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Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in Nebraska

Imperigo has identified 100 funders that made 265 grants totaling $25.3M to 30 civil rights & social justice organizations in Nebraska, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in Nebraska

Total granted $25.3M
Funders 100
Grants 265
Organizations funded 30

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Nebraska Forward Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2025 · 95.6% of their giving
$1.3M
2. Collective For Youth
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $718K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$3.2M
3. Think Big America
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$400K
4. Heartland United Way Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2025 · 6.0% of their giving
$287K
5. Hopewell Fund
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024
$1.4M
6. Front Porch Investments
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$200K
7. Annette and Paul Smith Charitable Fund
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$170K
8. Greater Grand Island Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$130K
9. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$57K
10. Western Futures Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$100K
11. Lincoln Community Foundation Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $137K · through 2024
$272K
12. Groundswell Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2024
$186K
13. Article IV
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2024
$185K
14. Tides Foundation
21 grants to 8 organizations · largest $215K · through 2024
$907K
15. Phillip G Schrager and Terri L Schrager Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2021 · 2.3% of their giving
$12K
16. Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2024
$103K
17. Mammel Family Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $61K · through 2022
$111K
18. Midlands Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2022
$30K
19. The McGowan Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023
$25K
20. United Way of the Midlands
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $53K · through 2024
$83K
21. Singer Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025
$10K
22. Nebraska Community Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$57K
23. Cynchealth Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$15K
24. Charities Aid Foundation America
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023
$200K
25. Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2021
$20K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to civil rights & social justice work in Nebraska, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 6 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering civil rights & social justice work, with an address in Nebraska. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable civil rights & social justice funding in Nebraska, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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