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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arts | 1st Sky Omaha | $30,000 |
| Arts | African Culture Connection | $15,000 |
| Arts | Amplify Arts | $20,000 |
| Arts | BFF Omaha | $20,000 |
| Arts | Blue Barn Theatre | $20,000 |
| Arts | Bluebird Cultural Initiative | $30,000 |
| Arts | Circle Theater | $10,000 |
| Arts | Common Senses Festival | $100,000 |
| Arts | Culxr House | $30,000 |
| Arts | El Museo Latino | $250,000 |
| Arts | Film Streams | $207,000 |
| Arts | Great Plains Black History Museum | $270,000 |
| Arts | Great Plains Theatre Commons | $100,000 |
| Arts | Hot Shops Art Foundation | $20,000 |
| Arts | House of Afros Capes & Curls | $35,000 |
| Arts | House of Bah Foundation | $50,000 |
| Arts | The Joslyn | $157,000 |
| Arts | Benson Theatre | $20,000 |
| Arts | My Omaha | $30,000 |
| Arts | Nebraska Public Media Foundation | $20,000 |
| Arts | Nebraska Writers Collective | $70,000 |
| Arts | North Omaha Music and Arts Academy | $40,000 |
| Arts | Omaha Children’s Trust | $150,000 |
| Arts | Omaha Community Playhouse | $25,000 |
| Arts | Omaha Symphony Association | $100,000 |
| Arts | Omaha Theater Company | $96,000 |
| Arts | Opera Omaha | $125,000 |
| Arts | Pear Tree Performing Arts | $20,000 |
| Arts | The Joy Ambition | $12,000 |
| Arts | Flatwater Free Press | $200,000 |
| Arts | Union for Contemporary Art | $450,000 |
| Arts | WhyArts | $20,000 |
| Education | Avenue Scholars Foundation | $175,000 |
| Education | City of Omaha Public Library Foundation | $20,000 |
| Education | Code Black Professional Tech Network | $20,000 |
| Education | Collective for Youth | $50,000 |
| Education | College of Saint Mary | $85,000 |
| Education | College Possible | $100,000 |
| Education | D2 Center | $106,000 |
| Education | DIBS for Kids | $50,000 |
| Education | Financial Hope Collaborative | $20,000 |
| Education | Learning for ALL | $20,000 |
| Education | Nothing But Net Foundation | $20,000 |
| Education | NU Foundation (Various) | $200,000 |
| Education | World Speaks | $75,000 |
| Health | Center for Holistic Development | $100,000 |
| Health | Charles Drew Health Center | $100,000 |
| Health | Children’s Hospital Foundation | $300,000 |
| Health | Families in Action | $15,000 |
| Health | Family Planning Council of Nebraska | $20,000 |
| Health | For All Counseling Services | $10,000 |
| Health | Healing Ribbons | $20,000 |
| Health | Inclusive Healers of the Heartland | $20,000 |
| Health | Mental Health Innovation Foundation | $125,000 |
| Health | MOMentum Park | $20,000 |
| Health | Nebraska AIDS Project | $20,000 |
| Health | Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition | $15,000 |
| Health | North Omaha Area Health | $10,000 |
| Health | OneWorld Community Health Centers | $475,000 |
| Health | Planned Parenthood of the Heartland | $200,000 |
| Health | Southwest Autism Research | $25,000 |
| Health | The Nebraska Abortion and Reproductive Justice Fund | $50,000 |
| Health | The Wellbeing Partners | $20,000 |
| Human Services | 100 Black Men of Omaha | $20,000 |
| Human Services | African Immigrants Family Services | $10,000 |
| Human Services | Banisters Leadership Academy | $30,000 |
| Human Services | Black & Pink National | $70,000 |
| Human Services | Bountiful Harvest | $30,000 |
| Human Services | Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | $20,000 |
| Human Services | Caroles House of Hope | $75,000 |
| Human Services | CASA for Douglas County | $50,000 |
| Human Services | Center for Refugee and Immigrant Advancement | $30,000 |
| Human Services | Child Saving Institute | $100,000 |
| Human Services | Completely Kids | $20,000 |
| Human Services | East African Development Association of Nebraska | $10,000 |
| Human Services | Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership | $77,000 |
| Human Services | Lending Link | $125,000 |
| Human Services | Family Housing Advisory Services | $175,000 |
| Human Services | Girls Incorporated of Omaha | $300,000 |
| Human Services | Gotta Be Me | $50,000 |
| Human Services | Grow Nebraska Women’s Business Center | $10,000 |
| Human Services | Habitat for Humanity of Omaha | $325,000 |
| Human Services | Heart Ministry Center | $30,000 |
| Human Services | Heartland Integration Center | $79,000 |
| Human Services | Heartland Workers Center | $375,000 |
| Human Services | Holy Name Housing Corporation | $10,000 |
| Human Services | I Be Black Girl | $296,000 |
| Human Services | Imagine Omaha | $20,000 |
| Human Services | inCOMMON Community Development | $70,000 |
| Human Services | inCOMMON Housing Development Corporation | $20,000 |
| Human Services | Intercultural Senior Center | $110,000 |
| Human Services | International Council for Refugees and Immigrants | $250,000 |
| Human Services | Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska | $400,000 |
| Human Services | La Fuente Business Center | $25,000 |
| Human Services | Latino Center of the Midlands | $375,000 |
| Human Services | Latino Economic Development Council | $10,000 |
| Human Services | Legal Aid of Nebraska | $60,000 |
| Human Services | Malcolm X Memorial Foundation | $60,000 |
| Human Services | MENTOR Nebraska | $45,000 |
| Human Services | Nebraska Afghan Community Center | $10,000 |
| Human Services | Nebraska Tribes Addressing Violence Coalition | $30,000 |
| Human Services | No More Empty Pots | $250,000 |
| Human Services | Omaha 100 | $80,000 |
| Human Services | Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty | $10,000 |
| Human Services | Omaha ForUs | $60,000 |
| Human Services | Project Harmony | $40,000 |
| Human Services | Refugee Women Rising | $30,000 |
| Human Services | Restoring Dignity | $20,000 |
| Human Services | Rise Academy | $50,000 |
| Human Services | Seventy Five North | $493,000 |
| Human Services | Sheltering Tree Inc. | $18,000 |
| Human Services | Canopy South | $500,000 |
| Human Services | The Collective for Hope | $25,000 |
| Human Services | The Set Me Free Project | $20,000 |
| Human Services | The Simple Foundation | $50,000 |
| Human Services | Together | $50,000 |
| Human Services | Urban League of Nebraska | $210,000 |
| Human Services | Whispering Roots | $100,000 |
| Human Services | Women’s Center for Advancement | $70,000 |
| Human Services | Women’s Fund of Greater Omaha | $181,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | ACLU Nebraska | $181,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | African American Empowerment Network | $200,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Autism Action Partnership | $20,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Black Men United | $40,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Black Votes Matter Institute of Community Engagement | $40,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Borderless – a Black & Indigenous Collective | $10,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Center for Rural Affairs | $125,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Civic Nebraska | $100,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Coalition for a Strong Nebraska | $30,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Common Cause Nebraska | $250,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Community Information Trust | $150,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Education Rights Counsel | $400,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Inclusive Communities | $160,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Institute for Public Leadership | $20,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Midlands African Chamber | $90,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Movement in Omaha for Racial Equity | $10,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Appleseed | $356,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Black Women United | $10,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Civic Engagement Table | $381,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Cures | $10,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Nebraska Enterprise Fund | $30,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Nonprofit Association of the Midlands | $45,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | North 24th Street Business Improvement District Association | $15,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | The Luminarium | $20,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Omaha Municipal Land Bank | $50,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Omaha Star Institute | $40,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | One Omaha | $50,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | OpenSky Policy Institute | $185,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | OutNebraska | $30,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | POC Collaborative Community Resource Center | $40,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Redress Movement | $20,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Reimagine Omaha | $30,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | SHARE Omaha | $10,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Somali Community Service | $10,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | SPARK | $250,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | The Start Center for Entrepreneurship | $150,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Unity in Action | $50,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Voices For Children in Nebraska | $55,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Centro Hispano | $222,000 |
| Public/Societal Benefit | Youth Care & Beyond | $20,000 |