How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to human services in Nebraska, currently Father Flanagan's Fund For Needy Children, The Sherwood Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.

Who is the largest human services funder in Nebraska?

Father Flanagan's Fund For Needy Children gives the most to human services organizations in Nebraska, $102M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to human services in Nebraska?

$372M reached 302 human services organizations in Nebraska, from 683 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in Nebraska

$372M reached 302 human services organizations in Nebraska, from 683 funders, with no single one dominating.

$372M

granted

302

organizations

77%

from in-state

The short version

683 funders gave $372M to 302 human services 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 human services in Nebraska is Father Flanagan's Fund For Needy Children, at $102M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, at $135M.

Largest funders of human services in Nebraska

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

1Father Flanagan's Fund For Needy Children$102M 2The Sherwood Foundation$35M 3National Philanthropic Trust$20M 4Nebraska Children & Families Foundation$18M 5The Lozier Foundation$14M 6United Way of the Midlands$13M 7Metro Area Continuum of Care for The$11M 8Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service$8M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 10Front Porch Investments$7M

Human services organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$135M

292 other human services organizations$125M

Child Saving Institute Inc$19M

How to find human services funders in Nebraska

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Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to human services in Nebraska are Father Flanagan's Fund For Needy Children, The Sherwood Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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 human services money in Nebraska comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nebraska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in Nebraska, currently Father Flanagan's Fund For Needy Children, The Sherwood Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in Nebraska?: Father Flanagan's Fund For Needy Children gives the most to human services organizations in Nebraska, $102M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Nebraska?: $372M reached 302 human services organizations in Nebraska, from 683 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 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.