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Cause EducationState Nebraska222 funders

Foundations that fund education in Nebraska

222 private foundations based in Nebraska with a return in the last two years gave $199.1 million to education organizations in 843 grants. The median grant was $22,140, and 81 of these foundations accept applications.

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Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2024 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Ranked by giving to education

Top 50

Grants in each foundation’s latest return to organizations whose IRS category is education.

  1. The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 41 grants Preselected only $28,685,882 to education
  2. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 69 grants Preselected only $27,702,377 to education
  3. The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 12 grants Preselected only $27,174,040 to education
  4. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 61 grants Preselected only $19,547,544 to education
  5. Robert B Daugherty FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 9 grants Accepts applications $12,205,000 to education
  6. Buffett Early Childhood FundOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 11 grants Preselected only $11,375,912 to education
  7. Walter Scott Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 11 grants Preselected only $11,211,657 to education
  8. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 61 grants Preselected only $10,417,794 to education
  9. Fulk Family Foundation IncLincoln, NE · tax year 2024 23 grants Preselected only $8,028,500 to education
  10. The Clifton FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $6,876,737 to education
  11. Victor E and Rosa M Blum FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $3,730,532 to education
  12. D F Dillon FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 11 grants Preselected only $3,063,000 to education
  13. Diabetes Care FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 4 grants Preselected only $2,110,000 to education
  14. Marvin and Virginia Schmid FoundationBellevue, NE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,866,049 to education
  15. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 36 grants Accepts applications $1,747,000 to education
  16. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 15 grants Preselected only $1,331,000 to education
  17. G Robert Muchemore FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $1,046,356 to education
  18. Abel FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $1,020,833 to education
  19. Gardner FoundationWakefield, NE · tax year 2025 3 grants Accepts applications $1,011,140 to education
  20. CL and Rachel Werner FoundationValley, NE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,000,000 to education
  21. Philip S Mullin Charitable TrustLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,000,000 to education
  22. Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 6 grants Accepts applications $898,776 to education
  23. Moglia Family FoundationBellevue, NE · tax year 2024 11 grants Preselected only $895,060 to education
  24. Hirschfeld Family Foundation IncKearney, NE · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $754,000 to education
  25. The Rod Rhoden FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $721,000 to education
  26. Pegler Family FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $627,000 to education
  27. Eagle FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $595,000 to education
  28. The Jim and Shirley Young Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $575,000 to education
  29. The Giving 3 FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $524,000 to education
  30. Dennis & Ellin Murphy FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $515,000 to education
  31. LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L FoundationHastings, NE · tax year 2025 8 grants Accepts applications $508,500 to education
  32. Schilke Midland Hockey Endowment TSFremont, NE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $454,246 to education
  33. The Hawks FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 10 grants Accepts applications $450,000 to education
  34. Debby Durham Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 8 grants Preselected only $425,000 to education
  35. Mutual of Omaha FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 9 grants Preselected only $390,000 to education
  36. Phillip and Terri Schrager FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $337,311 to education
  37. Seline Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 6 grants Accepts applications $328,000 to education
  38. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $320,000 to education
  39. Friedland Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $310,500 to education
  40. The Ethel S Abbott Charitable FoundationRalston, NE · tax year 2024 4 grants Preselected only $265,000 to education
  41. John K & Lynne D Boyer FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 5 grants Preselected only $257,500 to education
  42. Herbert T Weston Jr and Marian S Weston FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $250,000 to education
  43. CL Werner FoundationValley, NE · tax year 2025 6 grants Accepts applications $240,000 to education
  44. Hausmann Family FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $240,000 to education
  45. Ja Woollam FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $215,376 to education
  46. HDR FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $202,280 to education
  47. Doris Day and Terry Melcher FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $200,000 to education
  48. Physicians Mutual Insurance Company FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $200,000 to education
  49. Sunny Durham Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $200,000 to education
  50. David E Abboud Family Private FDNOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $200,000 to education

Open to applications

25 foundations

The return gives an application contact and does not check the preselected-only box.

  1. Robert B Daugherty FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 9 grants Accepts applications $12,205,000 to education
  2. The Clifton FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $6,876,737 to education
  3. Victor E and Rosa M Blum FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $3,730,532 to education
  4. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 36 grants Accepts applications $1,747,000 to education
  5. Abel FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $1,020,833 to education
  6. Gardner FoundationWakefield, NE · tax year 2025 3 grants Accepts applications $1,011,140 to education
  7. Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 6 grants Accepts applications $898,776 to education
  8. Hirschfeld Family Foundation IncKearney, NE · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $754,000 to education
  9. The Rod Rhoden FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $721,000 to education
  10. Pegler Family FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $627,000 to education
  11. LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L FoundationHastings, NE · tax year 2025 8 grants Accepts applications $508,500 to education
  12. The Hawks FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 10 grants Accepts applications $450,000 to education
  13. Seline Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 6 grants Accepts applications $328,000 to education
  14. Herbert T Weston Jr and Marian S Weston FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $250,000 to education
  15. CL Werner FoundationValley, NE · tax year 2025 6 grants Accepts applications $240,000 to education
  16. HDR FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $202,280 to education
  17. Hawkins Charitable TrustOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 3 grants Accepts applications $190,000 to education
  18. Creigh Family FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 8 grants Accepts applications $171,000 to education
  19. Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 7 grants Accepts applications $162,000 to education
  20. Kitty M Perkins FoundationCambridge, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $160,000 to education
  21. Gretchen Swanson Family FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $150,000 to education
  22. Susan Stuart Seiler Family FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $81,500 to education
  23. The Fred and Sally Bekins FoundationOmaha, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $70,500 to education
  24. The Chief Foundation IncGrand Island, NE · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $70,000 to education
  25. Cooper FoundationLincoln, NE · tax year 2025 8 grants Accepts applications $69,000 to education