Weitz Family Foundation
Private foundation · Omaha, NE · EIN 47-0834133 · reported 2023–2025
494grants reported
$50Kmedian award
$20Klower quartile
$15smallest grant
$50.5Mtotal paid
11states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 5 of its 494 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $180K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
3555 Farnam St Ste 800
Omaha, NE 68131-3312
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Omaha, NE | $1,227,958 |
| Depaul University | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 |
| The Nebraska Journalism Trust | Omaha, NE | $650,000 |
| Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law | Omaha, NE | $606,500 |
| Columbia University Teachers College | New York, NY | $600,000 |
| Nebraska Civic Engagement Table | Lincoln, NE | $531,500 |
| Center for Immigrant and Refugee Advancement | Omaha, NE | $530,000 |
| Uno Service Learning | Omaha, NE | $506,000 |
| Nebraska Forward | Omaha, NE | $500,000 |
| Southside Redevelopment Corporation | Omaha, NE | $500,000 |
| Yates Fund | Omaha, NE | $500,000 |
| Southside Redevelopment Corporation | Omaha, NE | $500,000 |
| The Union for Contemporary Art | Omaha, NE | $498,000 |
| Seventy Five North Revitalization Corp | Omaha, NE | $493,000 |
| Uno Service Learning | Omaha, NE | $490,000 |
| Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc | Omaha, NE | $475,000 |
| Uno Service Learning | Omaha, NE | $460,000 |
| Union for Contemporary Art | Omaha, NE | $450,000 |
| Immigrant Legal Center | Omaha, NE | $450,000 |
| Immigrant Legal Center | Omaha, NE | $450,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | Omaha, NE | $450,000 |
| Union for Contemporary Art | Omaha, NE | $450,000 |
| Education Rights Counsel | Omaha, NE | $400,000 |
| Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska | Omaha, NE | $400,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | Omaha, NE | $400,000 |
| Seventy Five North Revitalization Corp | Omaha, NE | $400,000 |
| Education Rights Counsel | Omaha, NE | $400,000 |
| Seventy Five North Revitalization Corp | Omaha, NE | $400,000 |
| Women's Fund of Greater Omaha | Omaha, NE | $400,000 |
| Center for Rural Affairs | Lyons, NE | $375,000 |
| Heartland Workers Center | Omaha, NE | $375,000 |
| Latino Center of the Midlands | Omaha, NE | $375,000 |
| Great Plains Black Museum | Omaha, NE | $360,000 |
| Avenue Scholars | Omaha, NE | $350,000 |
| Nebraska Civic Engagement Table | Lincoln, NE | $350,000 |
| I BE Black Girl | Omaha, NE | $346,500 |
| Nebraska Civic Engagement Table | Lincoln, NE | $346,000 |
| Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law | Omaha, NE | $344,000 |
| Opera Omaha | Omana, NE | $331,646 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Omaha | Omaha, NE | $325,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Omaha | Omaha, NE | $325,000 |
| Girls Inc of Omaha | Omaha, NE | $320,000 |
| Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law | Omaha, NE | $319,000 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | Omaha, NE | $300,000 |
| International Council for Refugees and Immigrants | Omaha, NE | $300,000 |
| NO More Empty Pots | Omaha, NE | $300,000 |
| The Nebraska Journalism Trust | Omaha, NE | $300,000 |
| Avenue Scholars | Omaha, NE | $300,000 |
| Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation | Omaha, NE | $300,000 |
| Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation | Omaha, NE | $300,000 |
| Open Sky Policy Institute | Omaha, NE | $260,000 |
| Common Cause Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | $250,000 |
| EL Museo Latino | Omaha, NE | $250,000 |
| Spark | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| NO More Empty Pots | Omaha, NE | $250,000 |
| Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc | Omaha, NE | $250,000 |
| Spark | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Spark | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
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