How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Nebraska?

Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Collective For Youth, Herbert J Lavigne Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the youth development 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 youth development in Nebraska?

$375M reached 204 youth development organizations in Nebraska, from 517 funders. 87% 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 · Youth development

Who funds youth development in Nebraska

It is overwhelmingly local money: 87% comes from funders based in Nebraska.

$375M

granted

204

organizations

87%

from in-state

The short version

517 funders gave $375M to 204 youth development organizations in Nebraska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
87% of that came from funders also based in Nebraska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of youth development in Nebraska is The Sherwood Foundation, at $109M.
The youth development organization drawing the most is Collective For Youth, at $59M.

Largest funders of youth development in Nebraska

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

1The Sherwood Foundation$109M 2Collective For Youth$36M 3Herbert J Lavigne Family Foundation$17M 4Robert B Daugherty Foundation$16M 5The Cedars Home for Children Foundation$13M 6United Way of the Midlands$12M 7The Lozier Foundation$11M 8Peter Kiewit Foundation$9M 9James E West Foundation$9M 10The Holland Foundation$8M

Youth development organizations in Nebraska that draw the most

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

194 other youth development organizations$94M

Collective For Youth$59M Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands$49M Completely Kids$42M Northstar Foundation$34M Girls Incorporated of Omaha$28M Boy Scouts of America 326 Mid-America Council$20M

How to find youth development funders in Nebraska

1
Start with the funders already active in Nebraska
The funders giving the most to youth development in Nebraska are The Sherwood Foundation, Collective For Youth, Herbert J Lavigne Family Foundation. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the youth development 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
Most youth development money here is local, so focus on Nebraska funders first before widening the search.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Nebraska?: Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Nebraska, currently The Sherwood Foundation, Collective For Youth, Herbert J Lavigne Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nebraska from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Nebraska?: The Sherwood Foundation gives the most to youth development organizations in Nebraska, $109M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Nebraska?: $375M reached 204 youth development organizations in Nebraska, from 517 funders. 87% 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.