Funding
Understanding Who We Fund
The primary function of the Weitz Family Foundation is to distribute fiscal resources to our partner organizations. In 2014, we created an annual application process that allows organizations to formally apply for funding. We adjust the application each year to match our values and priorities. We make sure to offer applicants opportunities to better understand our process by sharing videos, providing documents detailing application questions, and hosting informative Zoom sessions.
Throughout the first 20 years of the Weitz Family Foundation’s history, we gave almost $200,000,000 to area organizations. Although every grant may not have proved fruitful or reached every goal, we are extremely proud of our partners and thrilled to see how early grants blossomed into programs, replicated in other places, and touched all of our lives.
Our Current Grantees
Utilize the table below to search for organizations, understand our key giving areas, and gain insight into the financial impact of our foundation on the nonprofit sector.
Area of Focus | Organization Name | Funding Amount |
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Arts | 1st Sky Omaha | $30,000 |
Arts | African Culture Connection | $10,000 |
Arts | Amplify Arts | $10,000 |
Arts | Anastasis Theatre Co | $20,000 |
Arts | Benson Theatre | $20,000 |
Arts | BFF Omaha, Inc. | $20,000 |
Arts | Blue Barn Theatre | $10,000 |
Arts | Bluebird Cultural Initiative | $30,000 |
Arts | Circle Theatre | $10,000 |
Arts | Culxr House | $25,000 |
Arts | El Museo Latino | $50,000 |
Arts | Film Streams, Inc. | $150,000 |
Arts | Freedomtainment | $10,000 |
Arts | Great Plains Black Museum and Interpretive Center, Inc. | $35,000 |
Arts | Great Plains Theatre Commons | $100,000 |
Arts | Healing Ribbons | $7,000 |
Arts | House of Afros Capes & Curls | $35,000 |
Arts | House of Bah Foundation | $20,000 |
Arts | Joslyn Art Museum | $100,000 |
Arts | Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc. | $20,000 |
Arts | Nebraska Writers Collective | $70,000 |
Arts | North Omaha Music and Arts Academy | $20,000 |
Arts | Omaha Children’s Museum | $20,000 |
Arts | Omaha Community Playhouse | $25,000 |
Arts | Omaha Film Festival | $10,000 |
Arts | Omaha Girls Rock, Inc. | $20,000 |
Arts | Omaha Symphony Association | $100,000 |
Arts | Opera Omaha Inc. | $150,000 |
Arts | Pear Tree Performing Arts | $20,000 |
Arts | The Nebraska Journalism Trust (Flatwater Free Press) | $175,000 |
Arts | The Rose Theater | $30,000 |
Arts | Union for Contemporary Art Inc. | $450,000 |
Arts | United by Culture Media, Inc. | $15,000 |
Education | Code Black Professional Tech Network | $10,000 |
Education | NU Foundation (Various) | $485,000 |
Education | World Speaks | $50,000 |
Education | Avenue Scholars Foundation | $250,000 |
Education | Collective for Youth | $50,000 |
Education | College of Saint Mary | $50,000 |
Education | College Possible | $100,000 |
Education | Columbia University Teacher’s College, Baby’s First Years Study | $250,000 |
Education | D2 Center Inc. | $106,000 |
Education | DIBS for Kids | $20,000 |
Education | Learning for ALL | $20,000 |
Education | Nothing But Net Foundation | $20,000 |
Education | Omaha Discovery Trust (Kiewit Luminarium) | $20,000 |
Education | Omaha Public Library Foundation | $20,000 |
Health | Center for Holistic Development | $120,000 |
Health | Charles Drew Health Center, Inc. | $100,000 |
Health | Children’s Hospital Foundation | $300,000 |
Health | Children’s Square USA | $45,000 |
Health | Inclusive Healers of the Heartland, Inc | $60,000 |
Health | Mental Health Innovation Foundation | $125,000 |
Health | MOMentum Park | $20,000 |
Health | Nebraska Abortion and Reproductive Justice Fund Inc. | $30,000 |
Health | Nebraska AIDS Project Inc. | $20,000 |
Health | Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition | $20,000 |
Health | OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc. | $225,000 |
Health | Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc. | $200,000 |
Health | Southwest Autism Research | $25,000 |
Health | The Wellbeing Partners | $10,000 |
Human Services | Banister’s Leadership Academy | $45,000 |
Human Services | Carole’s House of Hope | $75,000 |
Human Services | East African Development Association of Nebraska | $5,000 |
Human Services | I Be Black Girl | $210,000 |
Human Services | inCOMMON Community Development | $70,000 |
Human Services | La Fuente Business Center | $15,000 |
Human Services | The Set Me Free Project | $30,000 |
Human Services | Urban League of Nebraska | $125,000 |
Human Services | 100 Black Men of Omaha Inc. | $30,000 |
Human Services | Black & Pink National | $30,000 |
Human Services | Bountiful Harvest | $40,000 |
Human Services | Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | $20,000 |
Human Services | Canopy South | $500,000 |
Human Services | CASA for Douglas County | $50,000 |
Human Services | Child Saving Institute, Inc. | $100,000 |
Human Services | City Sprouts Inc. | $10,000 |
Human Services | Completely Kids | $20,000 |
Human Services | Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership | $50,000 |
Human Services | Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc. | $200,000 |
Human Services | Girls Incorporated of Omaha | $20,000 |
Human Services | Gotta Be Me, Inc. | $50,000 |
Human Services | Grow Nebraska Inc. | $10,000 |
Human Services | Habitat for Humanity of Omaha | $325,000 |
Human Services | Heart Ministry Center, Inc. | $50,000 |
Human Services | Heartland Workers Center | $110,000 |
Human Services | Holy Name Housing Corporation | $10,000 |
Human Services | Imagine Omaha | $20,000 |
Human Services | InCOMMON Housing Development Corporation | $20,000 |
Human Services | Intercultural Senior Center | $110,000 |
Human Services | International Council for Refugees and Immigrants Inc. | $200,000 |
Human Services | Kids Can Community Center | $220,000 |
Human Services | Latino Center of the Midlands | $125,000 |
Human Services | Legal Aid of Nebraska | $60,000 |
Human Services | Lending Link | $125,000 |
Human Services | Malcolm X Memorial Foundation | $50,000 |
Human Services | MENTOR Nebraska | $50,000 |
Human Services | Nebraska Afghan Community Center | $10,000 |
Human Services | Nebraska Tribes Addressing Violence Coalition | $10,000 |
Human Services | No More Empty Pots | $225,000 |
Human Services | Omaha 100, Inc | $40,000 |
Human Services | Omaha ForUs | $38,000 |
Human Services | Project Harmony | $40,000 |
Human Services | Refugee Women Rising | $30,000 |
Human Services | Reimagine Omaha | $20,000 |
Human Services | Restoring Dignity | $20,000 |
Human Services | RISE Academy | $20,000 |
Human Services | Seventy Five North Revitalization Corporation | $400,000 |
Human Services | Sheltering Tree Inc. | $18,000 |
Human Services | The Collective for Hope | $20,000 |
Human Services | The Simple Foundation | $166,000 |
Human Services | Together Inc. | $40,000 |
Human Services | Whispering Roots | $100,000 |
Human Services | Women’s Center for Advancement | $50,000 |
Human Services | Women’s Fund of Greater Omaha Inc. | $250,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | ACLU Nebraska | $120,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | African American Empowerment Network | $225,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Autism Action Partnership | $20,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Black Men United | $50,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Black Votes Matter Institute of Community Engagement | $40,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Center for Rural Affairs | $125,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Centro Hispano Comunitario de Nebraska | $150,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Civic Nebraska | $50,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Coalition for a Strong Nebraska | $30,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Community Information Trust | $150,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim | $50,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Education Rights Counsel | $400,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Financial Hope Collaborative | $20,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Immigrant Legal Center + Refugee Empowerment Center | $450,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Inclusive Communities | $150,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Julian & Brittany Young Foundation | $50,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Juneteenth Joy Fest | $5,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | League of Women Voters of Greater Omaha | $80,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Midlands African Chamber, Inc | $90,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Movement in Omaha for Racial Equity (MORE) | $7,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Appleseed | $300,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Black Women United | $10,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Cures | $10,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Enterprise Fund | $20,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Table | $350,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Nonprofit Association of the Midlands | $45,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | North 24th Street Business Improvement District Association | $10,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Omaha Economic Development Corporation | $24,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Omaha Municipal Land Bank | $20,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Omaha Star Institute | $40,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | One Omaha | $20,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | OpenSky Policy Institute | $130,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | OutNebraska | $30,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | POC Collaborative Community Resource Center | $20,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Redress Movement | $15,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Somali Community Service Inc. | $15,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | SPARK | $250,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Tri-Faith Initiative | $30,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Unity in Action | $40,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Voices For Children in Nebraska | $50,000 |
Public/Societal Benefit | Youth Care & Beyond, Inc | $10,000 |