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Current Funding Opportunities:
Government Offices:
Governor – (402) 471-2244, Lincoln
Senator Deb Fischer – (402) 441-4600, Lincoln
Senator Pete Ricketts – (402) 476-1400, Lincoln
Other Resources:
Nonprofit Association of the Midlands – NAM is the State Association that serves nonprofits of all sizes and missions that works to strengthen the collective voice, leadership, and capacity of nonprofit organizations to enrich the quality of community life throughout Nebraska and SW Iowa.
Top Foundations:
| FOUNDATION NAME | TOTAL ANNUAL GIVING |
|---|---|
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | $589,873,244 |
| Omaha Community Foundation | $60,393,663 |
| Peter Kiewit Foundation | $22,035,777 |
| Nebraska Community Foundation | $9,632,520 |
| Union Pacific Foundation | $8,820,500 |
| The Harper Family Foundation | $5,574,658 |
| Kearney Area Community Foundation | $3,748,265 |
| Mutual of Omaha Foundation | $3,394,035 |
| The Kind World Foundation | $1,962,833 |
| Richard P. and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation, Inc. | $1,755,700 |
| Woods Charitable Fund, Inc. | $1,586,800 |
| Fremont Area Community Foundation | $1,510,675 |
| The Phelps County Community Foundation | $1,471,242 |
| Lexington Community Foundation | $1,464,962 |
| Hastings Community Foundation, Inc. | $1,310,763 |
| Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation, Inc. | $1,079,899 |
| Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Foundation | $1,079,520 |
| Merrick Foundation, Inc. | $980,589 |
| Grand Island Community Foundation, Inc. | $873,819 |
| World-Herald Goodfellows Charities, Inc. | $730,668 |
| HDR Foundation | $672,628 |
| Cooper Foundation | $669,568 |
| Hamilton Community Foundation | $639,180 |
| Ameritas Charitable Foundation | $602,879 |
| The Abel Foundation | $599,783 |
| Thomas D. Buckley Trust | $579,373 |
| E.M. Parsen Charitable Trust | $571,905 |
| Oregon Trail Community Foundation | $543,884 |
| Robert Herman Storz Foundation | $362,028 |
| Edgar and Frances Reynolds Foundation, Inc. | $252,527 |
| Lincoln Community Foundation, Inc. | $251,400 |
| Physicians Mutual Insurance Company Foundation | $241,609 |
| Blair Area Community Foundation | $183,153 |
| Scoular Foundation | $148,110 |
| The Owen Foundation | $138,700 |
| Virgil Eihusen Foundation, Inc. | $96,080 |
| Cintani Family Foundation | $70,000 |
| Kawasaki Good Times Foundation | $60,000 |
| Hartington Community Foundation | $24,145 |
| La Vista Community Foundation | $17,667 |
Community Foundations:
| FOUNDATION NAME | GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS |
|---|---|
| Blair Area Community Foundation | Washington County, NE |
| Fremont Area Community Foundation | Burt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, and Washington counties, NE |
| Grand Island Community Foundation, Inc. | Grand Island, NE; Hall County, NE; |
| Hamilton Community Foundation | Hamilton County, NE |
| Hartington Community Foundation | Hartington, NE area |
| Hastings Community Foundation, Inc. | Hastings, NE; Adams County, NE |
| Iowa West Foundation | Southwest IA, Eastern NE; The primary focus is Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County IA. |
| Kearney Area Community Foundation | Kearney, NE; Buffalo County, NE; Central Nebraska |
| La Vista Community Foundation | La Vista, NE; |
| Lexington Community Foundation | Lexington, NE |
| Lincoln Community Foundation, Inc. | Lincoln, NE; Lancaster County, NE |
| Merrick Foundation, Inc. | Merrick County, NE |
| Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation, Inc. | Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson and Perkins counties, NE. |
| Nebraska Community Foundation | NE |
| Omaha Community Foundation | Douglas, Sarpy, and Pottawattamie counties, NE, IA |
| Oregon Trail Community Foundation | Scottsbluff, NE area; Goshen and Platte Counties, WY; |
| Siouxland Community Foundation | IA, NE, SD; general 50-mile radius of Sioux City, IA; |
| The Phelps County Community Foundation | Phelps County, NE |
