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Foundations That Fund Education in Nebraska

Imperigo has identified 359 funders that made 2,555 grants totaling $532.8M to 229 education organizations in Nebraska, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Nebraska

Total granted $532.8M
Funders 359
Grants 2,555
Organizations funded 229

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Support Nebraska
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 14.5% of their giving
$82K
52. William & Barbara Fitzgerald Family Fdn
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 17.9% of their giving
$65K
53. Columbus Area United Way Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$141K
54. Omaha Builders Exchange Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$50K
55. Gage County Foundation Inc
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $44K · through 2025 · 6.0% of their giving
$165K
56. Collective For Youth
17 grants to 4 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$589K
57. Dialysis Clinic Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $271K · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$623K
58. Sarpy County Farm Bureau
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2022 · 41.5% of their giving
$33K
59. Heartland United Way Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2025 · 3.6% of their giving
$175K
60. United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County
22 grants to 4 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$377K
71. Sanford Group Return
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2022
$750K
75. Cerity Partners Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022
$260K
79. Global Ties US
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2024
$325K
82. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
40 grants to 27 organizations · largest $388K · through 2025
$1.7M
83. The Nebraska Medical Center
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2020
$1.5M
84. Charities Aid Foundation America
52 grants to 22 organizations · largest $257K · through 2024
$1.6M
85. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $530K · through 2022
$560K
91. Ernst & Young Foundation
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $46K · through 2024
$340K
96. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
20 grants to 7 organizations · largest $407K · through 2025
$1.4M
98. Greater Salina Community Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $102K · through 2024
$330K
102. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023
$444K
107. Deloitte Foundation
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $80K · through 2023
$258K
112. Tides Foundation
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024
$1.1M
120. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $419K · through 2024
$1.7M
123. National Collegiate Athletic Association
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $294K · through 2024
$859K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 16 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 education 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 education funding in Nebraska, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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