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Grant recipient EIN 27-2427728Food and agriculture

Who funds No More Empty Pots?

21 private foundations gave No More Empty Pots in Omaha, NE $6.4 million across 70 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

70 grants

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

  1. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    Pathways to prosperity

    $275,000
  2. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    2025 operating grant

    $100,000
  3. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    Youth community education programming

    $100,000
  4. Wells Fargo FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2025

    Kauffman FastTrac at No More Empty Pots

    $20,000
  5. Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient

    $15,000
  6. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    Beyond food access: a community-centered market experience

    $10,000
  7. The Soener FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    Charitable

    $1,000
  8. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    General operating

    $300,000
  9. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    Extending the pathway

    $253,119
  10. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    2024 operating grant

    $75,000
  11. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    Youth community education programming

    $75,000
  12. Mutual of Omaha FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    General Operating Support

    $30,000
  13. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    From curiosity to self-sufficiency

    $225,000
  14. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    General operating

    $225,000
  15. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Collaborative community centered food hub

    $187,500
  16. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2023

    Support to improve the efficacy of food entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups, by leveraging their strengths and assets to maximize existing resources and collaborations while expanding networks and catalyzing opportunities. 202104-10294

    $100,000
  17. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    2023 operating grant

    $75,000
  18. Mutual of Omaha FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Program Support

    $30,000
  19. Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient

    $15,000
  20. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $52
  21. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    General operating

    $250,000
  22. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    From curiosity to self-sufficiency

    $225,000
  23. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    Support to improve the efficacy of food entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups, by leveraging their strengths and assets to maximize existing resources and collaborations while expanding networks and catalyzing opportunities. 202104-10294

    $100,000
  24. The Holland FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    Operating

    $100,000
  25. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    2022 operating grant

    $75,000
  26. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    Youth programming

    $60,000
  27. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    To provide two years of support for the Food Entrepreneur Program.

    $40,000
  28. Mutual of Omaha FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    General Support

    $25,000
  29. Charles E Lakin Foundation IncCouncil Bluffs, IA 2022

    Contribution for general purposes

    $5,000
  30. Republic National Distributing Company Foundation IncTustin, CA 2022

    Community service

    $1,000
  31. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $164
  32. Spreetail FoundationLincoln, NE 2022

    Donation Match

    $50
  33. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Covid grant

    $350,000
  34. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    General operating

    $250,000
  35. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    From curiosity to self-sufficiency

    $225,000
  36. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2021

    Support to improve the efficacy of food entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups, by leveraging their strengths and assets to maximize existing resources and collaborations while expanding networks and catalyzing opportunities. 202104-10294

    $160,000
  37. The Holland FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Operating

    $75,000
  38. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    2021 operating grant

    $75,000
  39. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2021

    Support for the 2021 heartland spark program, a capacity building program for entrepreneur support organizations. 202108-11061

    $50,000
  40. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Youth community education programs - 2021

    $50,000
  41. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Youth programming

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

    To provide two years of program support for the Food Entrepreneur Program.

    $40,000
  43. Mutual of Omaha FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    General Support

    $25,000
  44. Sunny Durham Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    General support

    $10,000
  45. Republic National Distributing Company Foundation IncTustin, CA 2021

    Community service

    $1,500
  46. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $51
  47. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    Matching gifts

    $50
  48. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    General operating

    $215,000
  49. The Sunderland FoundationOverland Park, KS 2020

    The collaborative community centered food hub

    $200,000
  50. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    Covid-19 emergency response funds

    $200,000
  51. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    2020 operating grant

    $75,000
  52. Sunny Durham Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    General support

    $60,000
  53. The Holland FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    Operating

    $50,000
  54. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    Youth community education programs

    $50,000
  55. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    Food hub kids kitchen

    $50,000
  56. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    To provide one year of COVID-19 food security response support.

    $50,000
  57. Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient

    $15,000
  58. The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    Charitable

    $10,000
  59. Lincoln Financial Foundation IncRadnor, PA 2020

    Matching Gifts Program

    $50
  60. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $26
  61. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    General operating

    $217,000
  62. The Claire M Hubbard FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    Education

    $85,000
  63. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    2019 operating grant

    $75,000
  64. The Holland FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    Operating

    $50,000
  65. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2019

    Food hub kids kitchen

    $50,000
  66. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Finish phase i of the nmep food hub

    $218,904
  67. The Holland FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Operating

    $150,000
  68. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    General operating

    $150,000
  69. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    2018 operating grant

    $75,000
  70. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2018

    Capital campaign - phase 2

    $25,484

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other food and agriculture organizations in Omaha, NE and are not among No More Empty Pots’s funders above.

  1. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE 20 grants Preselected only $2,571,700 to similar organizations
  2. Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable FoundationOmaha, NE 12 grants Accepts applications $1,370,000 to similar organizations
  3. Robert B Daugherty FoundationOmaha, NE 12 grants Accepts applications $765,000 to similar organizations
  4. Debby Durham Family FoundationOmaha, NE 14 grants Preselected only $405,000 to similar organizations
  5. The Hawks FoundationOmaha, NE 6 grants Accepts applications $278,683 to similar organizations
  6. Todd and Mary Heistand Family FoundationWoodbine, IA 10 grants Accepts applications $220,000 to similar organizations
  7. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE 4 grants Accepts applications $35,000 to similar organizations
  8. Burlington Capital FoundationOmaha, NE 6 grants Accepts applications $30,500 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 27-2427728 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.