Funding search · EIN 470769903 · Lincoln, NE

Nebraska Community Foundation

Name: Nebraska Community Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,089
grants reported: $47.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $17,455
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

impact workforce campaign educated education housing financial give

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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.

Top recipients

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

Ralston Economic Development Corporation3 grants · $1.8M
Heritage Services4 grants · $1.6M
Ralston Community Redevelopment Authority1 grant · $1.5M
Omaha Discovery Trust3 grants · $1.5M
Joslyn Art Museum3 grants · $1.4M
City of Bassett2 grants · $1.3M
Pender Community Development3 grants · $1.2M
Otoe County Treasurer1 grant · $1.2M
Omaha Performing Arts Society2 grants · $1.1M
City of Sidney5 grants · $1.1M

Giving over time

$16.6M

2022

$13.8M

2023

$16.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,089 grants.

$1.5M
Ralston Community Redevelopment Authority · Ralston, NE · 2022
Economic development support
$1.2M
Otoe County Treasurer · Nebraska City, NE · 2022
County road improvement project
$956,500
Pender Community Development · Pender, NE · 2024
Principal payment pender comm center loan
$820,000
City of Waverly · Waverly, NE · 2022
Aquatic center project
$767,694
City of Bassett · Bassett, NE · 2024
Grant-community center
$750,000
Ralston Economic Development Corporation · Ralston, NE · 2023
Economic development support
$750,000
Ralston Economic Development Corporation · Ralston, NE · 2022
Economic development support
$600,000
Creighton University Fbo Financial Hope Collaborative · Omaha, NE · 2022
Collaborative care complex
$575,000
Omaha Performing Arts Society · Omaha, NE · 2024
Grant
$575,000
Omaha Performing Arts Society · Omaha, NE · 2023
Voices amplified
$560,000
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2024
Grant for reopening support
$509,100
City of Bassett · Bassett, NE · 2023
Swimming pool support
$505,000
Cheyenne County Community Center Foundation · Sidney, NE · 2024
Grant-senior meal program
$500,000
Heritage Services · Omaha, NE · 2024
Riverfront project yr 7 of 10
$500,000
Omaha Discovery Trust · Omaha, NE · 2024
Kiewit discovery center-luminarium yr 5 of 5
$500,000
Heritage Services · Omaha, NE · 2023
Economic development support
$500,000
Omaha Discovery Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023
General support
$500,000
Heritage Services · Omaha, NE · 2022
Economic development planning support
$500,000
Omaha Discovery Trust · Omaha, NE · 2022
General support
$425,000
Omaha Performing Arts · Omaha, NE · 2022
General support
$400,000
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$400,000
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$394,051
Discovery Center of Southwest Nebraska · McCook, NE · 2024
Grant (close)
$393,898
City of Laurel · Laurel, NE · 2022
Community center project
$383,868
Willa Cather Foundation · Red Cloud, NE · 2024
Quarterly grant payment
$345,960
Ymca of McCook · McCook, NE · 2024
Our town, our y, our future campaign
$338,636
Sheridan County Historical Society · Rushville, NE · 2024
Grant for rushville museum
$305,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Prosper 2.0
$302,535
United Way of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2022
General support
$300,250
Valley County Health System Foundation · Ord, NE · 2023
Equipment upgrade
$300,000
City of Sidney · Sidney, NE · 2023
Economic development support
$300,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Prosper 2.0 project
$300,000
City of Sidney · Sidney, NE · 2022
Economic development planning support
$300,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Prosper 2.0 project
$299,500
Brain Builders Early Childhood & Family Dev · Stuart, NE · 2023
After school program
$273,715
United Way of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2023
General support
$260,840
Village of Decatur · Decatur, NE · 2022
Splash pad project
$260,000
Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$257,481
Pender Public School · Pender, NE · 2024
Teacher appreciation week friday grill out
$250,000
Ralston Economic Development Corporation · Ralston, NE · 2024
Purchase of aaa building components properties
$250,000
Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$250,000
Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2022
Expansion & renovation
$235,464
City of Ralston · Ralston, NE · 2022
Economic development support
$229,970
Village of Walthill · Walthill, NE · 2022
Skate park project
$216,073
Village of Coleridge · Coleridge, NE · 2024
Grant-park improvements (creative sites llc)
$212,260
United Way of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2024
50% corp match + step up
$205,000
Cheyenne County Community Center Foundation · Sidney, NE · 2023
Equipment upgrade
$201,000
City of Sidney · Sidney, NE · 2023
Housing support
$200,198
Missouri Riverbasin Lewis&Clark Visitor Center · Nebraska City, NE · 2023
General support
$200,000
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2024
Multi-year corporate sponsorship yr 3 of 5
$200,000
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2023
General support
$200,000
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2022
General support
$190,000
Boone County Treasurer · Albion, NE · 2022
Ag center support
$183,179
Pender Community Development · Pender, NE · 2022
Community center support
$170,000
Omaha Symphony Association · Omaha, NE · 2022
General support
$168,000
Gibbon Heritage Center Foundation · Gibbon, NE · 2024
Grant
$167,500
Friend Learning Center · Friend, NE · 2024
Grant for classroom equipment
$165,000
Village of Callaway · Callaway, NE · 2023
Disaster relief support
$157,185
City of Sidney · Sidney, NE · 2024
308ag and crecera
$154,990
Regional West Medical Center · Scottsbluff, NE · 2023
Vehicle and equpuipment upgrade
$153,327
Willa Cather Foundation · Red Cloud, NE · 2023
Economic development support
$150,000
Heritage Services · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$130,000
Boone County Treasurer · Albion, NE · 2024
Bond pledge payment
$130,000
Spencer Community Economic Development · Spencer, NE · 2022
Housing support
$126,357
Norfolk Area Childcare Collaborative · Norfolk, NE · 2024
Grant (close)
$125,099
Sidney Public Schools · Sidney, NE · 2024
Grant-pre-k 3 & 4 yr olds early learning prog 1/3
$121,796
Syracuse Library Foundation · Syracuse, NE · 2024
Fy2024 payout grant
$121,220
Syracuse Library Foundation · Syracuse, NE · 2023
General support
$121,047
City of Sidney · Sidney, NE · 2024
Grant safe at home lb840 job creation 1 of 3
$120,272
City of Hebron · Hebron, NE · 2022
Swimming pool project
$111,838
Syracuse Library Foundation · Syracuse, NE · 2022
General support
$110,000
Norfolk Family Coalition · Norfolk, NE · 2022
Early childhood initiative
$108,650
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Dental starter kit project fund
$108,528
City of Hickman · Hickman, NE · 2024
Playground equipment for city park
$104,050
Garfield Co Frontier Fair Association · Burwell, NE · 2023
General support
$103,892
Valley County Treasurer · Ord, NE · 2023
Courthouse gazebo project
$103,000
Valley Performing Arts Theater · Ord, NE · 2023
General support
$100,000
Northeast Community College · Norfolk, NE · 2024
Rapid prototype lab
$99,214
Thomas County Ag Society · Thedford, NE · 2024
Thomas co pavillion at fairgrounds roof
$97,347
City of Ravenna · Ravenna, NE · 2022
Trail project
$97,340
Village of Lynch · Lynch, NE · 2022
Splash pad project
$95,109
St Edward Medical Clinic Foundation · St Edward, NE · 2023
General support
$95,000
Omaha Symphony Association · Omaha, NE · 2024
Program support & annual contribution
$95,000
Village of Elk Creek · Elk Creek, NE · 2024
Grant for community center
$95,000
Omaha Symphony Association · Omaha, NE · 2023
General support
$95,000
Sidney Public Schools · Sidney, NE · 2022
Raider print shop support
$94,107
Lewiston Consolidated School Foundation · Lewiston, NE · 2022
Track project
$93,000
City of Wymore · Wymore, NE · 2022
Park project
$90,450
City of Plainview · Plainview, NE · 2022
Community center project
$87,650
Synovation Valley Leadership Academy · Ord, NE · 2024
Grant-operating expenses
$85,862
City of Albion · Albion, NE · 2024
Housing grant
$84,561
Willa Cather Foundation · Red Cloud, NE · 2022
Heritage tourism development
$82,400
Audubon Nebraska Rowe Sanctuary · Gibbon, NE · 2022
General support
$81,000
Northeast Community College Foundation · Norfolk, NE · 2023
Campaign support
$79,684
Friends of Cedar River Rascals · Ericson, NE · 2022
General support
$78,000
Riverside Public Schools · Cedar Rapids, NE · 2024
Grant-playground equipment cedar rapids school
$75,900
St Michaels Catholic School of Albion · Albion, NE · 2023
General support
$75,000
No Barriers USA · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
What's your everest?
$75,000
Aksarben Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
General support
$75,000
Valley Child Development Center · Red Cloud, NE · 2023
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.