Nebraska · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Nebraska

Imperigo has identified 357 funders that made 3,135 grants totaling $485.5M to 321 human services organizations in Nebraska, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Nebraska

Total granted $485.5M
Funders 357
Grants 3,135
Organizations funded 321

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Father Flanagan's Fund for Needy Children
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $53.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$202.7M
2. United Way of the Midlands
155 grants to 33 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024 · 31.9% of their giving
$18.5M
3. Collective For Youth
30 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 34.0% of their giving
$15.0M
4. Threshold Coc
27 grants to 8 organizations · largest $8.7M · through 2024 · 33.2% of their giving
$14.4M
5. Creighton University - Boys Town Healthcare Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 33.2% of their giving
$7.2M
6. Front Porch Investments
17 grants to 10 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 47.0% of their giving
$6.8M
7. Child Saving Institute Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.6M
8. United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County
130 grants to 15 organizations · largest $392K · through 2024 · 22.2% of their giving
$5.2M
9. Immanuel Community Vision Foundation
83 grants to 30 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 19.6% of their giving
$3.7M
10. Lutheran Family Services Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.3M
11. Women's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc
31 grants to 8 organizations · largest $442K · through 2024 · 14.5% of their giving
$4.0M
12. Lincoln Community Foundation Inc
164 grants to 51 organizations · largest $374K · through 2024 · 6.5% of their giving
$7.2M
13. The Enrichment Foundation
33 grants to 9 organizations · largest $202K · through 2024 · 24.2% of their giving
$2.0M
14. Fremont Area Community Foundation
28 grants to 14 organizations · largest $185K · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$1.6M
15. Nebraska Casa Association
36 grants to 6 organizations · largest $67K · through 2024 · 25.8% of their giving
$1.2M
16. Hastings Community Foundation Inc
42 grants to 11 organizations · largest $315K · through 2024 · 14.9% of their giving
$1.4M
17. Nebraska Community Foundation
136 grants to 66 organizations · largest $346K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$3.8M
18. Heartland United Way Inc
22 grants to 5 organizations · largest $110K · through 2025 · 20.9% of their giving
$1.0M
19. Natalie and George Pace Scholarship Fund
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $356K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$866K
20. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$10.1M
21. Noel Cover Foundation Inc C0 Jerry Macken
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $900K · through 2025 · 11.4% of their giving
$1.3M
22. Parker Family Foundation
34 grants to 16 organizations · largest $90K · through 2025 · 12.6% of their giving
$950K
23. Norfolk Area United Way Inc
24 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 35.5% of their giving
$598K
24. Health Partners Initiative
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 34.6% of their giving
$579K
25. Columbus Area United Way Inc
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $77K · through 2024 · 30.6% of their giving
$579K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 13 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 human services 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 human services funding in Nebraska, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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