Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in Nebraska

157
foundations
$130.4M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
$5,684
median grant

Grantlas lists 157 private foundations based in Nebraska whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $130.4 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Omaha (52), Lincoln (42) and Aurora (6).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 497 foundations in Nebraska, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 157 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 132 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in Nebraska
Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE471$10,000$8.2M$5,000–$900,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L FoundationHastings, NE120$15,000$4M$1,000–$283,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Abel FoundationLincoln, NE94$10,000$4.1M$100–$933,333FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Hdr FoundationOmaha, NE90$10,000$2.5M$1,045–$343,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE74$15,000$1.6M$1,000–$184,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Winifred Ruth Frances & Dorothy Edwards Foundation IncOmaha, NE70$1,500$142,500$1,500–$3,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Cooper FoundationLincoln, NE65$15,000$1M$500–$80,398FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
CL Werner FoundationValley, NE61$20,000$3.1M$5,000–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hirschfeld Family Foundation IncKearney, NE60$25,000$11.1M$1,500–$5.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Assurity Life FoundationLincoln, NE60$553$488,066$26–$138,600FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Great West Casualty Company FoundationSouth Sioux City, NE56$705$158,600$60–$30,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Milton & Miriam Waldbaum FamilyFort Calhoun, NE54$4,500$367,956$1,000–$50,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Fred and Sally Bekins FoundationOmaha, NE53$2,000$386,600$500–$130,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Creigh Family FoundationLincoln, NE51$4,500$330,250$500–$47,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bettenhausen Family FoundationLincoln, NE51$1,000$188,950$50–$61,100FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
James Stuart III Family FoundationLincoln, NE47$2,000$455,900$50–$80,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Seline Family FoundationOmaha, NE45$2,500$555,950$200–$250,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ike & Roz Friedman FoundationElkhorn, NE45$2,500$328,410$200–$185,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Jc & Jessie Seacrest Family FndtnLincoln, NE45$400$29,320$100–$3,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NebraskaOmaha, NE40$10,000$770,755$25–$200,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Lee and Debbie Stuart Family FoundationLincoln, NE40$4,000$250,800$500–$27,300FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Bruce M Fellman Charitable FoundationOmaha, NE39$5,000$191,300$1,000–$8,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Robert H and Dorothy G KooperOmaha, NE39$4,000$146,200$1,000–$5,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Rogers FoundationLincoln, NE36$15,000$613,000$1,000–$50,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Webster Family FoundationOmaha, NE34$6,500$354,000$1,000–$86,000FY2025Locked: 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.

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Data from 990-PF filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.