Nebraska · Nonprofit
GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION
GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,000 to it, the largest being Assurity Life Foundation ($91,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $282k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $112k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Greater Lincoln Chamber Foundation does
Mission
To engage in the promotion and support of the retention and expansion of local businesses.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To facilitate the accumulation and presentation of information regarding the lincoln area to businesses. To assist in implementing and integrating proactive economic development initiatives and to actively market to attract new employers. To improve the business environment for retailers.
$242,635 spentof which $219,390 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $242,635.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $1.2M (−12%).
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.
93% of GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Mark Hesser
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $17k → $25k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $292k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lincoln Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION’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
GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 94% · 2021 100% · 2022 60% · 2023 60% — 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
100% of GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Lincoln Chamber Economic Development Corp · exempt
- Lincoln Foreign-Trade Zone Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION?
- GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,000 to it, the largest being Assurity Life Foundation ($91,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $112,000 in grants to GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION?
- Assurity Life Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $91,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are 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 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing