How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Feeding America, United Way of the Midlands. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture 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 food and agriculture in Nebraska?

$17M reached 32 food and agriculture organizations in Nebraska, from 180 funders. 74% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in Nebraska

Three organizations take 79% of all food and agriculture funding in Nebraska, led by Heart Ministry Center. Nebraska's food and agriculture organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 6 funders each.

$17M

granted

organizations

74%

from in-state

The short version

180 funders gave $17M to 32 food and agriculture organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
74% of that came from funders also based in Nebraska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of food and agriculture in Nebraska is The Sherwood Foundation, at $3M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Heart Ministry Center, at $6M.

Largest funders of food and agriculture in Nebraska

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

1The Sherwood Foundation$3M 2Feeding America$1M 3United Way of the Midlands$1M 4The Lozier Foundation$904k 5Weitz Family Foundation$845k 6Lincoln Community Foundation Inc$840k 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$544k 8Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable$535k 9Richard P & Laurine Kimmel$450k 10Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation$375k

Food and agriculture organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

Heart Ministry Center$6M Food Bank of Lincoln Inc$5M No More Empty Pots$3M Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue$1M Nebraska Diaper Bank$741k

How to find food and agriculture funders in Nebraska

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Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Nebraska are The Sherwood Foundation, Feeding America, United Way of the Midlands. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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
26% of food and agriculture money in Nebraska comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nebraska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Feeding America, United Way of the Midlands. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Nebraska?: The Sherwood Foundation gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Nebraska, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Nebraska?: $17M reached 32 food and agriculture organizations in Nebraska, from 180 funders. 74% 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.