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NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST (Nebraska) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,837,714 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($13,871,024). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 74
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest does
Mission
Nebraska appleseed fights for justice and opportunity for all nebraskans. We take a systemic approach to complex issues - such as child welfare, immigration policy, affordable healthcare and poverty - and we take our work wherever we believe we can do the most good, whether that's at the courthouse, in the statehouse or in the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Economic justice - building a nebraska where everyone has a real chance to achieve the american dream. Removing barriers to economic stability and connecting people in poverty to programs and resources that lead to true financial independence.
$1,269,515 spentof which $139,842 as grants35% of program spendingImmigrants & communities - promoting strong, vibrant, inclusive and engaged communities by rebuilding our national immigration system and working to develop nebraska communities where people from all backgrounds are made to feel welcome.
$1,049,684 spentof which $79,000 as grants29% of program spendingChild welware - championing a child welfare system that provides safety, stability and a strong future for nebraska's children.
$557,888 spentof which $150 as grants16% of program spendingHealth care - ensuring equal access to quality, affordable health care for all nebraskans by building a health care system that works for all and no one is left out.
$717,566 spentof which $140,000 as grants20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,594,653.
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 2023 to 2024, from $9.2M to $12M (+33%).
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 1% · 2018 3% · 2019 4% · 2020 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Rebecca Gould
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose $2.2M → $3.3M.
13 of 74 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $281k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Appleseed Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST raised.
From the IRS filings of NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 74 funders by total. 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
NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
26% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 62% · 2019 42% · 2020 24% · 2021 54% · 2022 24% · 2023 31% — 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.
How long its funders stay
56% of NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
82% of NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $731k on record.
- Department of Labor$731k
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 NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
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
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: 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 NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST?
- NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST (Nebraska) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,837,714 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($13,871,024). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST have?
- IRS filings report 74 organizations giving $28,837,714 in grants to NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $13,871,024 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST 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 74 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