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, Nebraska Children & Families 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?

$45M reached 35 crime and legal organizations in Nebraska, from 166 funders. 69% 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

Three organizations take 71% of all crime and legal funding in Nebraska, led by Project Harmony. Nebraska's crime and legal organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$45M

granted

organizations

69%

from in-state

The short version

166 funders gave $45M to 35 crime and legal organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
69% 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 $10M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Project Harmony, at $14M.

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$10M 2Legal Services Corporation$7M 3Nebraska Children & Families Foundation$3M 4Weitz Family Foundation$2M 5The Holland Foundation$1M 6The Lozier Foundation$1M 7Givewell Community Foundation Inc$1M 8National Children's Alliance Inc$1M 9Buffett Early Childhood Fund$1M 10Robert B Daugherty Foundation$950k

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$14M Legal Aid of Nebraska$13M Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law$5M

25 other crime and legal organizations$4M

Casa for Douglas County$2M Lincolnlancaster County Child$2M

How to find crime and legal funders in Nebraska

1
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, Nebraska Children & Families 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.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
31% of crime and legal money in Nebraska comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nebraska.

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, Nebraska Children & Families 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, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Nebraska?: $45M reached 35 crime and legal organizations in Nebraska, from 166 funders. 69% 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.