How many funders does BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND have?

IRS filings report 2 grantmakers giving $260,047,699 in grants to BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.

Who is the largest funder of BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND?

THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $251,434,486 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND 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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BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND

BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND (Nebraska) is funded by 2 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $260,047,699 in grants to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($251,434,486). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$35M

Revenue FY2025

Funders on record

$260M

Grants received

$8.0M

Net assets

2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 101%

Against its field

BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND is funded by 2 grantmakers reporting $260.0M in grants to it.

Months of reserve1.1mo · bottom quartile

Revenue growth (annualized)1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 98 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

01The organization over time

The organization over time

Revenue, expenses and net assets — each indexed to 100 at its first filing year, so you read the trajectory, not the magnitude. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

20172025

Revenue (109)Expenses (133)Net assets (19)Peer revenue range

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

$30M from 1 funders in 2025, up from $31M and 2 in 2018.

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The Sherwood Foundation

$251M

Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation

$8.6M

funders

From the IRS filings of BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97%

largest funder

100%

top three

effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 97% · 2019 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% · 2024 91% · 2025 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND is locally rooted: 97% of its grant income comes from Nebraska funders.

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Nebraska out of state home

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 2 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Organizations like BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND

Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Nebraska

The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation74%Cambridge Community Daycare Foundation64%Nelnet Foundation62%Educare of Lincoln Qalicb Inc62%High Hopes Foundation Inc62%Boone Beginnings Early Childhood61%Buffalo County Goodfellows Inc60%Children's Scholarship Fund of Omaha59%

Nationally

Howard G Buffett Foundation76%The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation74%The Bullitt Foundation70%Burroughs Wellcome Fund69%Butler Outdoor Education Fund69%Burt Family Foundation68%Child Development Foundation68%Buckner Foundation68%

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Questions and answers

Who funds BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND?: BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND (Nebraska) is funded by 2 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $260,047,699 in grants to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($251,434,486). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND have?: IRS filings report 2 grantmakers giving $260,047,699 in grants to BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND?: THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $251,434,486 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND 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.

Every figure is read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML — this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2funders 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. view filing

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