Funding search · EIN 470824755 · Omaha, NE

The Sherwood Foundation

Name: The Sherwood Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

2,686
grants reported: $978.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $76,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community center omaha nebraska access building capital health

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Early childhood education and early literacy, Nebraska-wide
Omaha capital projects: schools, parks, community facilities, libraries
Multi-year operating grants for Nebraska advocacy and civil rights groups
Youth development, out-of-school programs, juvenile justice reform
Sexual and reproductive health, domestic violence, family planning
Immigrant legal services and Latino community organizations

Typical grant

Median grant is $76,000 with the middle half between $38,850 and $235,843, so most of the portfolio is modest. The money is heavily top-loaded: a handful of checks between $5 million and $15 million go to early childhood infrastructure and Omaha capital projects like the North Stadium/Butler Gast YMCA project and Southside Redevelopment. Operating grants to trusted Nebraska organizations repeat year over year, often labeled by the next calendar year, and several grantees receive a base grant plus a separate 'additional operating funds' award in the same cycle.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“2026 OPERATING GRANT”
“CAPITAL GRANT”
“ADDITIONAL OPERATING FUNDS”
“CAPITAL CAMPAIGN”
“DONATION OF PROPERTY”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to early childhood, early literacy, or youth wellbeing; these draw both the largest and most repeated checks.
Ask in the $50,000 to $250,000 range for a first request unless you have a capital project.
Frame the request as general operating support for a named future year, not a restricted project budget.
Name Omaha, Douglas County, or a specific Nebraska community; statewide or national framing rarely lands here.

Worth knowing: This is a Nebraska funder first and an Omaha funder above all: 2,418 of 2,686 grants went to Nebraska recipients, and out-of-state giving concentrates in Iowa's Okoboji area, DC policy groups, and a few national partners with Omaha programs. Giving looks strongly relationship-driven, with organizations like Buffett Early Childhood Fund, Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska, Collective for Youth, and University of Nebraska Foundation appearing repeatedly and at scale.

2 grants matching “pottawattamie” · $100,000

$50,000
Bluffs Arts Council Dba Pottawattamie Arts Culture & Entertainment · Council Bluffs, IA · 2025
2025 operating grant
$50,000
Bluffs Arts Council Dba Pottawattamie Arts Culture & Entertainment · Council Bluffs, IA · 2025
2026 operating grant

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Buffett Early Childhood Fund8 grants · $120.6M
University of Nebraska Foundation63 grants · $101.0M
Omaha Community Foundation25 grants · $58.4M
Collective for Youth18 grants · $26.2M
Conservation Foundation of Dickinson County36 grants · $23.8M
Southside Redevelopment Corporation11 grants · $21.8M
Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska17 grants · $21.7M
Community Information Trust4 grants · $18.8M
Douglas County School District # 00119 grants · $17.2M
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation17 grants · $16.5M

Giving over time

$229.0M

2022

$196.9M

2023

$256.1M

2024

$296.3M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,686 grants.

$31.0M
Omaha Community Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Front porch investments
$25.2M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Next project - capital/construction fund
$25.1M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Next project - capital/construction fund
$24.7M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Next project - capital/construction fund
$15.2M
Buffett Early Childhood Fund · Omaha, NE · 2022
2022 operating grant
$15.1M
Omaha Community Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2025
Omaha north stadium/butler gast ymca project
$15.1M
Buffett Early Childhood Fund · Omaha, NE · 2025
2025 operating grant
$15.1M
Buffett Early Childhood Fund · Omaha, NE · 2025
2025 operating grant
$15.1M
Buffett Early Childhood Fund · Omaha, NE · 2023
2023 operating grant
$15.1M
Buffett Early Childhood Fund · Omaha, NE · 2024
2024 operating grant
$15.1M
Buffett Early Childhood Fund · Omaha, NE · 2023
2023 operating grant
$15.1M
Buffett Early Childhood Fund · Omaha, NE · 2024
2024 operating grant
$15.0M
Southside Redevelopment Corporation · Omaha, NE · 2025
Cni funding
$15.0M
Buffett Early Childhood Fund · Omaha, NE · 2022
2022 operating grant
$10.3M
Conservation Foundation of Dickinson County · Okoboji, IA · 2025
Donation of property
$10.0M
Rise Academy · Omaha, NE · 2025
Omaha campus capital grant
$7.0M
Girls Incorporated of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2025
New south center capital grant
$5.6M
Community Information Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023
Omaha central public library project
$5.6M
Community Information Trust · Omaha, NE · 2024
Omaha central public library project
$5.6M
Conservation Foundation of Dickinson County · Okoboji, IA · 2024
Sherwood forrest park - capital grant
$5.6M
Community Information Trust · Omaha, NE · 2025
Omaha central public library project
$5.1M
Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority · Omaha, NE · 2025
Convention center expansion capital grant
$5.1M
Mental Health Innovation Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Behavioral health & wellness center at children's
$5.0M
Seventy-Five North Revitalizaton Corp · Omaha, NE · 2022
Highlander project phase iv & v
$5.0M
Southside Redevelopment Corporation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Cni funding
$5.0M
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2022
Bipoc art acquisition
$5.0M
Omaha Parks Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2025
Omaha central baseball/boyd park
$5.0M
Nebraska Department of Education · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Nebraska literacy leadership network
$5.0M
Mental Health Innovation Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Behavioral health & wellness center at children's
$4.5M
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating grant 2021/2022 challenge
$4.4M
Family Planning Council of Ne · Omaha, NE · 2025
Sexual & reproductive health initiative
$4.4M
Conservation Foundation of Dickinson County · Okoboji, IA · 2024
Sherwood forrest park
$4.2M
Walthill Public School · Walthill, NE · 2025
School building project
$4.1M
Family Planning Council of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2024
Sexual & reproductive health initiative
$4.0M
Community Alliance · Omaha, NE · 2023
Center for mental health
$4.0M
Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2025
2026 operating grant
$3.8M
Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2025
Metro microtransit pilot
$3.5M
Collective for Youth · Omaha, NE · 2022
Elementary clc program grant
$3.5M
Collective for Youth · Omaha, NE · 2025
Elementary school program 2026-2027
$3.5M
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2025
2025/2026 operating grant
$3.5M
Black and Pink · Boston, MA · 2024
The opportunity campus capital campaign
$3.5M
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024
2023/2024 operating grant
$3.5M
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2023
2023/2024 operating grant
$3.5M
Iowa Great Lakes Beautification Project · Okoboji, IA · 2022
Phase iii funding
$3.5M
Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2025
Additional operating funds
$3.5M
Family Planning Council of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2023
Sexual & reproductive health initiative
$3.4M
Heartland Family Service · Omaha, NE · 2022
Navigating to home
$3.3M
Mays Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2025
Donation of property
$3.1M
Omaha Community Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Southside redevelopment corp building investments & property acquisitions
$3.0M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Internal medicine, allergy, immunology excellence - dr. Jill poole
$3.0M
Youth Emergency Services · Omaha, NE · 2023
Residential housing campus grant
$3.0M
Opas Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Phase ii center for arts engagement
$3.0M
Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2025
One-time 2025 operating grant
$3.0M
Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless · Omaha, NE · 2022
Housing problem solving
$2.8M
Family Planning Council of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2023
Contraceptive access project grant
$2.8M
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Bring up nebraska - community wellbeing - connected youth initiative
$2.7M
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Bring up ne - community wellbeing - connected youth
$2.7M
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Bring up nebraska - community well-being - connected youth initiative
$2.7M
Heartland Family Service · Omaha, NE · 2022
Repayment on loan to purchase property
$2.7M
Collective for Youth · Omaha, NE · 2022
Cfy middle school initiative
$2.7M
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Bring up nebraska - community well-being - connected youth initiative grant
$2.6M
Women'S Fund of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2022
Ahp - contraceptive access project
$2.5M
Food Bank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2023
Building a healthier heartland together
$2.5M
Good Neighbor Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Cultural centers of lincoln collaborative capital campaign
$2.5M
Child Saving Institute · Omaha, NE · 2023
Campaign for hope grant
$2.5M
Our American Future Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Future forward education fund
$2.5M
Chicano Awareness Center · Omaha, NE · 2024
Latino center renovation & expansion
$2.5M
Our American Future Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Future forward education fund
$2.5M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Unmc college of public health - expanding centering pregnance in ne
$2.4M
Collective for Youth · Omaha, NE · 2024
2025/2026 elementary programming
$2.4M
The Bridge Project · New York, NY · 2025
Bridge project omaha
$2.3M
Little League Baseball · Omaha, NE · 2025
Benson little league field renovations
$2.3M
Thor · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Natural surface trails activation phase 2
$2.3M
Douglas County School District # 001 · Omaha, NE · 2023
2023/2024 school social workers
$2.2M
Douglas County School District # 001 · Omaha, NE · 2022
Para-to-teacher: career ladder program
$2.2M
Douglas County School District # 001 · Omaha, NE · 2022
Social worker program
$2.2M
Omaha Theater Company · Omaha, NE · 2022
Operating support
$2.1M
Collective for Youth · Omaha, NE · 2025
Middle school program 2026-2027
$2.1M
Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Member program operating support
$2.0M
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2025
Evolve joslyn capital campaign
$2.0M
Common Sense Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
2024 operating grant
$2.0M
Heartland Family Service · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign phase 1
$2.0M
Rabble Mill · Omaha, NE · 2025
Capital campaign for omaha rabble mill
$2.0M
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest · Lincoln, NE · 2024
2025 operating grant
$2.0M
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2023
Evolve joslyn capital campaign
$2.0M
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2024
Evolve joslyn capital campaign
$2.0M
Completely Kids · Omaha, NE · 2025
The ck campus
$2.0M
Nebraska Appleseed · Lincoln, NE · 2025
2026 operating grant
$2.0M
The Union for Contemporary Art · Omaha, NE · 2023
The shirley tyree theater
$2.0M
City of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2024
The north saddle creek business district renovation project
$2.0M
Community Information Trust · Omaha, NE · 2022
Public library seeding fund
$2.0M
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
2021/2022 connected youth initiataive
$2.0M
The Simple Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
All building starts with a foundation
$2.0M
Conservation Foundation of Dickinson County · Okoboji, IA · 2023
Sherwood forrest park - capital grant
$1.9M
Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2024
Immigration legal services
$1.9M
Omaha Community Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Canopy south 2022 land acquisition
$1.8M
Collective for Youth · Omaha, NE · 2023
Elementary school program
$1.7M
Center for Rural Affairs · Lyons, NE · 2025
2026 operating grant
$1.7M
Collective for Youth · Omaha, NE · 2024
2025/2026 middle school programming
$1.7M
Collective for Youth · Omaha, NE · 2023
2022/2023 elementary school program

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