How do I find funders for a mental health nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to mental health in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Iowa West Foundation, The Hawks Foundation. Then look at who funds the mental health 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 mental health in Nebraska?

$19M reached 38 mental health organizations in Nebraska, from 118 funders. 68% 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 · Mental health

Who funds mental health in Nebraska

$19M reached 38 mental health organizations in Nebraska, from 118 funders, with no single one dominating.

$19M

granted

organizations

68%

from in-state

The short version

118 funders gave $19M to 38 mental health organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
68% of that came from funders also based in Nebraska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of mental health in Nebraska is The Sherwood Foundation, at $4M.
The mental health organization drawing the most is Centerpointe Inc, at $5M.

Largest funders of mental health in Nebraska

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

1The Sherwood Foundation$4M 2Iowa West Foundation$2M 3The Hawks Foundation$1M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 5Fulk Family Foundation Inc$1M 6United Way of the Midlands$1M 7Community Foundation for Western Iowa$1M 8Union Pacific Foundation$631k 9Crisis Center for Domestic Abuse$460k 10United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster$426k

Mental health organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

Centerpointe Inc$5M Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact$5M Chicano Awareness Center Inc$4M

28 other mental health organizations$2M

Mental Health Association of Ne$1M Santa Monica Inc$988k

How to find mental health funders in Nebraska

1
Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to mental health in Nebraska are The Sherwood Foundation, Iowa West Foundation, The Hawks Foundation. A funder already writing mental health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the mental health 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
32% of mental health money in Nebraska comes from funders elsewhere, so national mental health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nebraska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a mental health nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to mental health in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Iowa West Foundation, The Hawks Foundation. Then look at who funds the mental health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest mental health funder in Nebraska?: The Sherwood Foundation gives the most to mental health organizations in Nebraska, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to mental health in Nebraska?: $19M reached 38 mental health organizations in Nebraska, from 118 funders. 68% 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.