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Nonprofits in Nebraska

The IRS recognises 14,806 tax-exempt organizations with a Nebraska address, rank 34 of 51. 1,134 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

14,806
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
11,172
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
1,134
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
738.3
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$25,443,920,833
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
0.8%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in Nebraska by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1THE NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER$2,083,654,888
2THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION$1,717,825,889
3WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY$1,219,699,623
4WALTER SCOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION$1,147,113,015
5BRYAN MEDICAL CENTER$970,530,254
6SHERWOOD FOUNDATION$943,412,098
7CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY$818,149,970
8NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL$804,582,455
9CHILDRENS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER$774,477,317
10UNMC PHYSICIANS$614,642,550
11FATHER FLANAGANS BOYS HOME$503,397,755
12SUZANNE AND WALTER SCOTT FOUNDATION$480,205,807
13EAGLE FOUNDATION$447,008,575
14MOSAIC$401,546,990
15UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$352,521,495

The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.

Largest by assets

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Organizations in Nebraska by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY$11,300,235,603
2UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$3,588,896,895
3THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION$2,839,484,794
4WALTER SCOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION$2,834,283,174
5THE NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER$2,488,651,093
6CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY$2,174,543,732
7FATHER FLANAGANS BOYS HOME$1,888,711,730
8CHILDRENS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER$1,555,241,618
9BRYAN MEDICAL CENTER$1,284,940,166
10NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL$1,060,827,677

Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in Nebraska by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1FAITH REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES$4,963,125
2CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY$3,997,008
3UNMC PHYSICIANS$2,775,089
4THE NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER$2,564,504
5CHILDRENS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER$2,195,461
6NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA HOSPITAL CORPORATION$2,067,548
7THE MARY LANNING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1,910,816
8BRYAN HOSPITAL KEARNEY$1,777,477
9BRYAN MEDICAL CENTER$1,777,477
10WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY$1,771,124

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in Nebraska by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations148
Health Care123
Human Services121
Education94
Arts, Culture and Humanities44
Community Improvement and Capacity Building39
Housing and Shelter36
Recreation and Sports29
Religion-Related24
Youth Development23

Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.

Nearest by count

States either side of Nebraska by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
33Mississippi15,803
35District of Columbia14,155

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Compared with District of Columbia.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. All organizations: nonprofits.

What this page cannot show

  • The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
  • Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
  • Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.

Full method at methodology.

Sources

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