Nebraska · Nonprofit
REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER
REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER (Nebraska) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,621,124 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($825,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $0
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $0
What Refugee Empowerment Center does
Mission
To resettle refugees in nebraska and provide them the support they need to thrive.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Reception and placement services: the Refugee Empowerment Center's reception and placement (r&p) department is comprised of multi-lingual, multi-cultural staff caseworkers and case aides who resettle about 200 refugees per year in omaha. Through cooperative agreements with the department of state, the r&p program provided the following services to refugees during the first 90 days of their arrival to the u.s.; housing, furniture, household items, weather-appropriate clothing, food stamps and cash and medical benefits application, medical referrals, social security enrollment, supplemental security income (ssi) application, special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (wic) application.
$2,576,837 spent$37,157 earned by the program77% of program spendingEmployment services: the Refugee Empowerment Center's employment department worked with refugees who have been in the country less than 5 years and run the spectrum of employment needs. Our employment caseworkers not only helped refugees obtain employment, but also provided the following services: documentation of work history and skills assessment, preparation of household budget, monthly expenses, assessment of hourly wage needed to pay expenses and financial literacy/money management, preparation of employment plan (removal of barriers, goals, objectives), referrals to english language training, drivers education, other training as needed, transportation and interpretation, resume creation, job leads, assistance with completing and following up on job applications, job placement assistance, employer and new hire follow-up, transition and compliance, troubleshooting employment issues, employer cultural assistance and training, as needed.refugee social services: for additional assistance for the well-being of our clients, rec and other agencies referred eligible clients with mental health issues to our on-site provisionally licensed mental health practitioner, who offered…
$781,431 spent23% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,358,268.
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 2021 to 2022, from $820k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2017 26% · 2018 80% · 2019 59% · 2020 48% · 2021 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Anne Meysenburg
Chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $237k → $267k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 15 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
REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 82%; 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 34% · 2018 100% · 2019 48% · 2020 74% · 2021 47% · 2022 49% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.
“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
38% of REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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 REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER
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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER: 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 REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER?
- REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER (Nebraska) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,621,124 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($825,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,621,124 in grants to REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $825,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REFUGEE EMPOWERMENT CENTER 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 15 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