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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Nebraska

Imperigo has identified 119 funders that made 461 grants totaling $48.5M to 98 community improvement organizations in Nebraska, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Nebraska

Total granted $48.5M
Funders 119
Grants 461
Organizations funded 98

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Lincoln Rotary Club 14 Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 3.6% of their giving
$20K
27. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $875K · through 2019
$875K
28. The Chicago Community Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2023
$2.0M
29. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2020 · 1.2% of their giving
$33K
30. Bridges Philanthropic Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2025
$50K
31. LPIF Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 2.9% of their giving
$10K
32. United States Energy Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$400K
33. Dundy County Hospital Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$25K
34. Collective For Youth
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024
$106K
35. West Omaha Rotary Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2019 · 4.1% of their giving
$5K
36. American Academy of Optometry
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023
$15K
37. Santa Barbara Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $139K · through 2023
$139K
38. Seward Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$2K
39. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2020
$100K
40. York Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023
$15K
41. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $247K · through 2024
$800K
42. American Society of Radiologic Technologists
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2022
$14K
43. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$195K
44. Parker Family Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025
$20K
45. Tides Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024
$337K
46. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $190K · through 2024
$303K
47. Dixon Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023
$15K
48. Givewell Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$100K
49. The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024
$17K
50. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023
$100K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 10 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Nebraska, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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