How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to science in Nebraska, currently Johns Hopkins University, The Nebraska Medical Center, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Nebraska?

Johns Hopkins University gives the most to science organizations in Nebraska, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Nebraska?

$6M reached 19 science organizations in Nebraska, from 41 funders. 24% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Nebraska

Funding is concentrated: National Strategic Research Institute alone draws 57% of every science grant dollar in Nebraska. Most of it comes from outside Nebraska: only 24% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$6M

granted

organizations

24%

from in-state

The short version

41 funders gave $6M to 19 science organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
24% of that came from funders also based in Nebraska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Nebraska is Johns Hopkins University, at $2M.
The science organization drawing the most is National Strategic Research Institute, at $3M.

Largest funders of science in Nebraska

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

1Johns Hopkins University$2M 2The Nebraska Medical Center$870k 3Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$359k 4National Council of Examiners For Engineering and Surveying$350k 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$294k 6Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation$250k 7Rewild$214k 8American Online Giving Foundation Inc$177k 9Guru Krupa Foundation Inc Attn Mukund Padmanabahan$125k 10Silicon Valley Community Foundation$111k

Science organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

National Strategic Research Institute$3M Iitkgp Foundation$1M Nebraska Defense Research Corporation$411k Engineering Change Lab - USA$400k National Arbor Day Foundation$214k

How to find science funders in Nebraska

1
Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to science in Nebraska are Johns Hopkins University, The Nebraska Medical Center, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
76% of science money in Nebraska comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nebraska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Nebraska, currently Johns Hopkins University, The Nebraska Medical Center, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Nebraska?: Johns Hopkins University gives the most to science organizations in Nebraska, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Nebraska?: $6M reached 19 science organizations in Nebraska, from 41 funders. 24% 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.