How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, The Lozier Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in Nebraska?

$24M reached 99 disaster and safety organizations in Nebraska, from 184 funders. 77% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Nebraska

$24M reached 99 disaster and safety organizations in Nebraska, from 184 funders, with no single one dominating.

$24M

granted

organizations

77%

from in-state

The short version

184 funders gave $24M to 99 disaster and safety organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
77% of that came from funders also based in Nebraska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Nebraska is The Sherwood Foundation, at $7M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is City of Omaha Police Foundation Inc, at $8M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Nebraska

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

1The Sherwood Foundation$7M 2Robert B Daugherty Foundation$2M 3The Lozier Foundation$2M 4United Way of the Midlands$1M 5Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc$879k 6Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$736k 7Nebraska Community Foundation$647k 8United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County$621k 9The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation$610k 10Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing$599k

Disaster and safety organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

City of Omaha Police Foundation Inc$8M

89 other disaster and safety organizations$5M

Black Police Officers Association of Oma$4M First Responders Foundation$3M

How to find disaster and safety funders in Nebraska

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Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Nebraska are The Sherwood Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, The Lozier Foundation. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
23% of disaster and safety money in Nebraska comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nebraska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, The Lozier Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Nebraska?: The Sherwood Foundation gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Nebraska, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Nebraska?: $24M reached 99 disaster and safety organizations in Nebraska, from 184 funders. 77% 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.