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12 funders with a record of paying for “omaha”
Where the money went The Sherwood Foundation → Omaha Community Foundation: $58M across 24 grants, latest 2025 Peter Kiewit Foundation → Downtown Riverfront Trust: $25M across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Lozier Foundation → Omaha Community Foundation: $16M across 13 grants, latest 2024 The Hawks Foundation → Omaha Public Library Foundation: $6.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable → Omaha Public Schools Foundation: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Weitz Family Foundation → Opera Omaha: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Robert B Daugherty Foundation → Omaha Zoo Foundation: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Mutual of Omaha Foundation → The Salvation Army - Omaha: $700K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of the Midlands → Girls Incorporated of Omaha: $650K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Iowa West Foundation → Omaha Botanical Center Inc: $563K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Richard Brooke Foundation → Girls Incorporated of Omaha: $460K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation → Omaha Home for Boys: $130K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Community Information Trust: $17M across 3 grants, latest 2025 Peter Kiewit Foundation → Omaha Discovery Trust: $11M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Lozier Foundation → Black Police Officers Association of Omaha: $1.8M across 7 grants, latest 2024 The Hawks Foundation → Omaha Community Playhouse: $1.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable → Habitat for Humanity of Omaha: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Robert B Daugherty Foundation → Omaha Shelter for Homeless Trust: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Weitz Family Foundation → Habitat for Humanity of Omaha: $800K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of the Midlands → YMCA of Greater Omaha: $626K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Iowa West Foundation → Omaha Zoo Foundation: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mutual of Omaha Foundation → Omaha Performing Arts: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Richard Brooke Foundation → Omaha Theater Company: $425K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation → Omaha Conservatory of Music: $90K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Omaha Parks Foundation: $11M across 16 grants, latest 2025 Peter Kiewit Foundation → Omaha Discovery Trust: $5.5M across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Lozier Foundation → Women's Fund of Greater Omaha: $1.8M across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Hawks Foundation → Omaha Zoo Foundation: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 United Way of the Midlands → Omaha Home for Boys: $597K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Weitz Family Foundation → Women's Fund of Greater Omaha: $594K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Robert B Daugherty Foundation → Opera Omaha Inc: $510K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Iowa West Foundation → Omaha Development Foundation: $425K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Richard Brooke Foundation → Omaha Conservatory of Music: $395K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable → Together Inc of Metropolitan Omaha: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Mutual of Omaha Foundation → Habitat for Humanity of Omaha: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation → Omaha Symphony: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Rise Academy: $10M across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Girls Incorporated of Omaha: $8.9M across 16 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Women's Fund of Omaha: $6.3M across 10 grants, latest 2024 The Sherwood Foundation → Omaha Theater Company: $4.6M across 16 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha: $3.8M across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Rabble Mill: $3.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Peter Kiewit Foundation → Community Information Trust: $2.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Peter Kiewit Foundation → Opas Foundation On Behalf of Omaha Performing Arts: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Sherwood Foundation → The Bridge Project Inc: $2.4M across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → City of Omaha: $2.2M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Lozier Foundation → Womens Fund of Greater Omaha Inc: $1.7M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Sherwood Foundation → Omaha Botanical Center Inc: $1.7M across 7 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → North Omaha Collective: $1.7M across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Elevate Omaha: $1.7M across 8 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Together Inc of Metropolitan Omaha: $1.7M across 6 grants, latest 2025 The Lozier Foundation → Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc: $1.6M across 7 grants, latest 2024 The Sherwood Foundation → Thor Inc: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Sherwood Foundation → Magdalene Omaha Inc: $1.5M across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation: $1.2M across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → City of Omaha Police Foundation: $1.2M across 6 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Omaha Symphony Association: $1.1M across 7 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Habitat for Humanity of Omaha: $1.1M across 6 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Omaha Star Institute: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Sherwood Foundation → Omaha Performing Arts Society: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Hawks Foundation → Omaha Discovery Trust: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Sherwood Foundation → Women's Fund of Greater Omaha: $974K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → The Furniture Project Omaha: $951K across 7 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation → Omaha By Design: $865K across 12 grants, latest 2025 The Sherwood Foundation: $147M on this topic. Open the funder. The Sherwood Foundation $147M Peter Kiewit Foundation: $46M on this topic. Open the funder. Peter Kiewit Foundation $46M The Lozier Foundation: $23M on this topic. Open the funder. The Lozier Foundation $23M The Hawks Foundation: $9.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Hawks Foundation $9.7M Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable: $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Ch… $2.8M Robert B Daugherty Foundation: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Robert B Daugherty Foundation $2.5M Weitz Family Foundation: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Weitz Family Foundation $2.4M United Way of the Midlands: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. United Way of the Midlands $1.9M Mutual of Omaha Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Mutual of Omaha Foundation $1.5M Iowa West Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Iowa West Foundation $1.5M Richard Brooke Foundation: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Richard Brooke Foundation $1.3M Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation: $260K on this topic. Open the funder. Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchc… $260K Omaha Community Foundation: received $75M on this topic Omaha Community Foundation $75M Downtown Riverfront Trust: received $25M on this topic Downtown Riverfront Trust $25M Community Information Trust: received $17M on this topic Community Information Trust $17M Omaha Parks Foundation: received $11M on this topic Omaha Parks Foundation $11M Omaha Discovery Trust: received $11M on this topic Omaha Discovery Trust $11M Girls Incorporated of Omaha: received $10M on this topic Girls Incorporated of Omaha $10M Rise Academy: received $10M on this topic Rise Academy $10M Omaha Discovery Trust: received $6.5M on this topic Omaha Discovery Trust $6.5M Women's Fund of Omaha: received $6.3M on this topic Women's Fund of Omaha $6.3M Omaha Public Library Foundation: received $6.1M on this topic Omaha Public Library Foundation $6.1M Omaha Theater Company: received $5.1M on this topic Omaha Theater Company $5.1M Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha: received $3.8M on this topic Regional Metropolitan Transit A… $3.8M Women's Fund of Greater Omaha: received $3.3M on this topic Women's Fund of Greater Omaha $3.3M Rabble Mill: received $3.0M on this topic Rabble Mill $3.0M Habitat for Humanity of Omaha: received $2.9M on this topic Habitat for Humanity of Omaha $2.9M Community Information Trust: received $2.5M on this topic Community Information Trust $2.5M Opas Foundation On Behalf of Omaha Performing Arts: received $2.5M on this topic Opas Foundation On Behalf of Om… $2.5M The Bridge Project Inc: received $2.4M on this topic The Bridge Project Inc $2.4M Omaha Botanical Center Inc: received $2.2M on this topic Omaha Botanical Center Inc $2.2M City of Omaha: received $2.2M on this topic City of Omaha $2.2M Together Inc of Metropolitan Omaha: received $2.0M on this topic Together Inc of Metropolitan Om… $2.0M Black Police Officers Association of Omaha: received $1.8M on this topic Black Police Officers Associati… $1.8M Womens Fund of Greater Omaha Inc: received $1.7M on this topic Womens Fund of Greater Omaha Inc $1.7M North Omaha Collective: received $1.7M on this topic North Omaha Collective $1.7M Elevate Omaha: received $1.7M on this topic Elevate Omaha $1.7M Omaha Community Playhouse: received $1.6M on this topic Omaha Community Playhouse $1.6M Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc: received $1.6M on this topic Habitat for Humanity of Omaha I… $1.6M Thor Inc: received $1.5M on this topic Thor Inc $1.5M Magdalene Omaha Inc: received $1.5M on this topic Magdalene Omaha Inc $1.5M Omaha Zoo Foundation: received $1.5M on this topic Omaha Zoo Foundation $1.5M Omaha Public Schools Foundation: received $1.4M on this topic Omaha Public Schools Foundation $1.4M Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation: received $1.2M on this topic Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation $1.2M City of Omaha Police Foundation: received $1.2M on this topic City of Omaha Police Foundation $1.2M Omaha Symphony Association: received $1.1M on this topic Omaha Symphony Association $1.1M Opera Omaha: received $1.1M on this topic Opera Omaha $1.1M Omaha Star Institute: received $1.1M on this topic Omaha Star Institute $1.1M Omaha Performing Arts Society: received $1.0M on this topic Omaha Performing Arts Society $1.0M Omaha Zoo Foundation: received $1.0M on this topic Omaha Zoo Foundation $1.0M Omaha Shelter for Homeless Trust: received $1.0M on this topic Omaha Shelter for Homeless Trust $1.0M The Furniture Project Omaha: received $951K on this topic The Furniture Project Omaha $951K Omaha By Design: received $865K on this topic Omaha By Design $865K The Salvation Army - Omaha: received $700K on this topic The Salvation Army - Omaha $700K YMCA of Greater Omaha: received $626K on this topic YMCA of Greater Omaha $626K Omaha Home for Boys: received $597K on this topic Omaha Home for Boys $597K Opera Omaha Inc: received $510K on this topic Opera Omaha Inc $510K Omaha Performing Arts: received $500K on this topic Omaha Performing Arts $500K Omaha Development Foundation: received $425K on this topic Omaha Development Foundation $425K Omaha Conservatory of Music: received $395K on this topic Omaha Conservatory of Music $395K Habitat for Humanity of Omaha: received $300K on this topic Habitat for Humanity of Omaha $300K Omaha Home for Boys: received $130K on this topic Omaha Home for Boys $130K Omaha Conservatory of Music: received $90K on this topic Omaha Conservatory of Music $90K Omaha Symphony: received $40K on this topic Omaha Symphony $40K 12 funders, 52 recipients, grants matching “omaha” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $150,000 to OMAHA BY DESIGN — we make omaha city of omaha comprehensive plan
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Largest: $55,000 to YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA — butler-gast ymca: accessible health, wellness, and community engagement for all ages in north omaha
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Largest: $449,000 to OPERA OMAHA — general operating
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Largest: $250,000 to Omaha by Design — to provide program support to community engagement, titled "we make omaha," for the city of omaha's new comprehensive plan.
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Largest: $162,500 to UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OMAHA — support scholarship and athletics programs
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Largest: $1.0M to Omaha Shelter For Homeless Trust — capital project support
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Largest: $100,000 to GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION — prosper omaha 2.0
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Largest: $300,000 to Girls Incorporated of Omaha — cirt allocations
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Largest: $150,000 to ASSISTANCE LENGUE OF OMAHA — operation school bell
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Largest: $100,000 to The Salvation Army - Omaha — project support
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Largest: $50,000 to Omaha Home for Boys — to further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
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Largest: $702,175 to OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — grant agreement to omaha public schools foundation for 2021
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