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Foundations That Fund Education in Nebraska

Imperigo has identified 357 funders that made 2,460 grants totaling $522.5M to 226 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 $522.5M
Funders 357
Grants 2,460
Organizations funded 226

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. University of Nebraska Foundation
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $368K · through 2024
$4.4M
52. Equal Play - Inspiring Confidence for Girls
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$92K
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. Dialysis Clinic Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $271K · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$623K
56. Gage County Foundation Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $44K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$131K
57. Collective For Youth
17 grants to 4 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$589K
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
61. Nebraska Grain and Feed Association
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $19K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$29K
62. Nebraska Land Improvement Contractors Assn
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$28K
63. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
17 grants to 9 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024
$1.3M
73. Sanford Group Return
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2022
$750K
77. Cerity Partners Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022
$260K
83. Global Ties US
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2023
$258K
84. The Nebraska Medical Center
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2020
$1.5M
85. Charities Aid Foundation America
52 grants to 22 organizations · largest $257K · through 2024
$1.6M
86. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $530K · through 2022
$560K
89. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
23 grants to 17 organizations · largest $388K · through 2024
$1.4M
93. Ernst & Young Foundation
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $46K · through 2024
$340K
98. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
20 grants to 7 organizations · largest $407K · through 2025
$1.4M
101. Greater Salina Community Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $102K · through 2024
$330K
105. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023
$444K
109. Deloitte Foundation
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $80K · through 2023
$258K

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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