How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Weitz Family Foundation, Dairy Promotion Inc. Then look at who funds the community development 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 community development in Nebraska?

$300M reached 257 community development organizations in Nebraska, from 398 funders. 76% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Nebraska

One funder dominates the giving, The Sherwood Foundation, at 47% of the total.

$300M

granted

257

organizations

76%

from in-state

The short version

398 funders gave $300M to 257 community development organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
76% of that came from funders also based in Nebraska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Nebraska is The Sherwood Foundation, at $140M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Center for Rural Affairs, at $37M.

Largest funders of community development in Nebraska

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

1The Sherwood Foundation$140M 2Weitz Family Foundation$10M 3Dairy Promotion Inc$8M 4Nebraska Community Foundation$7M 5The Lozier Foundation$7M 6Walton Family Foundation Inc$6M 7Mammel Family Foundation$6M 8Peter Kiewit Foundation$6M 9Iowa West Foundation$5M 10Nebraska Children & Families Foundation$5M

Community development organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

247 other community development organizations$124M

Center for Rural Affairs$37M Seventy-Five North Revitalization Corporation$35M Southside Redevelopment Corporation$27M Economic Empowerment Center$26M Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact$13M

How to find community development funders in Nebraska

1
Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to community development in Nebraska are The Sherwood Foundation, Weitz Family Foundation, Dairy Promotion Inc. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
24% of community development money in Nebraska comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nebraska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Weitz Family Foundation, Dairy Promotion Inc. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Nebraska?: The Sherwood Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in Nebraska, $140M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Nebraska?: $300M reached 257 community development organizations in Nebraska, from 398 funders. 76% 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.