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 The Sherwood Foundation, The Holland Foundation, Walter Scott Family 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?

$703M reached 382 arts and culture organizations in Nebraska, from 686 funders. 83% 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

It is overwhelmingly local money: 83% comes from funders based in Nebraska.

$703M

granted

382

organizations

83%

from in-state

The short version

686 funders gave $703M to 382 arts and culture organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
83% 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 The Sherwood Foundation, at $86M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Joslyn Art Museum, at $116M.

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.

1The Sherwood Foundation$86M 2The Holland Foundation$80M 3Walter Scott Family Foundation$54M 4Opas Foundation$37M 5Peter Kiewit Foundation$37M 6The Hawks Foundation$30M 7Robert B Daugherty Foundation$26M 8Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$21M 9Joslyn Art Museum Foundation$19M 10Mammel Family Foundation$18M

Arts and culture organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

372 other arts and culture organizations$235M

Joslyn Art Museum$116M Omaha Performing Arts Society$92M Omaha Discovery Trust$65M Opera Omaha Inc$54M Opas Foundation$49M Museum of Nebraska Art$21M Vision Maker Media$20M

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 The Sherwood Foundation, The Holland Foundation, Walter Scott Family 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
17% 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 The Sherwood Foundation, The Holland Foundation, Walter Scott Family 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?: The Sherwood Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Nebraska, $86M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Nebraska?: $703M reached 382 arts and culture organizations in Nebraska, from 686 funders. 83% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.