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Buffett Early Childhood Fund

private foundationDisclosure: Private foundation: grants public on IRS 990-PFEIN 201768874 · 990s
To Nebraska ballot committees
$0
To tracked Nebraska PACs
$0
990 grants to tracked groups
$233,303,257
Documented upstream (990)
$210,933,773
Charitable grants (IRS 990-PF / Schedule I, latest return per tax year 2018–2025): $233,303,257 total; $131,096,578 to Nebraska recipients, $102,206,679 out of state (aggregate).
Top Nebraska recipients: Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative $34,821,510 · Nebraska Children And Families Foundation $28,213,912 · Educare Of Omaha $26,667,276 · Educare Lincoln $15,041,091 · Early Childhood Services $4,255,521 · Early Childhood Impact Group $3,608,022 · Project Harmony $2,348,185 · Educare Of Lincoln $2,188,943 · Omaha Early Learning Centers $2,144,583 · Early Futures Partnership $1,783,800

Measures backed

No contributions to Nebraska ballot committees in NADC filings.

Candidates & other Nebraska committees

None in NADC filings.

Timeline

2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Multi-year totals are spread evenly across their years for this chart; the table has exact figures.

All documented flows

DirectionCounterpartyAmountYearsSource
InSherwood Foundation$210,933,7732018–2025IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutOther Nebraska grantees of Buffett Early Childhood Fund$130,341,5782018–2025IRS 990 · EIN · filing
OutOut-of-state grantees of Buffett Early Childhood Fund$102,206,6792018–2025IRS 990 · EIN · filing
OutLincoln Community Foundation$755,0002020–2025IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing

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