How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, Walter Scott Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports 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 recreation and sports in Nebraska?

$411M reached 312 recreation and sports organizations in Nebraska, from 432 funders. 82% 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 · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Nebraska

Funding is concentrated: Downtown Riverfront Trust alone draws 59% of every recreation and sports grant dollar in Nebraska. It is overwhelmingly local money: 82% comes from funders based in Nebraska.

$411M

granted

312

organizations

82%

from in-state

The short version

432 funders gave $411M to 312 recreation and sports organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
82% of that came from funders also based in Nebraska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Nebraska is The Sherwood Foundation, at $91M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Downtown Riverfront Trust, at $243M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Nebraska

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

1The Sherwood Foundation$91M 2Robert B Daugherty Foundation$70M 3Walter Scott Family Foundation$62M 4Peter Kiewit Foundation$49M 5Big East Conference Inc$45M 6Lincoln Community Foundation Inc$6M 7The Lozier Foundation$6M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$5M 9The Holland Foundation$5M 10Downtown Riverfront Trust$5M

Recreation and sports organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

Downtown Riverfront Trust$243M

302 other recreation and sports organizations$50M

Creighton University$45M Omaha Parks Foundation$23M Lake Cunningham Development Trust$21M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Nebraska

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Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Nebraska are The Sherwood Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, Walter Scott Family Foundation. A funder already writing recreation and sports checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the recreation and sports 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
18% of recreation and sports money in Nebraska comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nebraska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, Walter Scott Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Nebraska?: The Sherwood Foundation gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Nebraska, $91M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Nebraska?: $411M reached 312 recreation and sports organizations in Nebraska, from 432 funders. 82% 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.