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The Sherwood Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$296M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
790
Grants FY2025
386
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$90,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,106,582
Organizations funded a year
270 to 386
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
20
Total assets, FY2025
$978M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Sherwood Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16M 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving493$274M29%
FY2024386$250M21%
FY2023322$192M11%
FY2022315$195M14%
FY2021351$284M24%
FY2020277$205M17%
FY2019292$218M21%
FY2018270$206M26%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$673MPhilanthropy$174MHealth$162MCommunity Improvement$149MCrime & Legal$139MArts & Culture$134MHuman Services$133MYouth Development$121MOther$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
Buffett Early Childhood Fund$251,434,4868100%
University of Nebraska Foundation$174,229,822910%
Downtown Riverfront Trust$60,571,071383%
Douglas County School District 001$54,868,6927n/a
Collective For Youth$49,910,794993%
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation$43,579,220925%
Heartland Family Service$41,009,686924%
Omaha Public Schools Foundation$37,179,389749%
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY$30,461,397894%
Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska$30,196,269990%
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All grantees of The Sherwood Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Buffett Early Childhood Fund$251,434,4868100%
University of Nebraska Foundation$174,229,822910%
Downtown Riverfront Trust$60,571,071383%
Douglas County School District 001$54,868,6927n/a
Collective For Youth$49,910,794993%
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation$43,579,220925%
Heartland Family Service$41,009,686924%
Omaha Public Schools Foundation$37,179,389749%
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY$30,461,397894%
Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska$30,196,269990%
Seventy-Five North Revitalization Corporation$27,367,938958%
Threshold Coc$24,509,845880%
Southside Redevelopment Corporation$24,240,517661%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$22,731,337825%
Women's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc$22,619,051470%
Economic Empowerment Center$21,482,969899%
Community Information Trust$20,345,700562%
Project Harmony$19,793,401938%
Minnesota Humanities Center$18,191,599545%
Opas Foundation$18,076,548227%
Omaha Parks Foundation$16,772,309884%
Nebraska Youth Justice Initiative Dba Radius$16,540,2836100%
Joslyn Art Museum$14,746,625914%
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest$13,871,024955%
Metropolitan Community College Foundation$13,662,226958%
Common Sense Media$13,633,270814%
Northstar Foundation$13,562,558934%
Historic Arnolds Park Inc$13,419,880943%
Center for Rural Affairs$13,057,451922%
Rise Academy$12,930,221720%
Family Planning Council of Nebraska Inc$12,804,009568%
Rock and Soul Forever Foundation Inc$12,428,852987%
College of Saint Mary$12,376,981319%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha$11,683,267921%
Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc$11,673,03593%
Countryside Community Church$11,667,1799n/a
Brazelton Touchpoints Project Inc$11,417,295886%
The ONE Campaign$10,083,82786%
Mental Health Innovation Foundation$10,026,473231%
Child Saving Institute Inc$8,715,858925%
Civic Nebraska$8,551,199943%
Chicano Awareness Center Inc$8,389,220954%
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$8,039,51183%
Omaha Theater Company$8,008,747932%
Heartland Workers Center$7,445,583992%
Heart Ministry Center$7,132,273934%
Avenue Scholars$7,127,318823%
YouTurn$6,915,107980%
Food Bank for the Heartland$6,689,24395%
D2 Center Inc$6,554,211988%
Health Center Association of Nebraska$6,507,063865%
Simple Foundation$6,441,966859%
Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition Inc$6,072,597247%
Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact$6,045,669240%
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table$6,026,295995%
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission$5,930,0003n/a
The Malala Fund$5,765,368710%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands$5,663,564912%
Omaha Symphony Association$5,595,099918%
Completely Kids$5,430,637915%
Mays Foundation$5,366,255689%
Mental Health Association of Ne$5,226,226749%
Thor Inc$5,137,819498%
Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority$5,086,66315%
Our American Future Foundation$5,010,366222%
Youth Emergency Services Inc$4,985,590955%
Charles Drew Health Center Inc$4,786,65787%
Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation$4,687,523510%
Carole's House of Hope$4,538,521971%
Omaha Shelter for Homeless Trust$4,514,895124%
Omaha Discovery Trust$4,450,000311%
South Central Economic Development District Inc$4,383,867751%
Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition Inc$4,382,745640%
Rabble Mill$4,382,090829%
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc$4,212,59393%
City of Omaha Police Foundation Inc$4,181,926954%
Community Alliance Inc$4,042,51718%
Black and Pink Inc$3,995,716579%
The Union for Contemporary Art Inc$3,945,050942%
Spark$3,917,606954%
Women's Center for Advancement$3,860,326920%
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc$3,854,96796%
Opensky Policy Institute$3,711,112949%
Creighton University$3,640,13190%
ACLU Nebraska Foundation Inc$3,606,632860%
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation$3,581,241414%
The Central High School Foundation$3,440,684925%
Ooh de Lally$3,415,5233100%
No More Empty Pots$3,372,908925%
Nebraska Children's Home Society Inc$3,328,32598%
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc$3,325,64794%
Film Streams Inc$3,300,070932%
Magdalene Omaha Inc$3,211,552990%
Legal Aid of Nebraska$3,082,37395%
The Wellbeing Partners$3,029,055657%
Lake Cunningham Development Trust$3,023,202175%
Whispering Roots Inc$3,017,436856%
Together Inc of Metropolitan Omaha$2,845,00496%
Kids Can Community Center$2,836,413915%
Urban League of Nebraska$2,816,946918%
The Tri-Faith Initiative of Omaha Nebraska$2,779,725872%
Stand for Schools$2,759,265996%
Intercultural Senior Center$2,711,568817%
The Durham Museum$2,583,440920%
Community Justice Center$2,550,873994%
Omaha Conservatory of Music$2,534,392919%
Nebraska Humane Society$2,527,36496%
Nebraska Casa Association$2,525,417951%
Good Neighbor Community Center Inc$2,516,6641n/a
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties$2,409,44965%
Inclusive Communities$2,407,012936%
The Bridge Project Inc$2,381,1391n/a
City of Omaha - Department of Parks Recreation and Public Property$2,294,3664n/a
African Culture Connection$2,293,348995%
St Monica's Home$2,186,024819%
Omaha Botanical Center Inc$2,136,87397%
Elevate Omaha Inc$2,120,945598%
Girls Inc of Chicago$2,043,758838%
Project Houseworks$2,042,690920%
The Park Foundation$2,038,7001100%
The Nebraska Medical Center$2,006,25810%
Civic Nation$2,005,68074%
Friendship Home of Lincoln Inc$1,987,973811%
Veterans Trust$1,977,6481n/a
Centerpointe Inc$1,977,35245%
Nonprofit Association of the Midlands$1,927,880833%
Bike Walk Nebraska$1,907,684997%
Siena Francis House$1,890,18893%
Omaha Performing Arts Society$1,882,53263%
Nebraska AIDS Project Inc$1,852,77099%
Malone Community Center$1,820,824619%
YMCA of Greater Omaha$1,804,36792%
Holy Name Housing Corporation$1,779,33497%
Concord Mediation Center$1,753,999642%
New Visions Homeless Services$1,740,000813%
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation$1,737,005616%
International Council for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$1,730,000531%
College Possible Inc$1,695,55281%
North Omaha Collective$1,679,7793100%
Community Alliance Foundation$1,673,897439%
Banister's Leadership Academy$1,628,063734%
Generation Diamond Corporation$1,611,200661%
Millard Public Schools Foundation Inc$1,593,737514%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands$1,585,00099%
Restoring Dignity$1,579,200736%
DIBS for Kids$1,577,628861%
Prairie STEM$1,529,924781%
Black Men United$1,528,486979%
Omaha Municipal Land Bank$1,513,2897n/a
Heartland Workforce Solutions Inc$1,506,97296%
Micah House Corporation$1,498,142916%
Spark Capital$1,498,062339%
Black Police Officers Association of Oma$1,487,570984%
Community Alliance Rehabilitation Services$1,472,01033%
Dignity Health Collective$1,451,122337%
Nebraska Council of School Administrators$1,440,281517%
Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership$1,422,341630%
Casa for Douglas County$1,380,675917%
Grief's Journey the Collective for Hope$1,373,145936%
Poc Collaborative Community Resource Center$1,356,3932n/a
Multicultural Coalition$1,340,000790%
Red Cloud Indian School$1,339,4884n/a
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$1,305,12042%
Nebraska Writers Collective$1,303,178936%
United Way of the Midlands$1,285,54983%
The Omaha Home for Boys$1,242,65954%
Teachers College Columbia University$1,237,36430%
Hope- Esperanza$1,218,000367%
Youth Care Inc$1,214,800916%
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers$1,180,000925%
Omaha by Design$1,175,055936%
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation$1,171,921519%
Central Community College Foundation Inc$1,157,658410%
First Responders Foundation$1,128,750827%
Voices for Children in Nebraska$1,128,059840%
Yates Fund$1,124,670333%
Little Priest Tribal College$1,103,07827%
The Bike Union Mentoring Project$1,075,000937%
Omaha Star Institute$1,055,6051n/a
National Women's Law Center$1,031,55014%
Northeast Community College Foundation$1,027,552357%
Greater Omaha Attendance and Learning Se$1,025,627471%
Police Athletics for Community Engagement$1,025,061832%
City Sprouts Inc$1,023,114972%
The Collective Education Fund$1,007,511119%
Biden Cancer Initiative Inc$1,007,4841n/a
Revive Inc$1,004,648119%
Museum of Nebraska Art$1,004,41818%
Young Mens Christian Association of the Prairie$1,000,000118%
Spread the Vote Inc$1,000,000157%
Council Bluffs Schools Foundation Inc$1,000,000112%
Pic 2021 Inc$1,000,00012%
Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc$1,000,00015%
El Museo Latino$965,000936%
Furniture Project Omaha$951,031427%
Lux Center for the Arts$915,815744%
End Rape on Campus$913,220342%
Downtown Omaha Inc Foundation$907,400838%
Gothenburg Memorial Hospital Found Becky Jobman$900,318233%
Pearson Lakes Art Center$890,528341%
Whyarts Inc$868,029929%
The Nebraska Abortion & Reproductive Justice Fund$861,775239%
Nebraska Enterprise Fund$860,00087%
Unity in Action$852,500665%
Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Coalition Inc$850,000651%
Network for Public Education Inc$845,000942%
Omaha Children's Museum$840,58295%
The Freedom Writers Foundation$840,000919%
Nebraska Forward Inc$837,312133%
Refugee Empowerment Center$825,000715%
One Omaha$810,000557%
Roam Share$808,004620%
Share Omaha$805,000728%
Southeast Community College Educational Foundation$791,67227%
Outlinc Inc Outnebraska$775,000665%
Gothenburg Impact Center$763,315113%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$757,92012%
Ollie Webb Center Inc$750,00098%
Gothenburg Early Childhood Learning Coalition$750,000217%
Good Turn Labor Inc$750,000287%
Nebraska Center for Workforce Development & Education$731,769333%
Mentor Nebraska$725,000523%
Opera Omaha Inc$725,00094%
Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim$715,000517%
Santa Monica Inc$708,000810%
Common Cause Education Fund$705,06122%
Healthy Housing Omaha$700,000622%
Omaha Economic Development Corporation$663,84445%
Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc$663,690924%
Gesu Housing Inc$659,72448%
Fontenelle Forest$656,31597%
Nebraska Journalism Trust$650,00047%
Skatefest Omaha$650,000470%
Big Muddy Urban Farm Inc$645,000976%
Mosaic Community Development$645,000825%
The Big Garden$627,000439%
Survivor Alliance$614,714414%
North Omaha Area Health$606,000356%
Omaha Public Library Foundation$604,270926%
Youth Frontiers Inc$600,00083%
Omaha Girls Rock Inc$590,810951%
Connected Roots Care Center$580,00091%
Voices of Hope of Lincoln Inc$571,708423%
Childrens Arts Guild$565,000953%
Go Beyond Nebraska$561,350944%
Omaha Zoo Foundation$559,36821%
Susan Laflesche Picotte Center$550,000232%
EMPOWERING FAMILIES of Nebraska Inc$550,000558%
Education Rights Counsel$549,000516%
Bluebird Cultural Initiative$545,000540%
International Mountain Bicycling Association$540,40033%
Respect2$539,048934%
Charles E Lakin Human Services Campus Foundation$527,784548%
Asian Community and Cultural Center$520,000910%
United by Culture Media Inc$520,000250%
Kaneko$515,000714%
Wood River Vision 2020$511,021211%
YMCA of McCook$510,70818%
Wayne State Foundation$507,53824%
Hopespoke$507,00073%
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital$506,93310%
Borderless Collective Inc$506,386198%
Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors$505,824116%
Voter Registration Project Education Fund$505,49614%
Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association$500,000968%
Fair Game Project$500,0001n/a
Incommon Housing Development Corporation$500,0001n/a
New Georgia Project Inc$500,00012%
Center for Holistic Development$497,488928%
Amplify Arts$496,598547%
Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue Inc$495,00095%
Kenesaw United Child Care Coalition Inc$480,000234%
Special Olympics Nebraska Inc$475,00084%
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Inc$475,00094%
Joslyn Castle Trust Inc$465,896919%
Midlands Latino Community Development Corporation$465,000431%
Family Health Services$460,060139%
Omaha Better Birth Project$460,000299%
Ho-Chunk Community Capital$460,000288%
Foundry Community Foundation$456,000235%
Lincoln Literacy Council$450,00098%
The Nebraska Lawyers Foundation$450,000417%
Kvc Behavioral Healthcare Nebraska Inc$447,63561%
Family Housing Advisory Services$435,00093%
Youth Policy Institute of Iowa$430,00066%
Hope Harbor Inc$430,00036%
100 Black Men of Omaha Inc$420,000724%
Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska$415,0003n/a
Nebraska Coalition for Life Saving Cures$414,700841%
Omaha Community Playhouse$407,34592%
North 24th Street Business Improvement D$400,000684%
Center for People in Need$400,00091%
Casa for Lancaster County$400,000928%
Health Partners Initiative$400,000134%
Redress Movement$400,000215%
North Platte Comm College Found Inc$400,000219%
Conservation Nebraska$395,00049%
Partnership 4 Kids Inc$390,00093%
Voz de Esperanza$390,000261%
Football for the World Foundation USA$385,000739%
Inclusive Healers of the Heartland Inc$370,000364%
Brain Injury Association of Nebraska$367,033220%
Nebraska Tribes Addressing Violence Coalition$360,000331%
Chadron State Foundation$356,94618%
Interfaith Health Service$355,000939%
Council Bluffs Soccer Club$353,783120%
Keep Omaha Beautiful Inc$350,30097%
Lindsay Area Development$350,000224%
River City Housing Connections$350,0001100%
Nebraska Cultural Endowment$350,00025%
Nebraska Families Collaborative$346,27220%
Hot Shops Art Foundation$345,000218%
Nebraska Friends of Foster Children Foundation$340,000465%
Nebraska Humanities Council$335,00058%
The Madonna Foundation$332,00024%
Now Initiative$330,000433%
Spencer Community School Foundation$326,987531%
New Life Family Alliance Inc$310,000438%
Friends of the Omaha Farmers Market$307,600967%
American Institute of Islamicstudies and Culture$306,950141%
Building Blocks Early Childhood and Family Development Center$305,728135%
Family Service Association of Lincoln$304,24512%
Auburn Theological Seminary$300,00022%
Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation$300,00015%
Defy Ventures Inc$300,00024%
Friend Learning Center$300,000135%
Ignite Nebraska$300,000133%
Columbus Area United Way Inc$300,000226%
Public Religion Research Institute Inc$300,00027%
Iowa Prescription Drug Corporation$300,00011%
Benson High School Foundation$300,000156%
Elkhorn Valley Community Development Corporation$300,00032%
Center for Legal Immigration Assistance$300,000515%
Laguna Presbyterian Church$300,0002n/a
North Omaha Community Partnership$300,0001n/a
YWCA of Lincoln$300,000236%
Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha Inc$299,98133%
Strategies for Youth$297,202420%
World Speaks$295,545433%
Omaha 100$294,334118%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc$290,00041%
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project$290,00041%
Iowa Lakes Corridor Initiative$282,863183%
Casa de la Cultura D/B/A Cinco de Mayo Omaha$280,00059%
Spring Creek Kids Inc$277,221138%
The Valley Child Development Center Inc$275,000325%
Florence Home for the Aged$267,25021%
At Ease USA$266,666251%
Howard County Medical Center$258,0061n/a
Atlas of Winnebago Inc$255,000378%
Bff Omaha Inc$255,000525%
Little Eagles Learning Center$254,446139%
Love146 Inc$253,24813%
Bright Horizons Resources for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault$253,195211%
Metro Housing Collective$251,800114%
Columbus Area Childrens Museum Inc$250,000132%
Community Hospital Association of McCook$250,00010%
Ponca Economic Development Corporation$250,0001n/a
Thayer Kids Academy Inc$250,0001n/a
Omaha Summer Arts Festival Inc$247,000642%
Nebraska Chinese Association$245,000928%
Midwest Housing Development Fund Inc$245,00058%
Culxr House Oma$245,000541%
Helpcare Clinic$240,000719%
Third City Community Clinc Inc$240,000210%
3 Sisters$240,000578%
Heritage Services$236,54632%
Cedars Youth Services Inc$235,30041%
Mac Foundation Inc$235,000499%
Stephen Center Inc$230,00051%
Omaha ForUs Inc$230,00029%
Refugee Women Rising$226,000336%
Orel Alliance$225,0001n/a
Equal Play - Inspiring Confidence for Girls$225,000222%
Holland Children's Institute$225,000516%
Nebraska Afghan Community Center$225,000363%
Christian Home Assn - Children's Square USA$225,00051%
Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc$220,00073%
Heart of a Chanpion$218,00029%
Blue Barn Theatre$217,50076%
Nebraska Family Support Network$216,785413%
Okoboji Foundation$212,0004n/a
Sherman County Economic Development Inc$204,961185%
Native Governance Center$204,05213%
Mindfulness Outreach Initiative Inc$204,000455%
Ainsworth Child Development Center Inc$201,887145%
Columbus in Action Inc$200,000136%
Choice Family Health Care Inc$200,000120%
Cozad Hospital Foundation Inc$200,000168%
Friend Historical Society$200,000145%
Blue Hill Early Learning Center Inc$200,0002n/a
Cass County Historical Society$200,0001n/a
Mercy Housing Midwest$200,00072%
Ivy League Youth Sports Academy$200,000381%
Sandhills First Steps Inc$200,000119%
Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation Inc$200,000116%
Arts in Motion$198,000530%
Gallery 1516 of Regional Artists Inc$195,000611%
Buffalo County Community Health Partners Inc$195,00065%
Live Well Omaha$195,000418%
The Walden Woods Project$190,00081%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Nebraska$180,782526%
Pear Tree Performing Arts$180,0007n/a
St Paul Early Childhood Foundation Inc$175,000147%
Flatwater Collective$175,000264%
Kearney Family YMCA Foundation$175,000159%
The House of Afros Capes & Curls Inc$170,000537%
Grand Island Public Schools Foundation$168,00025%
Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc$160,00024%
Omaha Equestrian Foundation$160,00035%
League of Women Voters Greater Omaha$160,000478%
Houston Alexander Foundation Inc$160,0003n/a
Take Flight Farms Inc$155,000730%
Friends of the Los Angeles Free Clinic$155,00042%
Reason Alliance Ltd$150,000142%
Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center$150,00023%
March for Our Lives Foundation$150,00024%
Radio Talking Book Service Inc$150,00099%
Haven House Family Services Center$150,000116%
Grow Nebraska$150,00056%
Foster Forward$150,00032%
Cambridge Park Foundation Inc$150,0001n/a
Omaha Sports Commission$150,000116%
Southeast Nebraska YMCA Foundation$150,00019%
The Visiting Nurse Health Services$150,0001n/a
Financial Hope Collaborative$150,000214%
Good Life Community Development$150,0001n/a
The Hallins Corporation$145,000529%
Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc$145,00041%
Code Black Professional Tech Network$140,0001n/a
Notre Dame Housing Inc$135,000424%
The Teen Center$135,00059%
Partnership 4 Hope Inc$130,000239%
Assistance League of Omaha Nebraska Inc$125,00044%
Access Period Inc$125,0001n/a
Freedomtainment Inc$125,000513%
Public Health Association of Nebraska$125,0001n/a
Grand Island Young Women's Christian Association$125,00026%
For All Counseling Services Inc$123,000251%
Hall County Leadership Unlimited Inc$120,000411%
North Central District Health Department$120,0001n/a
Great Plains Black History Museum$120,000422%
Great Plains Theatre Commons$115,000411%
Gotta Be Me Inc$114,444324%
New Community Development Corporation$110,00051%
House of Bah Foundation$110,000323%
Bluffs Arts Council$105,00020%
Nebraska Housing Developers Association$100,300212%
Healing Ribbons$100,0001n/a
The Etheridge Foundation$100,000211%
National Latino Peace Officers Associati$100,000220%
NeighborGood Community Pantry$100,0001n/a
Umonhon Nation Public School$100,0002n/a
The Film Collaborative Inc$100,00011%
Indian Center Inc$100,000215%
Community Action Agency of Siouxland$100,00011%
Mid Plains Center for Behavioral Healthcare Servic$100,00012%
Nuckolls County Foundation Inc$100,0001n/a
Institute for Public Leadership$100,000144%
Billie Jean King Foundation$100,00015%
The Solidago Conservancy$100,0001n/a
Partners for Livable Omaha$100,000324%
Black Votes Matter Institute of Community Engagement$100,0001n/a
Alliance Recreation Center$100,00027%
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebr$100,00011%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$100,00011%
Net Foundation for Television$100,00050%
Friends of the Humboldt Auditorium Foundation$100,0001n/a
El Centro de Las Americas$98,000310%
Fashion Arts Collective Co Michael Schilken Dvorak Law Group$95,500477%
Kearney Works Inc$95,1852n/a
Kindair at the Benson Theatre$95,00043%
Blue River Arts Council Inc$95,000310%
Ballet Nebraska$90,00052%
Youth for Greater Good$90,0003n/a
Camp Outpost Inc$90,0001n/a
Mexican American Historical Society of the Midlands$90,000417%
Courteous Kids$87,451415%
MOMentum$85,000227%
Heartland Juvenile Services Association$85,0006n/a
Nothing but Net Foundation$83,445128%
Outlook Enrichment$80,00053%
Cause Collective$80,000135%
Joy Ambition$80,0001n/a
Republic of South Sudan Leaders$80,000215%
African Immigrant Family Services Inc$80,000218%
Phelps County Historical Society$80,000112%
Metro Area Youth Foundation$80,00098%
Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska$79,97430%
Proteus Inc$77,00011%
Omaha Small Business Network Inc$75,000119%
Nebraska Minority Resource Center$75,0001n/a
Building Healthy Futures$75,0001n/a
Angels Among US$75,00071%
Giltner Public Schools Foundation$75,0001n/a
Nebraska Mediation Center$75,000231%
Michigan State University$75,0004n/a
The Willa Cather Foundation$75,00023%
St Luke United Methodist Church$75,0003n/a
Big Elk Development Inc$75,0001n/a
Nebraska Legal Diversity Council$75,000221%
The Start Center for Entrepreneursh$75,0001n/a
Omaha Crime Stoppers Inc$75,000230%
Beth El Synagogue$72,5008n/a
Omaha Chamber Music Society$71,200423%
Omaha Permaculture$70,000317%
Exposher Inc$70,000615%
The Omaha Institute for Nonprofit Journalism$70,000220%
Sparkpositivity$67,500638%
Dundee Merchants Association Inc$67,500147%
Christian Heritage Children's Home$66,42021%
Nebraska Pga Foundation$65,000116%
St Francis Mission$65,00041%
Tazzy Animal Rescue Fund Inc$65,00039%
Rebuilding Together Platte Valley East Inc$65,0001n/a
Southeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership$62,38531%
The Cedars Home for Children Foundation$60,40011%
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc$60,00034%
Circle Theatre Inc$60,000230%
La Casa del Pueblo$60,0003n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs Ia$60,00022%
Iowa Rock 'N Roll Music Association$60,000128%
The Mediation Center$60,00019%
Students Athletes Values Education Inc$55,000311%
Release Inc$51,25021%
Spencer Chamber of Commerce Foundation$50,00018%
Rainforest Cafe Friends of the Future Foundation$50,0001n/a
New Moon Community Theater$50,0001n/a
Boone County Health Center$50,0001n/a
Internews Network$50,00010%
East African Development Association of Nebraska$50,000134%
Learning for All$50,0001n/a
Norfolk Family Coalition Inc$50,00019%
Post Playhouse$50,000111%
United Way of South Central Nebraska Inc$50,00016%
Nebraska Black Women United$50,0001n/a
Prairie Loft Center$50,000114%
Lincoln Crossroads Festival$50,000211%
Panhandle Partnership Inc$50,00017%
The Norris Institute$50,000113%
Boone Beginnings Early Childhood and Family Development Center Inc$50,00015%
Fremont Area Art Association Inc$50,0001n/a
Douglas County Health Center Foundation Inc$50,000127%
Common Senses$50,0001n/a
Saddle Creek Corridor Neighborhood Association$50,000138%
Whiteclay Makerspace$50,00019%
Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska$50,00010%
Box Butte Health Foundation$50,0001n/a
Johns Hopkins University$50,00010%
National Coalition of 100 Black Women- Greater Omaha Chapter$50,0001n/a
Nebraska Rural Health Association$50,000118%
Hastings College Foundation$50,0001n/a
Labor United Inc$50,000118%
A Mothers Love Inc$50,0001n/a
Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation$50,00012%
Tyrome Williams Foundation$45,6083n/a
Aqua-Africa Inc$45,00035%
Malcolm X Memorial Foundation$45,0002n/a
Survivors Rising$45,000218%
North Omaha Loves Jazz Cultural Arts and Humanities Complex Inc C/O Ernest White$45,000116%
Landmarks Inc D/B/A Preserve Omaha$45,000312%
South of Downtown Community Development Organization$40,00012%
Kim Foundation$40,00022%
Kaleo on the River$40,00017%
Future Soccer Inc$40,0001n/a
Monarch Joint Venture$40,0001n/a
Table Grace Ministries$40,00017%
Community Bicycle Shop of Omaha$40,0003n/a
Mentoring Works$40,000316%
The Museum of Language Arts Inc$40,00020%
Horn Records$39,0003n/a
Wisdom House Collaborative$35,68039%
Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity$35,00022%
Scottsdale Community Partners$35,00031%
Arts With Others$35,000134%
Felius$35,00027%
The Nebraska Communities Playhouse$35,0001n/a
Basic Hope Foundation$33,510373%
Axios Workforce & Talent Development Inc$33,000120%
Milkworks Inc$30,00012%
Siouxland Human Investment Partnership$30,00010%
The Learning Community Foundation of Douglas and Sarpy Counties$30,0001n/a
Nebraska Grocery Industry Foundation$30,0001n/a
Wellbeing Initiative Inc$30,00011%
Lincoln Orchestra Association$30,00012%
Woldumar Nature Association$29,50034%
Metro Omaha Medical Society Foundation$28,500130%
Kearney Community Theatre$26,625110%
River City Mixed Chorus$25,00014%
The Bridge Family Resource Connector Network (Fka Building Bright Futures)$25,00012%
Shelterbelt Theatre$25,0001n/a
Kearney Family YMCA$25,00011%
Geffen Playhouse Inc$25,00010%
Safe & Sound$25,00010%
North Fork Area Transit Inc$25,00011%
Little Steven's Policeman's Ball Inc$25,00017%
Visionary Youth$25,00018%
Custer County Foundation Inc$25,00011%
The Archer Group$25,00011%
Collaborative Creative Visions$25,0001n/a
Poverty Impact Network Inc$24,0001n/a
Okemos Public Schools$22,5002n/a
Omaha Academy of Ballet$21,56022%
Burr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State$21,0002n/a
Fullertons Future Inc$20,0001n/a
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory$20,00010%
Hope Crisis Center$20,00012%
Neighborhoods Inc$20,0001n/a
The Language Conservancy Inc$20,0001n/a
Dance to Be Free$20,000119%
Midwest Art Fairs$20,0001n/a
Grow Grand Island Inc$20,000121%
The Futuro Media Group$20,00011%
Global Health Corps Inc$20,00010%
Greater Fremont Development Fntn$20,000130%
Big Pals-Little Pals Association of Greater Columbus$17,000116%
Little Sisters Fund Inc$16,00080%
Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity Inc$15,00012%
Literacy Council of Grand Island Inc$15,0001n/a
Heartland Center for Leadership Development$15,000110%
Operation Homefront Inc$15,00010%
Nebraska Recycling Council$15,00013%
Oasis Counseling International$15,0001n/a
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras$15,00014%
Grand Island Area Farmers Market Inc$15,0001n/a
Core Development Inc$15,00018%
Itec - Lansing$13,00022%
Dundee Memorial Park Neighborhood Association$12,500413%
Esu 3 Educational Foundation$12,000250%
Teleosis Foundation$10,00018%
Lakes Area Farmers Market of Dickinson County$10,0001n/a
Panhandle Equality$10,0001n/a
Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging$10,0001n/a
The Promise of Justice Initiative$10,00011%
Venice Family Clinic Foundation$10,00010%
Take the Lead Inc$10,0001n/a
Somali Community Services Inc$10,0002n/a
Mildred D Brown Memoria Study Center Inc$10,0002n/a
Old Poor Farm$10,0001n/a
American Hiking Society$10,0001n/a
Fremont Area Veterans Coalition$10,0001n/a
The Zone Afterschool Program$10,00014%
Foster Care Closet$10,0001n/a
Iron Horse Arts District Inc$10,0001n/a
Impact One Community Connection Inc$10,000172%
Elwood Area Foundation Inc$10,00011%
The Church Art House Inc$8,000114%
Bright Lights Inc$8,00021%
Haven House$7,50011%
Dispute Resolution Center of Central Michigan$7,00011%
Samaritas$6,00010%
Reach Studio Art Center$5,00011%
Navy League of the United States$5,0001n/a
Chanticleer Inc$5,0001n/a
Omaha Association of Black Professional$5,0001n/a
Detroit Justice Center$5,00010%
Financial Beginnings$5,00011%
Baby & Me$5,0001n/a
Page Education Foundation$5,00050%
Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan$5,00011%
Sacred Heart Health Services$4,20020%
Second Chance Pups Inc$2,5001n/a
Friends of Lakeside Lab Inc$2,50010%
Junior Achievement of the Midlands Inc$2,00011%
Together We Achieve Miracles Inc$1,50012%
African American Empowerment Network In$1,50010%
Dundee Community Garden$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 155 recipients with no EIN on record ($159M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Sherwood Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 217 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBuffett Early Childhood Fund: $251,434,486 over 8y, 100% of budgetUniversity of Nebraska Foundation: $174,229,822 over 9y, 9.6% of budgetDowntown Riverfront Trust: $60,571,071 over 3y, 83% of budgetCollective For Youth: $49,910,794 over 9y, 93% of budgetNebraska Children & Families Foundation: $43,579,220 over 9y, 25% of budgetHeartland Family Service: $41,009,686 over 9y, 24% of budgetOmaha Public Schools Foundation: $37,179,389 over 7y, 49% of budgetCONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY: $30,461,397 over 8y, 94% of budgetJustice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska: $30,196,269 over 9y, 90% of budgetSeventy-Five North Revitalization Corporation: $27,367,938 over 9y, 58% of budgetThreshold Coc: $24,509,845 over 8y, 80% of budgetSouthside Redevelopment Corporation: $24,240,517 over 6y, 61% of budgetThe Campaign Legal Center Inc: $22,731,337 over 8y, 25% of budgetWomen's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc: $22,619,051 over 4y, 70% of budgetEconomic Empowerment Center: $21,482,969 over 8y, 99% of budgetCommunity Information Trust: $20,345,700 over 5y, 62% of budgetProject Harmony: $19,793,401 over 9y, 38% of budgetMinnesota Humanities Center: $18,191,599 over 5y, 45% of budgetOpas Foundation: $18,076,548 over 2y, 27% of budgetOmaha Parks Foundation: $16,772,309 over 8y, 84% of budgetNebraska Youth Justice Initiative Dba Radius: $16,540,283 over 6y, 100% of budgetJoslyn Art Museum: $14,746,625 over 9y, 14% of budgetNebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest: $13,871,024 over 9y, 55% of budgetMetropolitan Community College Foundation: $13,662,226 over 9y, 58% of budgetCommon Sense Media: $13,633,270 over 8y, 14% of budgetNorthstar Foundation: $13,562,558 over 9y, 34% of budgetHistoric Arnolds Park Inc: $13,419,880 over 9y, 43% of budgetCenter for Rural Affairs: $13,057,451 over 9y, 22% of budgetRise Academy: $12,930,221 over 7y, 20% of budgetFamily Planning Council of Nebraska Inc: $12,804,009 over 5y, 68% of budgetRock and Soul Forever Foundation Inc: $12,428,852 over 9y, 87% of budgetCollege of Saint Mary: $12,376,981 over 3y, 19% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Omaha: $11,683,267 over 9y, 21% of budgetOneworld Community Health Centers Inc: $11,673,035 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetBrazelton Touchpoints Project Inc: $11,417,295 over 8y, 86% of budgetThe ONE Campaign: $10,083,827 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetMental Health Innovation Foundation: $10,026,473 over 2y, 31% of budgetChild Saving Institute Inc: $8,715,858 over 9y, 25% of budgetCivic Nebraska: $8,551,199 over 9y, 43% of budgetChicano Awareness Center Inc: $8,389,220 over 9y, 54% of budgetBill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation: $8,039,511 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetOmaha Theater Company: $8,008,747 over 9y, 32% of budgetHeartland Workers Center: $7,445,583 over 9y, 92% of budgetHeart Ministry Center: $7,132,273 over 9y, 34% of budgetAvenue Scholars: $7,127,318 over 8y, 23% of budgetYouTurn: $6,915,107 over 9y, 80% of budgetFood Bank for the Heartland: $6,689,243 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetD2 Center Inc: $6,554,211 over 9y, 88% 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 Lozier FoundationNE330.2× affinity239 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Holland Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Cooper 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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How do I get to The Sherwood Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Sherwood Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Sherwood Foundation

How much does The Sherwood Foundation give?
The Sherwood Foundation reported 790 grants totaling $296,341,131 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 270 and 386 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Sherwood Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Philanthropy (8%), Health (8%).
Who are The Sherwood Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Buffett Early Childhood Fund ($251M), University of Nebraska Foundation ($174M), Downtown Riverfront Trust ($61M).
Does The Sherwood Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Sherwood Foundation 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 The Sherwood Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lozier Foundation, Weitz Family Foundation, Peter Kiewit Foundation.
Where is The Sherwood Foundation based?
The Sherwood 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 846 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-PF 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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