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Weitz Family Foundation

private foundationDisclosure: Private foundation: grants public on IRS 990-PFEIN 470834133 · 990s
To Nebraska ballot committees
$0
To tracked Nebraska PACs
$0
990 grants to tracked groups
$111,007,255
Documented upstream (990)
$0
Charitable grants (IRS 990-PF / Schedule I, latest return per tax year 2018–2024): $111,007,255 total; $102,633,725 to Nebraska recipients, $8,373,530 out of state (aggregate).
Top Nebraska recipients: University Of Nebraska Foundation $8,813,409 · Nebraska Civic Engagement Table $4,485,000 · Nebraska Appleseed Center For Law In The Public Interest $3,749,100 · Center For Rural Affairs $2,760,000 · Avenue Scholars $2,375,000 · Opera Omaha $2,285,646 · Planned Parenthood $1,845,000 · Union For Contemporary Art $1,740,000 · No More Empty Pots $1,607,000 · Nebraska Journalism Trust Flatwater Free Press Silicon Prairie News $1,575,000

Measures backed

No contributions to Nebraska ballot committees in NADC filings.

Candidates & other Nebraska committees

None in NADC filings.

Timeline

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

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

All documented flows

DirectionCounterpartyAmountYearsSource
OutOther Nebraska grantees of Weitz Family Foundation$84,490,7252018–2024IRS 990 · EIN · filing
OutOut-of-state grantees of Weitz Family Foundation$8,373,5302018–2024IRS 990 · EIN · filing
OutNebraska Appleseed (Center / Action Fund)$5,018,6002018–2024IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutNebraska Civic Engagement Table$4,485,0002018–2024IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutPlanned Parenthood (Advocates of NE / Action Fund)$2,045,0002018–2024IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutWomen's Fund of Omaha$1,511,4002018–2024IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutHeartland Workers Center$1,210,0002018–2024IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutOpenSky Policy Institute$1,125,0002018–2024IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutCivic Nebraska$1,070,0002018–2024IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutI Be Black Girl$846,5002020–2024IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing
OutACLU of Nebraska$801,5002018–2024IRS 990 · EIN · filing
OutOmaha Community Foundation$30,0002020IRS 990 · ⚑ name match · filing

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