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Grant recipient EIN 20-8109537Arts and culture

Who funds Nebraska Writers Collective?

15 private foundations gave Nebraska Writers Collective in Omaha, NE $2.2 million across 61 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 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.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

61 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    2026 operating grant

    $150,000
  2. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    Additional operating funds

    $50,000
  3. The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    Charitable

    $15,000
  4. Cooper FoundationLincoln, NE 2025

    Operating

    $10,000
  5. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    2024 operating grant

    $100,000
  6. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    2025 operating grant

    $100,000
  7. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    General operating

    $95,800
  8. The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    Charitable

    $20,000
  9. Lincoln Financial Foundation IncRadnor, PA 2024

    Matching gifts

    $750
  10. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    General operating

    $70,000
  11. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    General operating support

    $55,000
  12. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    2023 operating grant

    $50,000
  13. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    All writes reserved: a youth spoken word festival

    $50,000
  14. The Poetry FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation

    $40,000
  15. The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Charitable

    $15,000
  16. The Fred and Eve Simon Charitable FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Foster personal empowerment and community-building in the midwest through creative writing and performance poetry

    $10,000
  17. Cooper FoundationLincoln, NE 2023

    Program

    $7,500
  18. Iowa West FoundationCouncil Bluffs, IA 2023

    All writers reserved youth spoken word festival

    $7,400
  19. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $95
  20. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    2022 operating grant

    $65,000
  21. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    General operating

    $60,000
  22. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    General operating support

    $55,000
  23. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    All writes reserved youth poetry festival

    $50,000
  24. Diabetes Care FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    General operating

    $25,000
  25. The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    Charitable

    $20,000
  26. Cooper FoundationLincoln, NE 2022

    Program

    $15,000
  27. The Poetry FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    Renewal and recovery - ne writers collective

    $7,500
  28. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $167
  29. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Louder than a bomb: great plains youth poetry festival

    $90,000
  30. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    General operating

    $60,000
  31. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    General operating support and louder than a bomb

    $55,000
  32. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    2021 operating grant

    $50,000
  33. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    To provide one year of general operating support.

    $15,000
  34. The Poetry FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    Emergency grant

    $10,000
  35. The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Charitable

    $7,500
  36. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $198
  37. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    Matching gifts

    $50
  38. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    Louder than a bomb: great plains youth poetry festival

    $90,000
  39. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    General operating

    $60,000
  40. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    2020 operating grant

    $50,000
  41. The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    Charitable

    $25,000
  42. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    ArtStock 2021: To provide ArtStock 21/22 general operating support.

    $20,000
  43. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    To provide support for COVID-19 Arts & Culture Stabilization.

    $10,000
  44. Cooper FoundationLincoln, NE 2020

    Louder than a bomb: great plains and writers' block

    $7,500
  45. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $146
  46. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    Louder than a bomb: great plains youth poetry festival

    $90,000
  47. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    Youth detention & alt school writing program & louder than a bomb poetry festival

    $55,000
  48. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    General operating

    $50,000
  49. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    2019 operating grant

    $30,000
  50. Cooper FoundationLincoln, NE 2019

    Louder than a bomb: great plains youth poetry festival

    $15,000
  51. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    Ost - 2018/2019

    $12,050
  52. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Louder than a bomb: great plains youth poetry festival

    $90,000
  53. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    $20k general operating support, $25k great plains youth poetry festival

    $45,000
  54. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    2018 operating grant

    $30,000
  55. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Underwriting for great plains youth poetry festival

    $25,000
  56. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    General operating

    $20,000
  57. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Writer's programs for blackburn students & incarcerated youth in nebraska

    $20,000
  58. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Ost - 2018/2019

    $12,050
  59. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Ost - 2017/2018

    $12,039
  60. The Holland FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Operating

    $5,000
  61. The Giving 3 FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    General fund

    $500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Omaha, NE and are not among Nebraska Writers Collective’s funders above.

  1. Robert B Daugherty FoundationOmaha, NE 82 grants Accepts applications $19,530,000 to similar organizations
  2. Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE 49 grants Accepts applications $849,500 to similar organizations
  3. Whitmore Charitable TrustSaint Louis, MO 37 grants Preselected only $184,500 to similar organizations
  4. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE 26 grants Accepts applications $2,045,000 to similar organizations
  5. The Hawks FoundationOmaha, NE 28 grants Accepts applications $25,686,253 to similar organizations
  6. Burlington Capital FoundationOmaha, NE 11 grants Accepts applications $69,000 to similar organizations
  7. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 66 grants Preselected only $5,095,141 to similar organizations
  8. The Sunderland FoundationOverland Park, KS 12 grants Accepts applications $4,123,879 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 20-8109537 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.