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NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE

NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE (Nebraska) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,261,115 to it, the largest being BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND ($41,326,908). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$8.3M
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$45M
Net assets
$23M
7/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 66%
01What it does

What Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative does

Mission

The Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative harnesses the potential of providers to deliver high-quality early learning opportunities through access to business resources, innovative partnerships, and educational support.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative (necc) funds birth to three center-based childcare facilities serving the needs of low-income parents, by providing a safe, high quality education for their children.

    $6,455,674 spent
    65% of program spending
  2. Community services - necc coordinates the work of multiple community-based programs serving low income, pregnant, and young parenting teens. Necc leads a collaborative network of local service agencies to meet the growing needs of young families in the community. Working together, this partnership provides a full range of essential services and guidance to help young parents build strong families.

    $2,079,619 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. Quality childcare services - necc provides services to elevate and support the business of private early childhood providers. We do this through meaningful connections, targeted supports, and intentional professional development, working towards quality achievement.

    $1,454,549 spent
    15% of program spending
  4. Necc provides accounting, human resource services, and other support services to other nonprofit organizations who support early childhood education.

    $269,362 earned by the program

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,989,842.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($5.5M) Expenses 100 ($4.7M) Net assets 100 ($918k)2019 Revenue 540 ($30M) Expenses 259 ($12M) Net assets 2003 ($18M)2020 Revenue 368 ($20M) Expenses 311 ($14M) Net assets 2623 ($24M)2021 Revenue 209 ($11M) Expenses 304 ($14M) Net assets 2325 ($21M)2022 Revenue 324 ($18M) Expenses 287 ($13M) Net assets 2586 ($24M)2023 Revenue 275 ($15M) Expenses 261 ($12M) Net assets 2906 ($27M)2024 Revenue 151 ($8.3M) Expenses 253 ($12M) Net assets 2526 ($23M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (151)Expenses (253)Net assets (2526)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.4M to $19M (+1301%).

$1.4M
$19M
$26M
$22M
$25M
$28M
$25M
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 50% · 2019 16% · 2020 32% · 2021 47% · 2022 33% · 2023 42% · 2024 72%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$817k
’18
$17M
’19
$5.7M
’20
−$2.7M
’21
$4.4M
’22
$2.9M
’23
−$3.5M
’24
9.0
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.

Chief executive

Sarah Ann Kotchian

CEO

Board chair

Christian Espinosa Torres

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed10172120181917
Joined·+8+7+1+3+4+5
No longer listed·132537
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $250 → $6.0M.

3 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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: $1.3M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Early Childhood Services). These are real filings, and they are not money NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE raised.

From the IRS filings of NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE’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

NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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

91%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 95% · 2020 90% · 2021 90% · 2022 92% · 2023 85% — 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

29% of NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

99% of NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.

MN
IL
NY
CO
NE
DC

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Nebraska out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $60k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $48.1M on record.

Federal$48.1M
grants $48.1Mcontracts $0
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18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$48.1M

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.

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In Nebraska

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 15%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

55%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE?
NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE (Nebraska) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,261,115 to it, the largest being BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND ($41,326,908). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $45,261,115 in grants to NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE?
BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND is the largest funder on record, with $41,326,908 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 18 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