Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Nebraska

670
foundations
$2.81B
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
188
say they accept unsolicited
$10,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 670 foundations based in Nebraska — 597 private foundations and 73 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $2.81 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 188 of them (28%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Omaha (255), Lincoln (138) and Grand Island (18).

188 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Nebraska.

Top 25 of 670 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 163 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Nebraska
Robert B Daugherty FoundationOmaha, NE$77,500$37.9M$5,000–$4.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Hawks FoundationOmaha, NE$40,000$32.6M$1,000–$6.9MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Acklie Charitable FoundationLincoln, NE$14M$13.4M$13.4M–$14.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Krejci Family FoundationElkhorn, NE$11.7M$11.7M$870,000–$11.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Hirschfeld Family Foundation IncKearney, NE$25,000$11.1M$1,500–$5.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Leland J & Dorothy H Olson CharitableOmaha, NE$46,500$9.5M$1,000–$1.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE$10,000$8.2M$5,000–$900,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Victor E and Rosa M Blum FoundationLincoln, NE$5,000$7.8M$5,000–$3.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Clifton FoundationLincoln, NE$354,669$6.9M$100,000–$6.6MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Roy & Gloria Dinsdale FoundationOmaha, NE$3.9M$5M$2.7M–$5MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Conagra Brands FoundationOmaha, NE$4.8M$4.8M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gretchen Swanson Family FoundationOmaha, NE$10,000$4.6M$2,500–$2.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Richard P & Laurine KimmelLincoln, NE$550,000$4.2M$45,000–$3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Abel FoundationLincoln, NE$10,000$4.1M$100–$933,333FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L FoundationHastings, NE$15,000$4M$1,000–$500,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bridges Family CharitableOmaha, NE$225,129$3.6M$20,000–$928,410FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
CL Werner FoundationValley, NE$15,000$3.1M$5,000–$500,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Nelnet FoundationLincoln, NE$3M$3.1M$2.9M–$3.1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Kind World FoundationOmaha, NE$2.8M$2.8M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hdr FoundationOmaha, NE$10,000$2.5M$1,045–$400,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Rupert Dunklau Foundation IncFremont, NE$1.9M$2M$1.8M–$2MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Woods Charitable Fund IncLincoln, NE$1.6M$1.6M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE$10,000$1.6M$1,000–$184,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Carl & Caroline Swanson FoundationOmaha, NE$25,000$1.6M$5,000–$800,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Noel Barrett Shuler FoundationOmaha, NE$100,000$1.5M$8,800–$814,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.