Nebraska · Nonprofit
NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC
NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,101,388 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($663,690). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc does
Mission
To rehabilitate native nebraska wildlife and migratory birds for return to the wild, to preserve and restore native habitats and to educate youth and adults about the importance of wildlife and ecosystems by engaging them in projects and activities that contribute to the well-being of our natural environment and inspire them to take action and protect it.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release. The organization rescued, rehabilitated and released more than 8,000 wild animals and migratory birds.
$1,250,194 spent77% of program spendingCollective for youth. The organization provided after-school wildlife education in 7 different ops middle schools to over 400 students.
$31,730 spent2% of program spendingHigh school science academy. Hssa is an advanced science program that gives students the opportunity to explore college-level topics in the biological sciences. Hssa served 72 students in 2024 through academic year and summer cohorts.
$80,942 spent5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$270,008 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,632,874.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.2M to $5.4M (+71%).
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: 2021 2% · 2022 55% · 2023 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Laura Stastny
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $62k → $131k.
6 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 29 of 30 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 WILDLIFE REHAB INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 94% · 2019 64% · 2020 36% · 2021 58% · 2022 40% · 2023 46% — 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
42% of NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
94% of NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 WILDLIFE REHAB INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
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 WILDLIFE REHAB INC?
- NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,101,388 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($663,690). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,101,388 in grants to NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $663,690 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB 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.
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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 30 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