Grants awarded
Who does Weitz Family Foundation fund?
Weitz Family Foundation has awarded $90 million across 968 grants to 461 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $40,000, with most between $20,000 and $116,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $50,000 versus $25,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$89.5M
Typical grant
$40K
Grantees
461
Grants
968
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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University of Nebraska Foundation
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$4.5M | 22 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
Depaul University
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$2.1M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| C Columbia University Teachers College | $2.1M | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.0M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Planned Parenthood
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$1.7M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$1.7M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
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Opera Omaha INC
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$1.7M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
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$1.6M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| U Uno Service Learning | $1.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Immigrant Legal Center | $1.4M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Spark | $1.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.2M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
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$1.1M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
Education Rights Counsel
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$1.1M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| Y Yates Fund | $1.0M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NE | |
| N Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest | $998K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Women's Fund of Greater Omaha INC
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$950K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
Intercultural Senior Center
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$945K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| C College of Saint Mary | $932K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$925K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
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$905K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| C Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation | $900K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Urban League of Nebraska
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$875K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| A African American Empowerment Network | $875K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Film Streams INC
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$836K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| L Latino Center of the Midlands | $828K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Seventy-Five North Revitalization Corporation
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$800K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
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$772K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| O One World Community Health Centers | $665K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest INC
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$663K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| H Heartland Workers Center | $650K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| I Individual recipient | $636K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Club of Omaha | $630K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law | $606K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Open Sky Policy Institute | $583K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
College Possible
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$580K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$575K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| F Family Housing Advisory Service | $575K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Center for Holistic Development | $562K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Simple Foundation | $558K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| I Individual recipient | $550K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $550K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
ACLU Nebraska
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$545K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
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$535K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NE | |
| I Individual recipient | $532K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Center for Immigrant and Refugee Advancement | $530K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Southside Redevelopment Corporation
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$520K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| N Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition | $519K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$500K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
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$500K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| C Columbia University | $500K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Unmc College of Public Health | $500K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Seventy Five North Revitalization Corp | $493K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Oneworld Community Health Centers INC | $475K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha INC
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$475K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| U Union for Contemporary Art | $450K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $449K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Civic Nebraska
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$425K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| W Women's Fund of Omaha | $419K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Charles Drew Health Center INC
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$410K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
Whispering Roots INC
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$400K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| I Individual recipient | $400K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$400K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | NE | |
| I International Council for Refugees and Immigrants | $400K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$400K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | PA | |
| J Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska | $400K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $400K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Heartland Workers Center | $375K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Center for Rural Affairs | $375K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$370K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| I Individual recipient | $364K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Great Plains Black Museum | $360K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Omaha Community Fdn Flatwater Free Press | $350K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $346K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$342K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| G Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation | $335K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | NE | |
Nebraska Enterprise Fund
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$330K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| H Habitat for Humanity of Omaha | $325K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Girls INC of Omaha | $320K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Carole's House of Hope | $300K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$300K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| M Methodist Hospital | $300K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Omaha Symphony Association
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$300K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | NE | |
| T The Nebraska Journalism Trust | $300K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Children's Hospital Foundation | $300K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $300K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $300K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$297K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| I Individual recipient | $290K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$281K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NE | |
| I International Council for Refugees & Immigrants | $280K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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Black Men United
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$250K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| D Dr Susan La Flesche Picotte Center | $250K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Holy Name Housing Corporation
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$244K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
Child Saving Institute INC
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$242K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
Gotta Be Me INC
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$237K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NE | |
| I Individual recipient | $235K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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