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Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

private foundationDisclosure: Private foundation: grants public on IRS 990-PFEIN 476032365 · 990s
To Nebraska ballot committees
$0
To tracked Nebraska PACs
$0
990 grants to tracked groups
$5,336,762,865
Documented upstream (990)
$35,728
Charitable grants (IRS 990-PF / Schedule I, latest return per tax year 2018–2025): $5,336,762,865 total; $302,886,356 to Nebraska recipients, $5,033,876,509 out of state (aggregate).
Top Nebraska recipients: University Of Nebraska Omaha Board Of Regents $39,143,388 · Regents Of The University Of Nebraska Lincoln $36,821,081 · Regents Of The University Of Nebraska Omaha $36,453,883 · University Of Nebraska Lincoln Board Of Regents $30,701,001 · University Of Nebraska Foundation $27,957,216 · Regents Of The University Of Nebraska Kearney $12,089,811 · University Of Nebraskaomaha $11,942,170 · University Of Nebraskalincoln $10,766,142 · Wayne State College $10,150,204 · University Of Nebraska Kearney Board Of Regents $9,935,324

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
OutOut-of-state grantees of Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$5,033,876,5092018–2025IRS 990 · EIN · filing
OutOther Nebraska grantees of Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$298,542,9192018–2025IRS 990 · EIN · filing
OutSherwood Foundation$2,215,3102022IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutI Be Black Girl$1,249,2752023–2025IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutACLU of Nebraska$878,8522023–2025IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
InNew Venture Fund$35,7282021IRS 990 · EIN · filing

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