Nebraska · Public charity
University of Nebraska Foundation
The UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION grows relationships and resources that enable the university of nebraska to change lives and save lives.
- $298M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $368,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $284,724,550
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations University of Nebraska Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $297M | 43% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $292M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $286M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $216M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $236M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $167M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $199M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $179M | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $2,041,643,597 | 9 | n/a |
| Nebraska Medicine | $19,933,667 | 7 | 4% |
| Alumni Association of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln | $3,412,876 | 9 | 15% |
| UNMC Alumni Association | $2,070,000 | 9 | 28% |
| Wachiska Audubon Society Inc | $368,575 | 1 | n/a |
| Ags Gamma Chapter Foundation Inc | $230,779 | 1 | n/a |
| Farmhouse Foundation | $69,002 | 1 | 1% |
| The Nebraska Medical Center | $6,278 | 1 | 0% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About University of Nebraska Foundation
- How much does University of Nebraska Foundation give?
- University of Nebraska Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $297,946,619 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does University of Nebraska Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Health (1%), Environment (0%).
- Who are University of Nebraska Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska ($2.0B), Nebraska Medicine ($20M), Alumni Association of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ($3.4M).
- Does University of Nebraska Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as University of Nebraska Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lincoln Community Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is University of Nebraska Foundation based?
- University of Nebraska Foundation is based in NE.
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