Nebraska · Nonprofit
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,778,908 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($37,179,389). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.9M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $61M
- Net assets
- $43M
What Omaha Public Schools Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Omaha Public Schools Foundation is to enrich students' lives by funding learning experiences that inspire hope, open doors, and help students to achieve their dreams.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Kids club is a before and after school program administered by the Omaha Public Schools Foundation for children attending omaha public elementary schools.the mission of kids club is to provide high quality care for children in a safe nurturing environment. Students are greeted each day by qualified child care specialists who facilitate activities that include arts and crafts, outdoor games, storytelling, music and drama.
$1,913,984 spentof which $189,099 as grants$3,603,131 earned by the program36% of program spendingTeacher awards and classroom grant projects are funded directly by the foundation and provide a catalyst for raising teacher morale by providing a resource for developing innovative instructional practices.many of these projects have later become part of the school's regular curriculum. Through these projects, awards, and programs, the Omaha Public Schools Foundation seeks to sustain this community's tradition of excellence in education.
$2,982,635 spentof which $595,080 as grants56% of program spendingThe Omaha Public Schools Foundation administers many different scholarships for graduating seniors of the omaha public schools.
$464,536 spentof which $464,536 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,361,155.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $42M to $29M (−31%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 7% · 2022 5% · 2023 17% · 2024 2%. 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 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
Toba Cohen-Dunning
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 14 funders, grant income fell $21M → $1.8M.
9 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 81% · 2019 68% · 2020 50% · 2021 41% · 2022 46% · 2023 39% — 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
20% of OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
99% of OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Organizations like OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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
- Douglas County School District 001 · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,778,908 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($37,179,389). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $60,778,908 in grants to OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $37,179,389 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 52 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