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Nebraska Community Foundation

The NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.

$19M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
409
Itemized grants FY2025
359
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$17M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$17,139
Largest grant, FY2025
$956,500
Organizations funded a year
235 to 359
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$278M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Nebraska Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHousing & 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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving398$17M24%
FY2024359$14M25%
FY2023303$16M33%
FY2022293$14M30%
FY2021293$12M36%
FY2020315$12M42%
FY2019235$9.2M40%
FY2018252$9.2M64%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$20MEducation$20MArts & Culture$14MHousing & Shelter$13MHuman Services$9.4MRecreation & Sports$8.5MHealth$7.8MPhilanthropy$4.1MOther$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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pender Community Development Inc$5,475,262966%
The Willa Cather Foundation$2,578,694948%
Heritage Services$2,300,000447%
Omaha Performing Arts Society$1,975,00041%
Creighton University$1,905,00040%
Omaha Discovery Trust$1,800,00048%
The Valley Child Development Center Inc$1,757,640922%
Ralston Economic Development Corp$1,750,0003100%
Lewiston Consolidated Schools Foundation Inc$1,532,1754n/a
Columbus Library Foundation$1,493,500386%
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All grantees of Nebraska Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pender Community Development Inc$5,475,262966%
The Willa Cather Foundation$2,578,694948%
Heritage Services$2,300,000447%
Omaha Performing Arts Society$1,975,00041%
Creighton University$1,905,00040%
Omaha Discovery Trust$1,800,00048%
The Valley Child Development Center Inc$1,757,640922%
Ralston Economic Development Corp$1,750,0003100%
Lewiston Consolidated Schools Foundation Inc$1,532,1754n/a
Columbus Library Foundation$1,493,500386%
Joslyn Art Museum$1,485,00042%
United Way of the Midlands$1,352,96271%
University of Nebraska Foundation$1,300,32590%
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc$1,182,00091%
Cheyenne County Community Center Foundation$1,127,340723%
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation$1,105,00045%
Boone Beginnings Early Childhood and Family Development Center Inc$1,078,606552%
The Central High School Foundation$1,050,00049%
Valley County Health System Foundat$915,700320%
The John & Marie Ukena Charitable Trust$878,42848%
City of Norfolk$761,0325n/a
Museum of Nebraska Art$760,00035%
Syracuse Library Foundation$746,648845%
School District of Columbus Foundation$604,000733%
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation$602,12638%
Norfolk Public Schools Foundation Inc$588,285933%
YMCA of McCook$566,51997%
Valley Performing Arts Theater Inc$553,449959%
Synovation Valley Leadership Academy$541,187955%
Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Inc$500,809428%
The Zone Afterschool Program$458,655935%
St Michaels Catholic School of Albion$424,7277n/a
Kearney County Health Services$404,6623n/a
The Norris Institute$402,777692%
Discovery Center of Southwest Nebraska$399,218299%
Omaha Symphony Association$380,00042%
Brain Builders Early Childhood And Family Development Inc$373,000428%
Bloomfield Community Schools Foundation$357,224988%
Metropolitan Community College Foundation$350,00072%
Nebraska Enterprise Fund$350,00082%
Sheridan County Historical Society Inc$338,6361n/a
Keith County Housing Development Corporation$322,500615%
Option Schools Inc co Angeal Boone$312,000384%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc$305,00091%
Project Houseworks$300,00086%
Children's Scholarship Fund of Omaha$300,00063%
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation$283,50063%
Northeast Community College Foundation$277,50063%
Holy Name Housing Corporation$245,00081%
Keith County Area Development Inc$243,156521%
Midwest Housing Development Fund Inc$230,00074%
Friend Historical Society$225,142642%
Kid's Plus Inc$225,000269%
Spark$220,000513%
Dreamspring$216,00080%
Webster County Community Hospital Foundation Inc$212,500239%
McCook Public Schools$204,8517n/a
Nebraska State Chamber Foundation$200,909248%
Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Cent$200,198140%
No More Empty Pots$195,00063%
Boy Scouts of America$190,00020%
Hillcrest Nursing Home Foundation$185,242684%
Friend Learning Center$185,000220%
Heart Ministry Center$180,00071%
Regional West Medical Center$179,99020%
Child Saving Institute Inc$175,00060%
Elkhorn Valley Community Development Corporation$171,05081%
National Audubon Society Inc$168,50050%
Gibbon Heritage Center Foundation$168,0001n/a
Harry and Reba Huge Foundation$165,000212%
Urban League of Nebraska$165,00052%
Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative$165,00074%
Wachiska Audubon Society Inc$159,043358%
Spencer Community Economic Development Inc$158,000246%
Young at Heart Senior Center$156,5131n/a
Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity$155,27083%
Women's Center for Advancement$155,00051%
Chicano Awareness Center Inc$155,00062%
Nebraska Cattlemen$154,46052%
Nebraska Housing Developers Association$153,00079%
The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education$150,00032%
The Visiting Nurse Association of the Midlands$150,00011%
Habitat for Humanity International Habitat for Humanity of Columbus Ne$150,000714%
North Central District Health Department$149,7005n/a
Opera Omaha Inc$149,00041%
Gesu Housing Inc$145,000611%
Neighborhoods Inc$145,00081%
Seventy-Five North Revitalization Corporation$145,00051%
Yankton Thrive Foundation Inc$144,000473%
St Edward Medical Clinic Foundation Inc$143,7192100%
Pender Community Center Inc$143,566713%
Columbus Area United Way Inc$140,881310%
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs Ia$140,50063%
Healthy Housing Omaha$140,00054%
Colorado Enterprise Fund$140,00080%
The Omaha Home for Boys$139,19690%
North Central Development Center Inc$137,985648%
Omaha Theater Company$136,50041%
Norfolk Family Coalition Inc$136,000416%
Center for Rural Affairs Community Capital$135,00063%
David City Public School$132,5826n/a
Fremont Area United Way$131,44527%
Omaha Municipal Land Bank$130,0006n/a
Youth Emergency Services Inc$130,00042%
Uchealth Northern Colorado Foundation$129,15040%
Bryan Foundation$127,66951%
Ogallala Public Schools Foundation$127,350563%
Norfolk Area Childcare Collaborative$126,357148%
Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department Foundation$125,5005n/a
Boulder Chamber Foundation$125,00047%
Rise Academy$125,00041%
Greater Norfolk Economic Development Foundation$120,00055%
Mental Health Innovation Foundation$120,00030%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$120,00030%
Habitat for Humanity St Vrain Valley$120,00081%
The Madonna Foundation$120,00021%
Together Inc of Metropolitan Omaha$120,00041%
Community Hospital Health Foundation$119,06276%
City of Imperial$116,5045n/a
Greeley Area Habitat for Humanity$115,00081%
Home of the Sparrow Inc$115,00060%
Midlands Latino Community Development Corporation$115,000710%
The McCook Arts Council$111,4056n/a
Garfield County Frontier Fair Assoc$111,23424%
Heartland United Way Inc$110,00015%
Credit Advisors Foundation$110,00032%
Kearney Area Habitat for Humanity$110,00085%
Allies for Community Business Inc$110,00080%
Project Self-Sufficiency of Northern Colorado$109,00063%
Columbus Family YMCA Foundation$107,5003n/a
Norfolk Area YMCA Endowment$106,225371%
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity$105,00060%
Friends of Jcds Inc$105,00052%
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebr$102,13870%
Inclusion Connections Inc$102,00055%
Norfolk Rescue Mission Inc$101,38864%
Completely Kids$101,00050%
American Red Cross$100,6741n/a
Homeward Alliance Inc$100,00061%
North Platte Comm College Found Inc$98,95864%
Trumbull Community Center$98,7372n/a
Loveland Habitat for Humanity Inc$97,00070%
Wayne State Foundation$96,96850%
Village of Bertrand$96,4827n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lincoln$95,087217%
High Plains Community Development Corporation$95,000710%
National Arbor Day Foundation$95,00040%
Dekalb County Economic Development Corporation$95,00074%
Mosaic Community Development$95,00055%
The Neighbor Project$95,00041%
Fontenelle Forest$94,48031%
Prairie Plains Casa$92,916911%
Habitat for Humanity of Yankton County$91,50079%
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission$91,5007n/a
Bone Creek Art Museum$90,00042%
Columbus Area Childrens Museum Inc$89,83235%
Deborahs Legacy Inc$89,000615%
Bridge House$85,00051%
Autism Action Partnership$85,00042%
Hope Center for Kids Inc$85,00032%
United Way of the Kearney Area Inc$82,223211%
Habitat for Humanity of McHenry Cou$81,50051%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$81,43240%
Seward County Bridges Inc$81,243314%
Greater Fremont Development Fntn$80,000475%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands$80,00020%
Friends of Cedar River Rascals Inc$79,684150%
Cheyenne County Child Development Center$78,664116%
Nebraska Bankers Association Foundation$77,1731n/a
Newman Grove Community Club$76,9208n/a
Film Streams Inc$76,50022%
Connections to Success$76,00031%
Ollie Webb Center Inc$75,76932%
Medicine Valley Public Schools Foundation$75,2001n/a
Fox Valley Entrepreneurship Center$75,000444%
Lift Up Sarpy County$75,00019%
Flatirons Habitat for Humanity Community Development Inc$75,000617%
Southside Redevelopment Corporation$75,00030%
New Visions Homeless Services$75,00041%
Omaha Sports Commission$75,00035%
Front Range Community College Foundation$75,00042%
Thrive-Transformation at Work$75,00052%
University of Northern Colorado Foundation$75,00060%
Nebraska National Guard Historical Society Inc$75,000238%
No Barriers USA$75,00015%
Keith County Historical Society$74,823628%
Grameen America Inc$70,00030%
Madonna School and Community Based Services$70,0002n/a
Northeast Community College$68,7504n/a
The Dollywood Foundation$67,63150%
Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity Inc$67,50053%
Care Corps' Lifehouse$66,00051%
Threshold Coc$65,00040%
Agape Resource & Assistance Center Inc$65,00041%
Applied Information Management Institute$65,00031%
Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc$65,00020%
Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska$65,00020%
Gotta Be Me Inc$65,000311%
Platte Valley Humane Society$64,16874%
Big Little Town Revitalization Club$63,750462%
Humboldt Community Foundation Inc$63,725425%
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation$63,00010%
Paxton Volunteer Fire Department$61,4303n/a
Arnold Area Historical Society$61,000255%
Pathways Pregnancy Center of Ogallala$60,825418%
6th Floor Project$60,825237%
McCook Education Foundation Inc$60,6077n/a
Nebraska Humane Society$60,25030%
Douglas County Community Emergency and Natural Disasterrecoverygroup$60,000215%
Northstar Foundation$60,00031%
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation$60,00067%
Two Rivers Public Health Department$59,6253n/a
Domestic Abusesexual Assault Services Inc$59,53976%
Bertrand Village Charitable Fund Inc$59,4201n/a
Chief Dull Knife College$59,05231%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$59,000520%
Milford Schools Foundation$58,87657%
Peru State College Foundation$58,10091%
Awakening Seed Inc$57,87513%
Nebraska FFA Foundation$57,80051%
American Heart Association Inc$57,60430%
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity$56,50051%
Trails West Casa Inc$56,0006n/a
Waubonsee Community College Foundation$55,00045%
Habitat for Humanity of Boone County$55,000522%
Family Resources Inc$54,661711%
St Monica's Home$53,83811%
Pender Fire & Rescue$53,2613n/a
Bright Horizons Resources for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault$53,22552%
Southeast Community College Educational Foundation$53,00050%
Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska$51,06640%
Tilden-Meadow Grove Capital Improvement Fund$51,00019%
Lutheran High Northeast$50,80012%
Bcda Inc$50,15368%
Friends of the Library Foundation Inc$50,090457%
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc$50,04620%
Seward County Historical Society Seward County Historical$50,000173%
Omaha Zoological Society$50,00020%
Friends of Keene Memorial Library$50,000313%
Chadron State Foundation$50,00021%
Food Bank for the Heartland$50,00010%
The Greeley Dream Team Inc$50,00052%
Attention Inc$50,00050%
Ivinson Memorial Hospital Foundation$50,00021%
Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands$50,000118%
Mount Marty University$50,00040%
Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership Inc$50,00010%
The Mission Project Inc$50,00037%
Climb Dba Climb Wyoming$50,00030%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$50,0004n/a
Career Services Inc$50,000121%
Micah House Corporation$50,00031%
Keith County Senior Citizens Inc$48,94856%
Auburn Public Schools Foundation Inc$46,893353%
I Be Black Girl$45,00020%
Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative$45,00020%
The Matthews House$45,00040%
Good Samaritan Society Inc$44,99039%
West Holt Memorial Hospital$44,99030%
Lakeview High School Educational Foundation$43,5002n/a
Ogallala Community Hospital and Health Foundation$43,4651n/a
Thayer County Health Services Guild Inc$42,500161%
Webster County Natural Resources Foundation$41,9393n/a
Rock County Growth Inc$41,5933n/a
Nebraska Cattlemen Research and Education Foundation$40,855110%
Blue Valley Lutheran Homes Society Inc$40,70720%
McCook Humane Society Inc$40,64363%
Lourdes Central Catholic Schools$40,5204n/a
Spencer Senior Living Inc$40,3671n/a
The Tabitha Foundation Inc$40,34911%
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation$40,00031%
Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City$40,00020%
Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley$40,00047%
Lynch Economic Development Corporation$40,0001n/a
North Fork Area Transit Inc$40,00021%
The Wellbeing Partners$40,00032%
Lincolnlancaster County Habitat for Humanity$40,00040%
Boone County Health Center$40,0003n/a
YMCA of Greater Omaha$40,00020%
Neighbor to Neighbor Inc$40,00020%
Goodwill Industries Inc$40,00020%
Rebuilding Together Platte Valley East Inc$40,00036%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands$40,00030%
Grow Nebraska$40,00020%
The Food Bank for Larimer County$40,00020%
Kicks for a Cure Inc$40,00028%
Kids Can Community Center$40,00020%
Simple Foundation$40,00021%
Defy Ventures Inc$40,00021%
Westside Community Schools Foundation Inc$40,00020%
Kidstlc Inc$40,00020%
Legal Aid of Nebraska$40,00020%
Read Aloud Norfolk$39,7703n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Dekalb County$39,65549%
Arcadia Safety and Preservation Fund Inc$39,30025%
Sandhills Crisis Intervention$38,39133%
Chase County Hospital Foundation In$37,84156%
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County$37,81730%
Friends of David City$37,6305n/a
Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation$36,500215%
Building Blocks Early Childhood and Family Development Center$35,7682n/a
Nebraska City Public Schools Foundation$35,45648%
Wayne Community Schools Foundation$35,26534%
Fremont Health Foundation$35,00021%
Christ Lutheran Church$35,0002n/a
Nebraska Hospice and Palliative Care Association$35,000118%
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare$35,0003n/a
Heartland Family Service$35,00020%
Family Learning Center$35,00031%
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota$33,00030%
MOMentum$32,50037%
Distributive Education Clubs of America$31,9461n/a
Northern Heights Baptist Church$30,9381n/a
Cultivate Rural Leaders$30,8053n/a
Friends of the Kenfield Gallery$30,563313%
Nebraska Cancer Coalition$30,472111%
Tri Valley Medical Foundation$30,212213%
The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools$30,13511%
Siena Francis House$30,00020%
I Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County$30,00030%
North Platte Area Habitat for Humanity$30,00035%
Columbus Area Childcare$30,00033%
New Community Development Corporation$30,00021%
Columbus Catholic Schools$30,0001n/a
Omaha 100$30,00021%
Crossroads Center Inc$30,00021%
Women's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc$30,00020%
College Possible Inc$30,00020%
Educare of Lincoln Inc$30,00020%
Ataxia Connection Inc$30,00036%
Teammates Mentoring Program$29,5484n/a
Catholic Charities Foundation of Northeast Kansas Inc$29,50020%
Platte Valley Literacy Association$29,057218%
South Platte Early Learning Programs$28,680217%
United Way and Volunteer Services of Greater Yankt$28,38041%
The Salvation Army$28,3401n/a
Boone County Fitness Center Inc$28,01535%
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Ne$27,7471n/a
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties$27,50030%
Great Plains Health Care Foundation$27,50021%
Literacy Council of Grand Island Inc$27,50032%
Concordia University$27,48640%
People United for Families$26,95029%
Norfolk Arts Center$26,63034%
North Loup Popcorn Association$25,9563n/a
Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation$25,00020%
Volunteers Assisting Seniors$25,00023%
Living Memorial Gardens Association of Sidney Nebraska$25,0001n/a
Front Porch Investments$25,0001n/a
Fillmore County Hospital Foundation$25,00023%
Share Omaha$25,00013%
Boys Town New York Inc$25,0001n/a
Preservation of Egyptian Theatre Inc$25,00011%
Mt Calvary Lutheran Church$25,0001n/a
Lincoln Children's Museum$25,00011%
Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County Inc$25,00011%
High Plains Housing Development Co$25,00021%
Wayne Community Housing Development Corporation$25,00011%
Respite Care Inc$25,00010%
Panhandle Partnership Inc$25,00022%
Greater Loup Valley Activities$25,00015%
Davenport Community Foundation$24,7241n/a
Boone County Health Center Foundation$24,50026%
Ogallala Baseball Association Inc$24,3893n/a
Parkview Haven Facilities Foundation$24,000466%
Intercambio de Comunidades$24,00021%
Kimball Hospital Foundation$23,98011%
Omaha Conservatory of Music$23,00020%
Greater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair$22,9981n/a
Valley County Historical Society Inc$22,2903n/a
Niobrara Valley Hospital$21,99621%
McCook Legion Baseball Boostersinc Po Box 568$21,662313%
Norfolk Area United Way Inc$21,50013%
Madison County School District 2$21,2342n/a
Salvation Army$21,0962n/a
Verdigre Public School Foundation$21,0101n/a
McCook College Foundation$20,89422%
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society$20,7231n/a
Optimist International Foundation$20,63530%
Big Mac Sports Club$20,3852n/a
Open Door Rehabilitation Center$20,0002n/a
Mi Casa Resource Center$20,00020%
Family Service Agency of Dekalb County Inc$20,00011%
Little Disciples Christian Childcare Inc$20,00017%
Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc$20,00010%
Thedford Golf Association Inc$20,0003n/a
Junior Achievement of Middle America Inc$20,00011%
Nebraska Center for Workforce Development & Education$20,00011%
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare$20,0001n/a
McCook Chamber Foundation$20,0002n/a
Mag Training Center Inc$20,0001n/a
Dekalb County Youth Service Bureau Inc$20,00015%
A Precious Child Inc$20,00020%
Literacy Center for the Midlands$20,0001n/a
Kishwaukee College Foundation$20,0001n/a
Impact Development Fund$20,00021%
Safe Passage Inc$20,00011%
The Arc of Nebraska Inc$20,00018%
Fremont Public School Foundation$20,00027%
Spark Capital$20,0001n/a
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Weld County Inc$20,00020%
Kishwaukee Family YMCA$20,00020%
Larimer County Foundation FBO Noco Partnership$20,0002n/a
Stratton Industrial Commission Inc$20,00023%
Down Syndrome Innovations$20,00011%
Youth Frontiers Inc$20,00011%
Family Housing Advisory Services$20,00011%
Mercy Housing Midwest$20,00010%
Kidspak Inc$20,00012%
City Impact$20,00021%
Friends of McHenry County College Foundation$20,00012%
Easter Seals Nebraska$20,00011%
Sandhills First Steps Inc$20,00013%
Western Nebraska Housing Opportunit$20,00024%
Forward Huron$20,000213%
Zion Lutheran Church$20,0001n/a
Heartland Humane Society Inc$20,00017%
Southwood Lutheran Church$20,0001n/a
Ainsworth Child Development Center Inc$20,00014%
Fullertons Future Inc$20,0001n/a
Antelope Memorial Hospital$19,32930%
The Doves Program$19,32412%
High Plains Historical Society$19,32039%
Paxton Consolidated Schools Foundation Inc$18,9571n/a
Arnold Economic Development$18,814214%
Kearney Family YMCA$18,75010%
United Methodist Church$17,9092n/a
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Hanna Pinneo$17,6541n/a
Heartland Counseling Services Inc$17,62510%
American Cancer Society Inc$17,37830%
Sandhills Out Reach Charity Inc$17,08319%
Keith - Arthur County Food Pantry Inc$17,01816%
Little Eagles Learning Center$17,00013%
The Connection Homeless Shelter Inc$16,50022%
Rock County Historical Society Inc$16,4702n/a
Diller Opera House$16,3971n/a
Plattsmouth Education Foundation$16,33522%
Thurston Fire & Rescue$16,2502n/a
Forward Wayne$16,218115%
Custer County Foundation Inc$15,02911%
Wyoming Women's Business Center$15,00012%
Wyoming Family Home Ownership Program$15,0001n/a
Outlook-Nebraska Inc$15,00010%
Thabor Tots Child Care Center Inc$15,00018%
Gambling With the Good Life Inc$15,0002n/a
Sandhills Area Foundation Inc$15,00032%
Grow Grand Island Inc$15,00012%
Kearney Community Sustainable Housing$15,0001n/a
Net Foundation for Television$15,00030%
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northern Illinois Inc$15,0001n/a
Future of Housing Community Foundation$15,0001n/a
Southeast Nebraska Development Inc$15,0001n/a
Restore of Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity$15,00011%
Fooi Inc$15,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Boulder Valley$15,00011%
Grand Island Young Women's Christian Association$15,00012%
Developmental Disabilities Center$15,00010%
Foothills United Way Inc$14,7071n/a
Bertrand Lions Foundation$14,7001n/a
Ogallala Regional Arts Council$14,6172n/a
Catholic Social Services$14,50010%
Southeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership$14,46520%
Oakland-Craig Public Schools Foundation$14,0002n/a
Butler County Senior Services$13,6582n/a
Nance County Veterans Memorial Park and Military Resource Center$13,5001n/a
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$13,3782n/a
Teammates Mentoring Program$13,2972n/a
Whiteclay Makerspace$13,25013%
Keep Sidney Beautiful$13,0001n/a
Foundation for Thayer County Health Services$12,99323%
Lemoyne Senior Center$12,938116%
Valley County Senior Center$12,79827%
First United Methodist Church$12,7902n/a
Christian Heritage Children's Home$12,75310%
McCook K9 Korner$12,7312n/a
Southeast Nebraska Cultural Center$12,649141%
Wild Horses Building Champions Inc$12,50014%
Grand Island Public Schools Foundation$12,50010%
Minnies Food Pantry Inc$12,40010%
United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc$12,38020%
Heritage Museum of Thurston County Inc$12,0412n/a
Multicultural Coalition$12,00014%
Brainard Softball$12,0001n/a
Thomas County Historical Society$12,0001n/a
Dundy County Library Foundation$12,0001n/a
Trenton Community Development Commission Inc$12,0001n/a
Ericson Lake Inc$11,99525%
Animal Shelter of Northeast Nebraska Inc$11,51013%
Boone County Historical Society Inc$11,377111%
Partnership 4 Kids Inc$11,08520%
Cass County Historical Society Foundation$11,00013%
Hope Venture$11,00011%
Brown County Hospital Auxiliary Inc$11,00027%
Spring Creek Kids Inc$11,00011%
Ogallala Youth Trap Club$10,9361n/a
White Horse Museum & Heritage Village Inc$10,8252n/a
Butler County Historical Society Inc$10,7502n/a
Beaver Valley Senior Center$10,495117%
Teammates Mentoring Program$10,4881n/a
Girls on the Run of Nebraska$10,46022%
Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska Inc$10,39311%
Outreach United Resource Center Inc$10,00010%
Kearney Works Inc$10,0001n/a
Yankton Food for Thought$10,000114%
Weld Food Bank$10,00010%
Building a Better Tomorrow Inc$10,000118%
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation$10,00010%
Pioneer Center for Human Services$10,00010%
Nebraska Peace Foundation$10,00018%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County$10,0001n/a
Foster Care Closet$10,00011%
Community Affordable Residences Enterprise Inc$10,0001n/a
Nebraska Wildlife Federation$10,000128%
Table of Grace Mobile Food Pantry$10,00013%
Fox Valley Older Adult Services$10,00010%
Nebraska Maintenance Academy Inc$10,00019%
Salida del Sol Academy Foundation$10,0001n/a
Lincoln Housing Charities$10,000135%
Cornerstones Career Learning Center$10,00011%
Sheltering Tree Inc$10,00010%
Omaha Botanical Center Inc$10,00010%
Lincoln Children's Zoo$10,00010%
Better Business Bureau Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming Foundation$10,00013%
Hastings College$10,00010%
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$10,00010%
The Whole Person Inc$10,00010%
My Possibilities$10,0001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska Inc$10,00010%
Johnson County Community College Foundation$10,00010%
Community Development Resources$10,00010%
Kishwaukee United Way$10,00014%
Friends of Bridgeport City Library$10,0001n/a
Northeast Nebraska Suicide Prevention Coalition$10,0001n/a
Intercultural Senior Center$10,00011%
Olathe Public Schools Foundation$10,00011%
Nebraska Medicine Guild$10,00014%
Future Generations Health Care$10,00012%
Credit & Homeownership Empowerment Services$10,00010%
Lighthouse$10,00011%
Boy Scouts of America 326 Mid-America Council$10,00010%
The Literacy Connection$10,00014%
Community Resources and Housing Development Corporation$10,00010%
Student Recovery Program Inc$10,00013%
Voluntary Action Center of Northern Illinois$10,00010%
Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation$10,00010%
Reformed Church of Firth Nebraska$10,0001n/a
Hopespoke$10,00010%
Seward Changing the Game Inc$10,00011%
Community College of Aurora$10,0001n/a
Dakota Wesleyan University$10,00010%
Blue Barn Theatre$10,00011%
Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc$10,00011%
Tiny Tim Center Inc Dba Tlc Learning Center$10,0001n/a
Nebraska 4-H Foundation$10,0001n/a
100 Black Men of Omaha Inc$10,00012%
Financial Beginnings$10,00011%
Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition Inc$10,0001n/a
Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc$10,00010%
Hastings Memorial Library Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Forward Steps Foundation$10,00013%
Emergency Family Assistance Association$10,00010%
Abbott House Inc$10,00010%
Crofton Golden Age Senior Center$10,000110%
Dekalb County Community Gardens$10,00012%
Petersburg Community Foundation Inc$9,866112%
St Peter Lutheran Church$9,8031n/a
McCook Community Kitchen$9,7211n/a
Pender Community Health Care Foundation Inc$9,68012%
Seward Youth & Community Club Inc$9,5591n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County Inc$9,00010%
Collin County Community College District Foundation Inc$9,00010%
Seward Blue River Historical District$8,9751n/a
Esu #16$8,8021n/a
Milford Childhood Learning Center$8,5901n/a
Arts Council of Thayer County$8,5001n/a
Gracefully Giving Back$8,5001n/a
Albion Area Arts Council Inc$8,315114%
Southwest Public Schools Foundation$8,0561n/a
Pender Care Centre District Inc$8,0251n/a
Faith Regional Health Services$8,00010%
Heartland Youth Ranch$8,000115%
Andrew Jackson Higgins Memorial Foundation Inc$8,0001n/a
Cedar Rapids Senior Center Inc$8,0001n/a
Our Savior Lutheran Church$7,9251n/a
Nebraska Sportmen's Foundation$7,5451n/a
Keep Columbus Beautiful Incorporated$7,5001n/a
Fidelity Lodge No 51 Charitable Foundation$7,5001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley$7,50010%
Omaha Street School$7,50011%
Wauneta Senior Services Center Inc$7,50017%
The Union for Contemporary Art Inc$7,50010%
Seward Library Foundation Inc$7,186151%
Long Pine Heritage Society Inc$7,0531n/a
Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Playful Pals Daycare$7,00017%
Sycamore Park District$7,0001n/a
Kiwanis Club of Seward Foundation Inc$6,869117%
Southwest Nebraska Genealogy Society$6,8601n/a
Citizens for a Greater Ord Nebraska$6,75413%
Teammates Mentoring Program$6,5661n/a
McHenry County Economic Development Foundation$6,5001n/a
Rock County Hospital Auxiliary$6,5001n/a
Blixt Locally Grown$6,50018%
Seward County Agricultural Society$6,50011%
The Thorpe Inc the Thorpe Inc$6,500117%
Skills USA Inc$6,2631n/a
No Shave Nebraska$6,15014%
Chase County Senior Services Corp$6,13014%
Nebraska 4-H Foundation$6,1001n/a
Future Farmers of America State Associations & Local Chapter$6,0501n/a
Decatur Museum Inc$6,0001n/a
Plattsmouth Baseball & Softball Association$6,0001n/a
David City Library Foundation$6,000120%
Keep Keith County Beautiful Inc$6,0001n/a
Syracuse Foundation Inc$6,00016%
Worship City Praise$6,0001n/a
Brodstone Memorial Hospital$6,00010%
Howells Historical Society Inc$6,0001n/a
Seward Arts Council$5,930139%
Jefferson Community Health Center Inc$5,74910%
Community Senior Center$5,70614%
Briggs & Barrett Project$5,66813%
4-H Clubs and Affiliated 4-H Organi Red Willow County 4-H Council$5,50013%
Parks of Pride Foundation Inc$5,5001n/a
Haigler Community Foundation$5,38115%
Boone County Agricultural Education Center Inc$5,36513%
University of South Dakota Foundation$5,30110%
Antelope Cc Foundation Inc$5,3001n/a
Purdue Research Foundation$5,25010%
Hope Crisis Center$5,20311%
Willow Branch Foundation Inc$5,147130%
Central Community College Foundation Inc$5,00510%
UNITED WAY OF GREATER McHENRY COUNTY INC$5,00010%
Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home$5,00010%
Ralston Girls Softball Assn Inc$5,000134%
Immanuel Lutheran Church$5,0001n/a
Arthur Betterment Authority$5,00016%
Nvma Centennial Scholarship Foundation Inc$5,00015%
Stuart Athletic Club Inc$5,0001n/a
Blue Nebraska Foundation$5,0001n/a
Aksarben Foundation$5,0001n/a
Liberty Centre Services Inc$5,00010%
Conservation Nebraska$5,00012%
Howells Community Club Inc$5,0001n/a
Voz de Esperanza$5,00011%
Chase County Schools Education Fdn$5,00017%
Seven Valleys Horistorical Society$5,0001n/a
Perkins County Historical Society$5,0001n/a

Plus 373 recipients with no EIN on record ($38M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Nebraska Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 52 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 budgetPender Community Development Inc: $5,475,262 over 9y, 66% of budgetThe Willa Cather Foundation: $2,578,694 over 9y, 48% of budgetHeritage Services: $2,300,000 over 4y, 47% of budgetOmaha Performing Arts Society: $1,975,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCreighton University: $1,905,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOmaha Discovery Trust: $1,800,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetThe Valley Child Development Center Inc: $1,757,640 over 9y, 22% of budgetRalston Economic Development Corp: $1,750,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetColumbus Library Foundation: $1,493,500 over 3y, 86% of budgetJoslyn Art Museum: $1,485,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetUnited Way of the Midlands: $1,352,962 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetUniversity of Nebraska Foundation: $1,300,325 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc: $1,182,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCheyenne County Community Center Foundation: $1,127,340 over 7y, 23% of budgetGreater Omaha Chamber Foundation: $1,105,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetBoone Beginnings Early Childhood and Family Development Center Inc: $1,078,606 over 5y, 52% of budgetThe Central High School Foundation: $1,050,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetValley County Health System Foundat: $915,700 over 3y, 20% of budgetThe John & Marie Ukena Charitable Trust: $878,428 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetMuseum of Nebraska Art: $760,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetSyracuse Library Foundation: $746,648 over 8y, 45% of budgetSchool District of Columbus Foundation: $604,000 over 7y, 33% of budgetChildren's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation: $602,126 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetNorfolk Public Schools Foundation Inc: $588,285 over 9y, 33% of budgetYMCA of McCook: $566,519 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetValley Performing Arts Theater Inc: $553,449 over 9y, 59% of budgetSynovation Valley Leadership Academy: $541,187 over 9y, 55% of budgetNebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Inc: $500,809 over 4y, 28% of budgetThe Zone Afterschool Program: $458,655 over 9y, 35% of budgetThe Norris Institute: $402,777 over 6y, 92% of budgetDiscovery Center of Southwest Nebraska: $399,218 over 2y, 99% of budgetOmaha Symphony Association: $380,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetBrain Builders Early Childhood And Family Development Inc: $373,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetBloomfield Community Schools Foundation: $357,224 over 9y, 88% of budgetMetropolitan Community College Foundation: $350,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetNebraska Enterprise Fund: $350,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetKeith County Housing Development Corporation: $322,500 over 6y, 15% of budgetOption Schools Inc co Angeal Boone: $312,000 over 3y, 84% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc: $305,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetProject Houseworks: $300,000 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetChildren's Scholarship Fund of Omaha: $300,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetKnights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation: $283,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetNortheast Community College Foundation: $277,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetHoly Name Housing Corporation: $245,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetKeith County Area Development Inc: $243,156 over 5y, 21% of budgetMidwest Housing Development Fund Inc: $230,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetFriend Historical Society: $225,142 over 6y, 42% of budgetKid's Plus Inc: $225,000 over 2y, 69% 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.

The Sherwood FoundationNE157.8× affinity138 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · The Hawks Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · The Charles and Mary Heider Family 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 Community Foundation

How much does Nebraska Community Foundation give?
Nebraska Community Foundation reported 409 itemized grants totaling $16,696,853, out of $18,789,751 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 235 and 359 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Nebraska Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (18%), Education (17%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are Nebraska Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pender Community Development Inc ($5.5M), The Willa Cather Foundation ($2.6M), Heritage Services ($2.3M).
Does Nebraska Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nebraska Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sherwood Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, The Lozier Foundation.
Where is Nebraska Community Foundation based?
Nebraska Community Foundation 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 1033 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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