How much does Nebraska Humanities Council give?

Nebraska Humanities Council reported 20 itemized grants totaling $698,540, out of $1,088,735 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Nebraska Humanities Council fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (73%), Education (16%), Civil Rights (3%).

Who are Nebraska Humanities Council's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nebraska Foundation for the Humanities ($970k), Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska ($334k), Nebraska Wesleyan University ($124k).

Does Nebraska Humanities Council fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Nebraska Humanities Council?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sherwood Foundation, Peter Kiewit Foundation, Lincoln Community Foundation Inc.

Where is Nebraska Humanities Council based?

Nebraska Humanities Council is based in NE.

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Nebraska · Public charity

Nebraska Humanities Council

Humanities nebraska helps nebraskans explore what connects us and makes us human.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 20
Itemized grants FY2025: 16
Organizations funded FY2024: 19%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $699k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $8,900
Largest grant, FY2025: $516,000
Organizations funded a year: 16 to 62; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $388k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Nebraska Humanities Council 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; $28k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther

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
FY2025still arriving	19	$699k	21%
FY2024	16	$181k	19%
FY2023	23	$299k	26%
FY2022	62	$791k	47%
FY2021	26	$694k	38%
FY2020	50	$519k	66%
FY2019	20	$216k	45%
FY2018	17	$171k	41%

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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$2.8MEducation$609kCivil Rights$105kHuman Services$95kPhilanthropy$53kYouth Development$38kPublic Benefit$37kReligion$35kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

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

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Nebraska Foundation for the Humanities	$969,858	3	77%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$333,567	9	n/a
Nebraska Wesleyan University	$123,589	9	0%
The Willa Cather Foundation	$107,488	9	1%
African Culture Connection	$104,065	7	9%
The Durham Museum	$91,125	6	1%
Inclusive Communities	$70,500	3	3%
Nebraska Writers Collective	$67,838	8	2%
Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc	$67,500	4	0%
Asian Community and Cultural Center	$63,790	7	1%

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All grantees of Nebraska Humanities Council by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Nebraska Foundation for the Humanities	$969,858	3	77%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$333,567	9	n/a
Nebraska Wesleyan University	$123,589	9	0%
The Willa Cather Foundation	$107,488	9	1%
African Culture Connection	$104,065	7	9%
The Durham Museum	$91,125	6	1%
Inclusive Communities	$70,500	3	3%
Nebraska Writers Collective	$67,838	8	2%
Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc	$67,500	4	0%
Asian Community and Cultural Center	$63,790	7	1%
El Museo Latino	$59,755	6	2%
Net Foundation for Television	$58,500	4	0%
Concordia University	$45,000	5	0%
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc	$44,800	5	3%
Great Plains Theatre Commons	$41,500	5	2%
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Inc	$37,575	4	1%
John G Neihardt Foundation	$36,627	3	16%
Buffalo County Historical Society	$36,500	3	3%
Net Foundation for Radio	$36,000	3	1%
Friends of the Midwest Theater	$35,230	3	3%
Joslyn Castle Trust Inc	$33,538	4	2%
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum	$32,500	4	1%
Legacy of the Plains Museum Inc	$31,500	2	3%
Stuhr Museum Foundation	$31,500	2	2%
Hamilton County Historical Society	$30,300	3	5%
Washington County Historical Association	$28,000	3	5%
Kregel Windmill Factory Museum	$27,000	2	13%
Lincoln Crossroads Festival	$26,750	4	63%
Dawson County Historical Society	$24,200	2	7%
Together We Achieve Miracles Inc	$23,500	3	13%
History Nebraska Foundation	$22,716	2	19%
Flatwater Shakespeare Company	$22,066	3	11%
Crane River Theater Company Inc	$21,828	2	3%
Great Plains Black History Museum	$21,728	2	8%
The Tri-Faith Initiative of Omaha Nebraska	$21,000	2	2%
Metropolitan Community College Foundation	$20,992	2	0%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc	$20,700	2	0%
Celebrating Nebraska Statehood Inc	$20,000	1	n/a
Kaneko	$20,000	3	1%
The House of Afros Capes & Curls Inc	$19,200	2	7%
The Durham Museum Foundation Inc	$19,110	1	2%
Creighton University	$19,100	2	0%
Friends of Homestead National Historic Park	$19,050	2	7%
Heartland Museum of Military Vehicl	$18,510	2	17%
Stand in for Nebraska	$18,225	3	n/a
Omaha Performing Arts	$18,025	2	n/a
Blue Barn Theatre	$18,000	2	1%
Joslyn Art Museum	$18,000	2	0%
Elkhorn Valley Historical Society of Norfolk	$17,500	2	7%
Montana History Foundation	$17,200	2	1%
Hall County Historical Society Inc	$16,500	2	8%
Lincoln County Historical Society	$16,000	2	3%
Blixt Locally Grown	$15,625	2	10%
Bright Lights Inc	$15,565	2	1%
Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Ctr	$14,000	1	2%
Harold Warp Pioneer Village Foundation	$14,000	1	1%
Fontenelle Forest	$13,970	2	0%
Vision Maker Media	$13,800	1	0%
Milwaukee Film Inc	$13,359	1	0%
Completely Kids	$13,314	1	0%
Film Streams Inc	$13,000	2	0%
Stone Soup Productions Inc	$12,500	1	4%
Central Community College Foundation Inc	$12,500	1	0%
Robert Henri Museum & Historical Walkway	$12,000	1	8%
Phelps County Historical Society	$12,000	1	3%
Dodge County Historical Society	$12,000	1	6%
Genoa US Indian School Foundation	$12,000	1	n/a
Douglas County Historical Society	$12,000	1	3%
Wessels Living History Farm	$12,000	1	5%
Metropolitan Community College Facilities Corporation	$10,500	1	0%
Johnson County Nebraska Historical Society Inc	$10,500	1	n/a
El Centro de Las Americas	$10,500	1	2%
Malone Community Center	$10,500	1	0%
Indian Center Inc	$10,500	1	7%
Strategic Air & Space Museum Foundation	$10,284	1	11%
Nebraska Journalism Trust	$10,000	1	0%
The Futuro Media Group	$10,000	1	0%
National Museum of Roller Skating	$10,000	1	13%
Table Rock Historical Society Museum Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
The Pioneers-Antelope County Historical Society Inc	$9,500	1	18%
Movement in Omaha for Racial Equity More	$9,000	1	n/a
World Theatre Foundation	$9,000	1	3%
Prairie Loft Center	$9,000	1	2%
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table	$8,904	1	1%
Nebraska National Guard Historical Society Inc	$8,900	1	23%
Hastings Museum	$8,900	1	1%
Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum	$8,325	1	33%
Friends of Ash Hollow State Historical Park	$8,275	1	n/a
The Language Conservancy Inc	$8,000	1	1%
Whiteclay Makerspace	$7,905	1	2%
Gage County Historical Society	$7,500	1	4%
Nebraska Indian Education Association	$7,500	1	n/a
Nebraska Art Association	$7,500	1	2%
Museum of Nebraska Art	$7,500	1	0%
Hastings College	$7,500	1	0%
Karen Society of Nebraska Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Mildred D Brown Memoria Study Center Inc	$7,500	1	3%
Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Cent	$7,500	1	2%
Rabble Mill	$7,500	1	1%
Friends of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum	$7,500	1	n/a
Bluebird Cultural Initiative	$7,500	1	2%
Henderson Heritage & Tourism	$7,000	1	n/a
Nebraska Folklife Network Inc	$7,000	1	n/a
Conservation Nebraska	$7,000	1	6%
Arts for All Inc	$6,750	1	n/a
The Union for Contemporary Art Inc	$6,500	1	0%
Omaha Performing Arts Society	$6,100	1	0%
Lincoln Orchestra Association	$6,000	1	n/a
Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation	$6,000	1	10%
Nebraska Interfaith Power & Light Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Buffalo County Community Health Partners Inc	$5,670	1	1%
Peru State College Foundation	$5,515	1	0%
Sidney Gold Rush Days	$5,500	1	n/a
Scotts Bluff County Agricultural Society	$5,250	1	n/a
National Orphan Train Complex Inc	$5,000	1	2%
Mitchell Public Library Foundation	$5,000	1	n/a
The Malaika Foundation	$5,000	1	n/a
Historic Bryant House Inc	$5,000	1	4%

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($46k), not named here.

Nebraska Humanities Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 97 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 97.

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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 FoundationNE86.8× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

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 Humanities Council

How much does Nebraska Humanities Council give?: Nebraska Humanities Council reported 20 itemized grants totaling $698,540, out of $1,088,735 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Nebraska Humanities Council fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (73%), Education (16%), Civil Rights (3%).
Who are Nebraska Humanities Council's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nebraska Foundation for the Humanities ($970k), Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska ($334k), Nebraska Wesleyan University ($124k).
Does Nebraska Humanities Council fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nebraska Humanities Council?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sherwood Foundation, Peter Kiewit Foundation, Lincoln Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Nebraska Humanities Council based?: Nebraska Humanities Council is based in NE.