Nebraska · Nonprofit
NEBRASKA FORWARD INC
NEBRASKA FORWARD INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,337,312 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($837,312). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Nebraska Forward Inc does
Mission
Nebraska forward's mission is providing resources for organizations to collaborate and create a more inclusive and racially just democracy in nebraska.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
We supported efforts to create a more representative and racially just democracy in nebraska through education, capacity-building, and supporting other pro-democracy initiatives.
$1,375,883 spentof which $1,372,420 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,375,883.
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
Adam Morfeld
Executive director
Board chair
Daniel Padilla
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of NEBRASKA FORWARD INC’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 FORWARD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
“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 NEBRASKA FORWARD INC's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
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
NEBRASKA FORWARD INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 431 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 431 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NEBRASKA FORWARD INC
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Nebraska Donor Alliance · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEBRASKA FORWARD INC?
- NEBRASKA FORWARD INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,337,312 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($837,312). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEBRASKA FORWARD INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,337,312 in grants to NEBRASKA FORWARD INC.
- Who is the largest funder of NEBRASKA FORWARD INC?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $837,312 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEBRASKA FORWARD INC 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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