How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Nebraska, currently Walter Scott Family Foundation, The Hawks Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Nebraska?

$251M reached 198 arts and culture organizations in Nebraska, from 412 funders. 79% came from funders also based in Nebraska.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Nebraska · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Nebraska

$251M reached 198 arts and culture organizations in Nebraska, from 412 funders, with no single one dominating.

$251M

granted

198

organizations

79%

from in-state

The short version

412 funders gave $251M to 198 arts and culture organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
79% of that came from funders also based in Nebraska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Nebraska is Walter Scott Family Foundation, at $31M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Joslyn Art Museum, at $68M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Nebraska

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Nebraska, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Walter Scott Family Foundation$31M 2The Hawks Foundation$26M 3The Sherwood Foundation$22M 4Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$17M 5Mammel Family Foundation$16M 6Peter Kiewit Foundation$9M 7Opas Foundation$8M 8The Holland Foundation$8M 9Joslyn Art Museum Foundation$8M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M

Arts and culture organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Joslyn Art Museum$68M

188 other arts and culture organizations$61M

Omaha Performing Arts Society$38M Opas Foundation$31M The Durham Museum$7M

How to find arts and culture funders in Nebraska

1
Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Nebraska are Walter Scott Family Foundation, The Hawks Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
21% of arts and culture money in Nebraska comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nebraska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Nebraska, currently Walter Scott Family Foundation, The Hawks Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Nebraska?: Walter Scott Family Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Nebraska, $31M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Nebraska?: $251M reached 198 arts and culture organizations in Nebraska, from 412 funders. 79% came from funders also based in Nebraska.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.