Nebraska · Nonprofit
BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE
BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE (Nebraska) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $811,192 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($545,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $496k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $811k
- Net assets
- $117k
What Bluebird Cultural Initiative does
Mission
Provide meaningful programming to the community that enriches their understanding of the history and cultural traditions of native american peoples of the great plains. We strive to revitalize the past through the arts and culture in order to energize the future for our youth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Our team engages youth in cultural programming that connects them with the native community and native american culture. During the academic calendar year, we provide weekly after-school programming focused on culturally appropriate traditional arts and values, empowerment, leadership, and holistic health to high-risk youth, their peers, and their familial support systems. During the summer months, we provide opportunities for cultural camps, workshops, and community gatherings to strengthen their cultural identity.
$229,314 spent71% of program spendingOur team works with organizations and businesses to develop a workplace culture that is culturally considerate to all populations. Group training, workshops, and a sensitivity scan are available for your promotional items such as websites, brochures, and print media.
$92,125 spent29% of program spendingLectures to groups at schools, museums, and corporations. Topics include: the four tribes of nebraska, traditional native games, artifact conservation and preservation, lakota star knowledge, winter counts, and other topics related to the history, culture, and art of the plains indians. Topics can be tailored to your interests.
$110 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $321,549.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $29k to $117k (+298%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $35k → $144k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 72% · 2022 60% · 2023 69% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
89% of BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE?
- BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE (Nebraska) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $811,192 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($545,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $811,192 in grants to BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $545,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUEBIRD CULTURAL INITIATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing