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NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC

NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $16,156 to it, the largest being WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY GROWER RESEAR ($16,156). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$783k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$16k
Net assets
$4.4M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Nebraska Crop Improvement Assoc does

Mission

The Nebraska Crop Improvement Association encourages production of high quality seed.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Nebraska Crop Improvement Association offers a seed certification program for approximately 360 members.

    $334,973 spent$638,807 earned by the program
    97% of program spending

  2. The Nebraska Crop Improvement Association offers education and promotion of quality certified seed.

    $5,233 spent
    2% of program spending

  3. The Nebraska Crop Improvement Association offers a seed improvement conference.

    $5,017 spent$7,670 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $345,223.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($813k) Expenses 100 ($754k) Net assets 100 ($3.9M)2018 Revenue 89 ($723k) Expenses 101 ($759k) Net assets 99 ($3.8M)2019 Revenue 90 ($729k) Expenses 121 ($916k) Net assets 96 ($3.7M)2020 Revenue 77 ($625k) Expenses 100 ($754k) Net assets 94 ($3.6M)2021 Revenue 87 ($705k) Expenses 89 ($675k) Net assets 94 ($3.7M)2022 Revenue 86 ($695k) Expenses 84 ($636k) Net assets 92 ($3.6M)2023 Revenue 96 ($781k) Expenses 81 ($612k) Net assets 98 ($3.8M)2024 Revenue 110 ($898k) Expenses 83 ($625k) Net assets 105 ($4.1M)2025 Revenue 96 ($783k) Expenses 70 ($530k) Net assets 113 ($4.4M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (96)Expenses (70)Net assets (113)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4.2M to $4.5M (+7%).

$4.1M
$4.2M
$4.0M
$3.9M
$3.9M
$3.8M
$4.0M
$4.2M
$4.5M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,373 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$58k
’17
−$36k
’18
−$187k
’19
−$129k
’20
$31k
’21
$59k
’22
$169k
’23
$272k
’24
$253k
’25
36
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed101010101110101111
Joined·+2+3+3+2+3+0+2+3
No longer listed·23314013
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $5k.

Funder
'21
'22
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.

NE

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

’21
’22
Nebraska out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin32% · top quartile
Months of reserve36.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC

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

Nebraska Pork Producers Association81%Nebraska Corn Growers Association80%Nebraska Cattlemen79%Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation79%Fillmore County Agricultural Society Inc78%The Nebraska Land Trust Inc78%Health Center Association of Nebraska77%Nebraska Arborists Association77%

Nationally

Illinois Crop Improvement Association Inc82%National Corn Growers Association82%Nebraska Pork Producers Association81%Nebraska Corn Growers Association80%National Cattlemen's Beef Association79%Crop Science Society of America Inc79%Minnesota Grain & Feed Association79%Nebraska Cattlemen79%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

65% of spending goes to programs.

Program 65%Management 35%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
9%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

88%

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

  • Nupride Genetics Network · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC?
NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $16,156 to it, the largest being WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY GROWER RESEAR ($16,156). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $16,156 in grants to NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC?
WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY GROWER RESEAR is the largest funder on record, with $16,156 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NEBRASKA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOC 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 1 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