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.
Against its field
NEBRASKA FORWARD INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 363 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Annette and Paul Smith Charitable Fundshared fundersportfolio match
- The Holland Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- The Lozier Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 2 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Annette and Paul Smith Charitable Fundshared fundersportfolio matchNE · backs 51 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Holland Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchNE · backs 73 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Lozier Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchNE · backs 197 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Cooper Foundationlocalportfolio matchNE · funds 89 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of the Midlandsshared fundersNE · backs 75 organizations that share your funders
- Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interestportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Adams RBG Empowerment Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Shoemaker Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Hawkins Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Claire M Hubbard Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Peter Kiewit Foundationshared fundersNE · backs 116 organizations that share your funders
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like NEBRASKA FORWARD INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEBRASKA FORWARD INC: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
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 2funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing