{"id":128821,"date":"2024-06-09T08:34:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T15:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/?page_id=128821"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:33:13","slug":"nebraska-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant-places\/nebraska-grants","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Grants for Nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nebraska Grants for Nonprofits<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Learn about grants to nonprofits in Nebraska by browsing our curated list of top Nebraska funders below. Members can also research funding opportunities in Nebraska using the search tool <\/a>available on Grant Finder. Become a member.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Giving Trends in Nebraska<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Nebraska, located in the Midwest U.S., is one of the nation\u2019s major food producers, while  insurance reflects another major Nebraska industry, centered in Omaha. Nebraska is also home to the famed Warren Buffett. About 1,900 grantmakers collectively gave around $1.5 billion in grants for Nebraska in 2019, according to Candid data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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While there is not a statewide grantmakers association in Nebraska, several groups bring together Nebraska funders to network, learn, and advance philanthropy in the state. These include the Nebraska Community Foundation<\/a>, which links together a network of locally focused funds that make grants for Nebraska communities; the Philanthropy Council of Northeast Nebraska<\/a>; and Women Investing in Nebraska<\/a>. Priorities for Nebraska grants include education, health, and human services.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nebraska\u2019s top funders are a mix of private, family, community, and corporate foundations. Leading funders of grants for Nebraska include the Sherwood Foundation<\/a>, Omaha Community Foundation<\/a>, Suzanne and Walter Scott Family Foundation, Robert V. Daugherty Foundation, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation<\/a>, Holland Foundation, Lincoln Community Foundation<\/a>, William and Ruth Scott Family Foundation, Lozier Foundation<\/a>, Nebraska Community Foundation<\/a>, Buffett Early Childhood Fund<\/a>, Acklie Charitable Foundation, Weitz Family Foundation<\/a>, Leland and Dorothy H. Olson Charitable Foundation, and the Jewish Federation of Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn about grants to nonprofits in Nebraska by browsing our curated list of top Nebraska funders below. Members can also research funding opportunities in Nebraska using the search tool available on Grant Finder. Become a member. Nebraska, located in the Midwest U.S., is one of the nation\u2019s major food producers, while  insurance reflects another major […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"parent":150000,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":true,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-128821","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128821"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226337,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128821\/revisions\/226337"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}