Foundations

Private foundations in Nebraska

Foundations that fund causes in Nebraska

• Education
  $315 million from 986 foundations
• Community development
  $104 million from 233 foundations
• Youth programs
  $103 million from 676 foundations
• Arts and culture
  $84.0 million from 293 foundations
• Health
  $78.6 million from 262 foundations
• Faith communities
  $54.3 million from 525 foundations
• Human services
  $43.7 million from 258 foundations
• Environment and conservation
  $32.8 million from 192 foundations
• Science and research
  $26.3 million from 71 foundations
• Housing and homelessness
  $13.1 million from 99 foundations
• Food and hunger
  $12.2 million from 166 foundations
• Animals
  $11.4 million from 121 foundations
• International
  $6.5 million from 78 foundations
• Seniors
  $2.4 million from 51 foundations
• Disability
  $1.8 million from 75 foundations
• Veterans
  $1.5 million from 84 foundations

These count grants to recipients in Nebraska, including from foundations based elsewhere.

Foundations by city in Nebraska

• Omaha
  246 foundations · $2.3 billion
• Lincoln
  134 foundations · $99.3 million
• Elkhorn
  10 foundations · $13.9 million
• Kearney
  15 foundations · $12.6 million
• Hastings
  10 foundations · $7.1 million
• Bellevue
  7 foundations · $6.0 million
• Valley
  5 foundations · $3.7 million
• Grand Island
  15 foundations · $2.2 million
• Columbus
  7 foundations · $1.5 million
• Beatrice
  11 foundations · $1.3 million
• Aurora
  7 foundations · $1.2 million
• Norfolk
  7 foundations · $699,427
• Alliance
  6 foundations · $494,716
• York
  5 foundations · $388,575
• Bennington
  5 foundations · $374,466

Nebraska foundations that accept applications

• Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $37.9 million a year · typical grant $77,500 · Education
• The Hawks Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $32.6 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education
• Acklie Charitable Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $13.4 million a year · typical grant $13.4 million
• Krejci Family Foundation · Elkhorn
  Accepts applications $11.7 million a year · typical grant $11.7 million · Community development
• Hirschfeld Family Foundation Inc · Kearney
  Accepts applications $11.1 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $9.5 million a year · typical grant $46,500 · Youth programs
• Union Pacific Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $8.2 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health
• Victor E and Rosa M Blum Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $7.8 million a year · typical grant $1.3 million · Education
• The Clifton Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $6.9 million a year · typical grant $3.4 million · Education
• The Roy & Gloria Dinsdale Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $5.0 million · Community development
• Conagra Brands Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $4.8 million a year · typical grant $4.8 million · Education
• Richard P & Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation Inc · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $4.2 million a year · typical grant $570,966
• Abel Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $4.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L Foundation · Hastings
  Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Faith communities
• Gretchen Swanson Family Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health
• Bridges Family Charitable Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $3.6 million a year · typical grant $225,129
• The Kind World Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $2.8 million a year · typical grant $2.8 million
• CL Werner Foundation · Valley
  Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Environment and conservation
• HDR Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Rupert Dunklau Foundation Inc · Fremont
  Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million
• Woods Charitable Fund Inc · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $1.6 million
• Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Animals
• Noel Barrett Shuler Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Arts and culture
• The Rod Rhoden Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $7,500 · Education
• Gardner Foundation · Wakefield
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc · Oakland
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $32,000 · Community development
• Cooper Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Lienemann Charitable Foundation Inc · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $973,469 a year · typical grant $973,469
• Pegler Family Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $967,250 a year · typical grant $2,750 · Education
• Ameritas Charitable Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $943,500 a year · typical grant $943,500
• Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $889,000 a year · typical grant $889,000
• Herbert T Weston Jr and Marian S Weston Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $827,500 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Gallagher Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $782,337 a year · typical grant $155,437 · Environment and conservation
• Cope Ron & Carol Foundation Trust · Kearney
  Accepts applications $780,000 a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• Normil Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $625,089 a year · typical grant $625,089 · Community development
• Rogers Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $613,000 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Youth programs
• Kitty M Perkins Foundation · Cambridge
  Accepts applications $605,000 a year · typical grant $27,500 · Arts and culture
• Thomas D Buckley Trust · Chappell
  Accepts applications $562,991 a year · typical grant $562,991
• Seline Family Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $555,950 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• The Owen Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $552,600 a year · typical grant $6,500 · Faith communities
• The Steinhart Foundation Inc · Nebraska City
  Accepts applications $545,688 a year · typical grant $5,500 · Education
• SN Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable Foundati · Omaha
  Accepts applications $515,615 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Human services
• Bernard K and Norma F Heuermann Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $492,000 a year · typical grant $6,000 · Education
• Assurity Life Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $488,066 a year · typical grant $553 · Human services
• James Stuart III Family Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $455,900 a year · typical grant $3,000 · Faith communities
• Susan Stuart Seiler Family Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $441,000 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Faith communities
• Hawkins Charitable Trust · Omaha
  Accepts applications $423,597 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Wortman Family Charitable Trust · Aurora
  Accepts applications $395,138 a year · typical grant $375 · Health
• The Fred and Sally Bekins Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $386,600 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Education

Largest foundations in Nebraska

• The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $1.5 billion a year · typical grant $602,713 · International
• The Sherwood Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $296 million a year · typical grant $90,000 · Education
• The Lozier Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $49.2 million a year · typical grant $38,128 · Education
• Walter Scott Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $46.3 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Eagle Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $41.3 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Human services
• The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $40.3 million a year · typical grant $17,500 · Education
• The Holland Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $38.7 million a year · typical grant $87,500 · Arts and culture
• Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $37.9 million a year · typical grant $77,500 · Education
• Filkins Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $34.6 million a year · typical grant $1.1 million · Disability
• Buffett Early Childhood Fund · Omaha
  Preselected only $33.4 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education
• The Hawks Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $32.6 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education
• Peter Kiewit Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $28.9 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Fulk Family Foundation Inc · Lincoln
  Preselected only $23.5 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Weitz Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $19.4 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture
• Friedland Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $16.2 million a year · typical grant $5,500 · Faith communities
• Herbert J Lavigne Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $13.8 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education
• Acklie Charitable Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $13.4 million a year · typical grant $13.4 million
• Krejci Family Foundation · Elkhorn
  Accepts applications $11.7 million a year · typical grant $11.7 million · Community development
• Hirschfeld Family Foundation Inc · Kearney
  Accepts applications $11.1 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• Harper Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $10.5 million a year · typical grant $10.5 million · Community development
• Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $9.5 million a year · typical grant $46,500 · Youth programs
• Union Pacific Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $8.2 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health
• D F Dillon Foundation · Lincoln
  Preselected only $8.1 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education
• The Claire M Hubbard Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $7.9 million a year · typical grant $3.5 million · Community development
• Victor E and Rosa M Blum Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $7.8 million a year · typical grant $1.3 million · Education
• Lauritzen Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $7.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Environment and conservation
• The Clifton Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $6.9 million a year · typical grant $3.4 million · Education
• Richard Brooke Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $6.7 million a year · typical grant $80,000 · Health
• Edward and Sally Malashock Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $5.8 million a year · typical grant $5.8 million · Community development
• Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $5.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Youth programs
• The Roy & Gloria Dinsdale Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $5.0 million · Community development
• Conagra Brands Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $4.8 million a year · typical grant $4.8 million · Education
• Richard P & Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation Inc · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $4.2 million a year · typical grant $570,966
• Abel Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $4.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Moglia Family Foundation · Bellevue
  Preselected only $4.0 million a year · typical grant $10,250 · Education
• LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L Foundation · Hastings
  Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Faith communities
• Diabetes Care Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $3.9 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Health
• Gretchen Swanson Family Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health
• The Giving 3 Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $3.6 million a year · typical grant $24,500 · Youth programs
• Bridges Family Charitable Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $3.6 million a year · typical grant $225,129
• St Anthony Foundation · Lincoln
  Preselected only $3.6 million a year · typical grant $3.6 million
• The Kind World Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $2.8 million a year · typical grant $2.8 million
• Nelnet Foundation · Lincoln
  $2.7 million a year · typical grant $3.1 million
• CL Werner Foundation · Valley
  Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Environment and conservation
• Anderson Valley Foundation · Hastings
  Preselected only $2.6 million a year · typical grant $87,500 · Animals
• HDR Foundation · Omaha
  Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Rupert Dunklau Foundation Inc · Fremont
  Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million
• Debby Durham Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $2.0 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Maschka Family Foundation · Omaha
  Preselected only $1.9 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education
• Marvin and Virginia Schmid Foundation · Bellevue
  Preselected only $1.9 million a year · typical grant $933,274 · Education

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