Nebraska · Nonprofit
INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION
INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $430,000 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($250,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $430k
- Net assets
- $66M
What Invest Nebraska Corporation does
Mission
Promote community and economic development by identifying, supporting, and investing in high-growth, high-impact, or community critical companies across nebraska.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Seed fund program - the organization contracts with the state of nebraska's department of economic development to provide capital to early-stage businesses through the business innovation act. These businesses are statutorily eligible for financing based on a series of qualifying factors. The organization also provides capital to early-stage businesses through federally designated grant funds.
$2,756,744 spent74% of program spendingThe combine - an agrifood tech incubator located on nebraska innovation campus to incubate high-growth, early-stage business in the ag and food technology space.
$402,387 spent11% of program spendingNebraska emerging growth - the organization administers funds the nebraska department of economic development received under the state small business credit initiative (ssbci) program of the u.s. Treasury department. Convertible debt and equity investments from $100,000- $1,000,000 can be used for working capital, and inventory/equipment purchases. Funds must be matched by private funds as outlined in the program.
$357,347 spent10% of program spendingOperational assistance program - provide operational assistance to those startup businesses that need to complete additional projects in order to attract outside capital.
$210,604 spentof which $45,394 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,727,082.
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 2020 to 2021, from $27M to $48M (+75%).
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: 2017 101% · 2018 91% · 2019 142% · 2020 73% · 2021 24% · 2022 53% · 2023 103% · 2024 104%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
106% of INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Dan Hoffman
CEO
Board chair
Donna Kush
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $165k → $40k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION’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
INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 76% · 2022 76% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Nebraska, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.9M on record.
- Department of Commerce$3.8M
- Department of the Treasury$120k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Invest Nebraska Nmotion LLC · disregarded
- Invest Nebraska Fund I LLC · disregarded
- Invest Nebraska Fund Management I LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION: 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 INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION?
- INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $430,000 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($250,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $430,000 in grants to INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION?
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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