Gallagher Foundation

Diabetes Care Foundation

Omaha, NE

The foundation funds health care and research, education, food access, homelessness services, and child protection, with recent grants concentrated in Texas and Nebraska and smaller support in Illinois. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1.45 million, with a median of $15,000. It supports only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports nonprofits in health, education, arts, disaster relief, reforestation, hunger relief, and community equity, with an emphasis on organizations actively supported by Enterprise employees and their families. Its reported grants range widely: 2024 giving averaged about $7,700 across 9,499 grants, while the foundation also offers awards of up to $40,000; it supports communities where Enterprise operates worldwide. Unsolicited requests are accepted at any time, but eligible applications must be submitted by an Enterprise team member or their spouse or domestic partner on behalf of a nonprofit they actively support.

Harley and Beth Schrager Foundation

Omaha, NE

The Harley and Beth Schrager Foundation funds varied charitable organizations, including schools, arts groups, and community and service organizations, with 2025 grants ranging from $3,000 to $25,000 (median $10,000). Its 2025 grants all went to recipients in Nebraska. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Terry & Hollye Peterson Foundation

Omaha, NE

Hawkins Charitable Trust

Omaha, NE

The trust funds education, community services, conservation, and business development, with a preference for local organizations; 94% of its 2025 grant dollars went to Nebraska. Its 22 grants ranged from $250 to $105,000, with a median of $15,000, and it accepts unsolicited requests.

Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation

Omaha, NE

The Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Foundation funds education, healthcare, religious institutions, journalism, social services, historic preservation, museums, the arts, conservation, and animal welfare, primarily in the greater Omaha and Council Bluffs area. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $184,000, with a median of $15,000. It accepts grant requests by email through November 30; complete requests are considered by June 1 of the following year.

Midlands Community Foundation

Papillion, NE

Midlands Community Foundation funds nonprofit programs in arts and culture, community and economic development, education, health, and human services serving Sarpy and Cass counties, Nebraska. Its typical grant is about $15,000, though awards vary widely; it accepts online grant applications, with requests currently accepted for up to $10,000.

J K Barker Foundation

Rancho Santa Fe, CA

The J K Barker Foundation supports charitable organizations working in areas such as services for older adults, homelessness, arts, accessible information, and public education. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $19,250, with a median of $10,000, and went to organizations in Nebraska, California, Iowa, and New York. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation

Omaha, NE

The foundation funds local projects in education, family and children’s services, health, community needs, and the environment in Omaha and surrounding communities, and Stanwood, Washington, and surrounding communities. Its annual awards are typically $10,000–$75,000; 2024 grants had a median of $46,500, though some were larger. It runs an annual application process, but whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

Phillip and Terri Schrager Foundation

Omaha, NE

The Phillip and Terri Schrager Foundation supports Nebraska charities working in areas including community services, education, the arts, hunger relief, and child welfare. Its 2025 grants ranged from $270 to $548,323, with a median grant of $10,000; it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Adah K Millard Charitable Trust

Chicago, IL

The Adah K Millard Charitable Trust supports Nebraska nonprofits working in areas including family support, workforce development, arts and education, libraries, and animal welfare. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $25,000, with a median of $10,000; it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Parker Family Foundation

Omaha, NE

The foundation funds eligible 501(c)(3) organizations and government entities working in civic, cultural, health, education, and social services, primarily serving Nebraska and southwest Iowa. In 2025, grants ranged from $10,000 to $200,000, with a median of $31,250. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.