Funders

Foundations in Nebraska That Accept Grant Applications

Every one of these 91 foundations is based in Nebraska, gave to at least ten organizations we could identify, filed a return covering 2023 or later, and did not tell the IRS it funds only organizations it picks itself. Roughly three in four private foundations do tell the IRS exactly that; those are not listed here.

91foundations accepting requests
$613.5Mgranted between them
4,561funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A foundation supporting sixty groups is a far more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Union Pacific FoundationOmaha$10,0001,340$40.1M
Robert B Daugherty FoundationOmaha$80,000167$160.7M
Hdr FoundationOmaha$15,135153$7.2M
The Hawks FoundationOmaha$25,000150$85.9M
Leland J & Dorothy H Olson CharitableOmaha$35,000147$37.0M
Cooper FoundationLincoln$10,000100$3.3M
Abel FoundationLincoln$6,770100$7.7M
Leroy Thom Jean Thom and T-L FoundationHastings$15,00097$17.4M
The Holland FoundationOmaha$85,00090$87.3M
Assurity Life FoundationLincoln$50082$1.5M
Cl Werner FoundationValley$20,00078$6.6M
Jc & Jessie Seacrest Family FndtnLincoln$25076$98K
Seline Family FoundationOmaha$1,00074$1.2M
Hirschfeld Family Foundation IncKearney$25,00070$41.2M
Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha$10,00069$4.6M
Lee and Debbie Stuart Family FoundationLincoln$5,00052$1.1M
Viking Foundation of LincolnLincoln$4,00050$468K
Herbert T Weston JR andLincoln$6,00047$2.7M
Bettenhausen Family FoundationLincoln$1,00047$675K
Alan & Marcia Baer FoundationOmaha$2,00047$910K
Milton & Miriam Waldbaum FamilyFort Calhoun$3,00046$1.4M
Burlington Capital FoundationOmaha$5,00045$1.7M
Olson Tom & Cynthia Family FoundationLincoln$1,22545$251K
James Stuart III Family FoundationLincoln$2,00045$2.0M
Rogers FoundationLincoln$10,50042$2.3M
Susan Stuart Seiler Family FoundationLincoln$10,00041$2.0M
Creigh Family FoundationLincoln$4,00040$1.1M
The Fred and Sally Bekins FoundationOmaha$2,00036$1.2M
Equitable Bank CharitableGrand Island$1,00035$150K
Lienemann Charitable Foundation IncLincoln$12,75034$3.6M
Ike & Roz Friedman FoundationElkhorn$2,50033$1.4M
Anne Thorne Weaver FamilyOmaha$10,00032$2.3M
Great West Casualty Company FoundationSouth Sioux City$70530$159K
Sn Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable FoundatiOmaha$10,00029$1.9M
Pegler Family FoundationLincoln$10,00029$1.5M
Gretchen Swanson Family FoundationOmaha$25,00029$9.8M
Bernard K and Norma F Heuermann FoundationOmaha$5,00028$1.5M
Hawkins Charitable TrustOmaha$5,00028$1.1M
Webster Family FoundationOmaha$6,00027$1.2M
Johnson-Wissing Family FoundationHastings$1,50027$270K
The Owen FoundationOmaha$5,00027$2.1M
The Rehabvisions & Cariant FoundationOmaha$75026$183K
Cope Ron & Carol Foundation TrustKearney$24,24025$3.0M
The Rod Rhoden FoundationOmaha$2,50025$4.6M
Harold & Dorothy Madson FoundationOmaha$10,00024$1.4M
Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation IncBoys Town$2,75024$294K
Olsson Family FoundationLincoln$4,00022$305K
Kitty M Perkins FoundationCambridge$10,00022$2.3M
The Hampton Family FoundationLincoln$5,00021$272K
Gifford Foundation IncOmaha$1,00021$198K
Pace Woods FoundationLincoln$8,91020$874K
Cost of Discipleship FoundationOmaha$1,00020$776K
May L Flanagan Foundation IncLincoln$5,00020$502K
Lothlorien FoundationOmaha$3,60020$1.4M
Dolezal Family FoundationLincoln$10,00020$856K
Hugo a and Thelma Aspegren Charitable TrustLincoln$23,65020$1.0M
The Roy & Gloria Dinsdale FoundationOmaha$1,00020$4.1M
American Charitable FoundationOmaha$5,00019$330K
Donald E Nielsen Foundation IncOakland$50,00018$6.1M
Moeller Charitable TrustLincoln$10,00018$676K
Hoegemeyer Family FoundationLincoln$5,00017$239K
Tye Family FoundationKearney$1,00017$114K
The Chief Foundation IncGrand Island$10,00016$410K
The Steinhart Foundation IncNebraska City$7,25016$1.7M
Berneice M Hopper Private Foundation 9285002Omaha$2,75515$382K
Karl H and Wealtha H NelsonOmaha$8,00015$910K
Lockwood FoundationScottsbluff$1,20015$190K
The Lee and Mary Volkmer Family FoundationLincoln$10,00014$1.4M
The Leslie Family FoundationSpalding$1,00014$193K
The Tesi FoundationOmaha$25014$103K
Gilbert C Swanson Foundation IncOmaha$10,00014$514K
Gardner FoundationWakefield$30,00013$6.1M
Frank M & Alice M Farr TrustAurora$8,18713$951K
Bill & Virginia Coffee Family FoundationHarrison$3,00012$264K
Gallagher FoundationOmaha$5,00012$1.5M
P&n Charitable Foundation TrustLincoln$1,20012$154K
Wortman Family Charitable TrustAurora$2,50012$1.4M
Noel Barrett Shuler FoundationOmaha$100,00012$5.4M
The Kubly Family FoundationLincoln$5,00012$241K
The Lebaron FoundationLincoln$5,00011$103K
Virgil Eihusen Foundation IncGrand Island$14,25011$515K
Harold W & Lois D Struve FoundationHebron$2,00011$461K
Robbins Family Charitable FoundationOmaha$5,00011$205K
Paul John Anton & Doris WirthNebraska City$7,50011$4.1M
Linder Family FoundationOmaha$5,00011$229K
Carl & Caroline Swanson FoundationOmaha$25,00011$6.6M
Shoemaker Family FoundationCambridge$5,00010$365K
Albert G & Bernice F HansenMccook$4,00010$1.0M
Patricia and Ronald Schardt FoundationDeshler$5,00010$206K
Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable TrustOmaha$15,00010$669K
John C & Catherine S AngleLincoln$15,00010$796K

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