592	4	2%
World of Knowledge Child Development	$89,736	2	n/a
Overton Public Schools	$88,592	3	n/a
Fremont Public Schools	$87,238	3	n/a
Cultural Comptence Center LLC	$86,604	2	n/a
Future Soccer Inc	$85,941	3	n/a
Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools	$85,832	4	n/a
Avenue Scholars	$85,000	1	2%
Giltner Public Schools Foundation	$82,288	2	32%
Ava Consulting	$80,806	2	n/a
City of Bayard	$78,325	2	n/a
Boone Central Schools	$75,786	4	n/a
School District 145 Foundation for Education	$75,142	4	3%
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach	$75,000	1	2%
Lone Tree Foods	$74,601	1	n/a
Educando Childcare Center Inc	$74,446	1	n/a
Ng Consulting	$74,397	2	n/a
YWCA of Lincoln	$72,075	1	29%
Oakland Craig Public Schools	$70,368	3	n/a
Region IV Mental Health & Sub	$70,161	1	n/a
Firespring	$70,124	4	n/a
Pender Care Center	$69,017	3	n/a
Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Coalition Inc	$68,999	4	6%
Neighbor to Neighbor Inc	$68,546	3	n/a
Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska	$60,000	1	0%
Heartland Center for Leadership Development	$60,000	1	31%
Compete Institute of Socioeconomic Policy	$56,391	1	n/a
Edgerton Education Foundation	$55,849	2	5%
Loup County Public Schools Foundati	$52,650	2	35%
The Lean Eye LLC	$51,424	2	n/a
Columbus After School Program Inc	$51,000	2	8%
Young Entrepreneurs of the Future	$50,730	3	16%
Umonhon Nation Public School	$50,000	2	n/a
April's Daycare	$50,000	1	n/a
Raga LLC	$50,000	1	n/a
Little Vibes Child Care	$50,000	1	n/a
Hope Daycare LLC	$50,000	1	n/a
Future Soccer Inc	$50,000	2	8%
Madison Public Schools	$50,000	2	n/a
Holy Trinity Church of Harrington	$50,000	1	n/a
Saunders County Juv	$50,000	1	n/a
Kidz Corner Clubhouse	$49,679	1	n/a
Madison County School District 2	$46,942	5	n/a
Generational Strategies LLC	$46,444	2	n/a
Holy Spirit Catholic Church	$45,416	1	n/a
Mission Matters	$44,600	2	n/a
Kids Imagination Station	$43,499	3	n/a
Cedar River Rascals Inc	$42,570	1	n/a
Norfolk Public Schools Foundation Inc	$42,500	2	6%
Communities for Kids Lincoln County	$42,162	2	n/a
Little Disciples Christian Childcare Inc	$41,948	3	8%
Scottsbluff Public Schools	$41,804	2	n/a
Malone Community Center	$40,000	2	1%
Food4hope of Nebraska Inc	$37,971	1	24%
Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative Inc	$37,500	1	19%
Chadron Public Schools Afterschool Program	$37,500	3	n/a
Smarter Learning Group	$37,000	1	n/a
Region 1 Behavioral Health Authority	$36,994	1	n/a
Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Inc	$36,071	3	1%
Marzano Research	$35,500	1	n/a
Super Kids Club Inc	$35,251	2	14%
Valentine Community Schools	$35,078	2	n/a
Beatrice Educational Foundation Inc	$33,273	2	5%
Tecumseh Public School Foundation	$30,362	2	n/a
Center for Rural Affairs	$30,000	1	0%
Humboldt Table Rock S	$29,836	1	n/a
Asta-Usa Translation	$29,649	2	n/a
Omaha Zoological Society	$29,000	1	0%
Region II Human Services	$28,344	1	n/a
National Audubon Society Inc	$27,868	2	0%
The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools	$26,500	2	0%
The Connection Homeless Shelter Inc	$26,224	1	6%
No More Empty Pots	$25,893	1	2%
Wakefield Community	$25,000	1	n/a
Children's Funding Project	$25,000	1	1%
Scottsbluff Public Schools	$25,000	2	n/a
Santee Community School	$25,000	1	n/a
Gothenburg Impact Center	$25,000	1	n/a
Go Beyond Nebraska	$24,557	1	8%
Cambridge Community Daycare Foundation	$22,387	2	2%
Partners for Insightful Evaluation Inc	$21,225	1	n/a
Cozad Community Schools	$21,000	1	n/a
Lighthouse	$19,684	1	2%
Blue Hill Early Learning Center Inc	$18,417	2	2%
Families Inspiring Families Inc	$18,000	2	5%
Trails West Casa Inc	$18,000	1	n/a
Giltner Alumni & Community Foundation	$17,899	1	n/a
Hope Harbor Inc	$17,749	2	1%
The Bike Union Mentoring Project	$17,500	2	3%
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum	$16,394	1	0%
Mitchell Public Schools	$16,250	1	n/a
Stuart Development Corporation	$15,791	1	17%
Volunteers of America Lewellen Nebraska Inc	$15,596	1	n/a
Beatrice Public Schools	$15,333	1	n/a
Thayer County Economic Development	$15,099	1	3%
The Conference Board Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Completely Kids	$14,992	1	0%
Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools	$14,234	1	n/a
Sandhills Area Foundation Inc	$14,000	1	5%
Blair Community Schools Foundation	$13,307	1	n/a
Reach Out and Read Inc	$13,056	1	0%
Kids Plus	$13,000	1	n/a
Bank of Dixon	$12,964	1	n/a
Kids R US Childcare LLC	$12,500	1	n/a
Cass County School District 22	$12,494	1	n/a
Little Knights Academy	$12,489	1	n/a
Act Inc	$12,451	1	n/a
France and McNally	$12,232	1	n/a
Under the Umbrella Daycare United Methodist Church of Alma	$12,016	1	n/a
Nebraskabest	$11,341	1	n/a
Garden County Schools	$11,075	1	n/a
Compass	$10,531	1	n/a
Friend Learning Center	$10,089	1	1%
Omaha Zoo Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Tannis Lynette	$10,000	1	n/a
Cass County Long Term Recovery	$10,000	1	n/a
Mining for Gold LLC	$10,000	1	n/a
Tiger Pride Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Center for People in Need	$10,000	1	0%
Exponential Destiny	$9,226	1	2%
Vance Michaele	$9,208	1	n/a
Stanton Community Schools	$9,084	1	n/a
Ogallala Public Schools	$8,770	1	n/a
Morningstar Counseling and Consultation PC	$8,725	1	n/a
Pointer Adventures LLC	$8,663	1	n/a
Gillam Walter	$8,482	1	n/a
Hampton Daycare Center Inc	$8,444	1	7%
Couture Virtual Consultants	$7,750	1	n/a
Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership	$7,667	1	0%
James B Hunt Jr Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy Fdn	$7,500	1	0%
Vivayic Onc	$7,000	1	n/a
Authentically LLC	$6,525	1	n/a
Schuyler Area Chamber of Commerce	$6,438	1	n/a
Little Eagles Learning Center	$6,412	1	1%
Cedar Bluffs Public Schools	$6,250	1	n/a
Options in Psychology	$6,025	1	n/a
Children First Child Care LLC	$6,000	1	n/a
Platte Valley Consuling LLC	$5,951	1	n/a
Asian Community and Cultural Center	$5,900	1	0%
Fremont Children's Academy	$5,654	1	n/a
Fooi Inc	$5,434	1	n/a
Young Womens Christian Association	$5,288	1	1%
Educational Consulting by Day	$5,234	1	n/a
Girls Incorporated of Omaha	$5,200	1	0%
Douglas County School District 0066 (Westside Community Schools)	$5,000	1	n/a

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($591k), not named here.

Nebraska Children & Families Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 38 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 131 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 131.

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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.

The Sherwood FoundationNE102.8× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · Foundation for Educational Funding II · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · William and Ruth Scott Family Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott 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 Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

How much does Nebraska Children & Families Foundation give?: Nebraska Children & Families Foundation reported 141 itemized grants totaling $22,142,633, out of $24,367,983 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 157 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Nebraska Children & Families Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Human Services (29%), Health (11%).
Who are Nebraska Children & Families Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Central Plains Center for Services ($21M), Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska ($17M), Fremont Area United Way ($4.6M).
Does Nebraska Children & Families Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nebraska Children & Families Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sherwood Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation.
Where is Nebraska Children & Families Foundation based?: Nebraska Children & Families Foundation is based in NE.