How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in Nebraska?

$242M reached 87 crime and legal organizations in Nebraska, from 340 funders. 86% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Nebraska

One funder dominates the giving, The Sherwood Foundation, at 48% of the total. It is overwhelmingly local money: 86% comes from funders based in Nebraska.

$242M

granted

organizations

86%

from in-state

The short version

340 funders gave $242M to 87 crime and legal organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
86% of that came from funders also based in Nebraska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Nebraska is The Sherwood Foundation, at $116M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Project Harmony, at $49M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Nebraska

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

1The Sherwood Foundation$116M 2Legal Services Corporation$16M 3Robert B Daugherty Foundation$9M 4The Lozier Foundation$8M 5Weitz Family Foundation$7M 6The Holland Foundation$7M 7The Giving 3 Foundation$5M 8Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation$4M 9The Nebraska Lawyers Foundation$3M 10Buffett Early Childhood Fund$3M

Crime and legal organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

Project Harmony$49M Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska$41M

77 other crime and legal organizations$36M

Legal Aid of Nebraska$31M Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest$27M Nebraska Youth Justice Initiative Dba Radius$22M

How to find crime and legal funders in Nebraska

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Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Nebraska are The Sherwood Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
Most crime and legal money here is local, so focus on Nebraska funders first before widening the search.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Nebraska?: The Sherwood Foundation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Nebraska, $116M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Nebraska?: $242M reached 87 crime and legal organizations in Nebraska, from 340 funders. 86% 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.