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Nonprofit profile

Give Nebraska

Lincoln, NEFounded 1981EIN 363431222
Food & Basic Needs 501(c)(3) verified No active projects
Overview

About Give Nebraska

Give Nebraska makes it easy to give close to home. Donors can support the Nebraska nonprofits they care about through payroll deduction, donor-directed workplace campaigns, direct giving, and other options that keep the gift pointed where they want it to go. For member agencies, that means more than funding, with campaign support and back-end help that strengthens their fundraising capacity.

The key thing here is choice. Give Nebraska is a donor-directed federation, so gifts are designated to the nonprofits donors pick instead of being sorted by an internal committee. It also supports member agencies with fundraising, public relations, marketing, and networking help, which gives the giving side a little more staying power.

What they do

Programs

The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.

Program 01

Employee giving campaigns

Employer-sponsored campaigns that let employees support local nonprofits through payroll deduction.

Program 02

Payroll deduction giving

Automatic charitable giving from regular paychecks to designated member agencies.

Program 03

Donor-directed giving

Designated giving that sends contributions to the nonprofit or nonprofits chosen by the donor.

Program 04

Distributions to member agencies

Funds distributed to member agencies from designated gifts and campaign contributions.

Program 05

Fundraising for members

Campaign-based fundraising support for nonprofit member agencies.

Program 06

Charitable Gift Cards

Gift cards that let the recipient choose the nonprofit cause they want to support.

Program 07

Required minimum distribution giving

A giving option that lets donors direct retirement-account distributions to several nonprofits in one transaction.

The story

About this work

In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.

Mission

Give Nebraska connects donors to causes they care about most and strengthens the fundraising capacity of its nonprofit member agencies by conducting employee giving campaigns.

Who they serve

Nebraska donors, workplaces, employees, and nonprofit member agencies.

Their impact

  • Raised $2.6 million for member agencies since 2020.
  • Raised $494,782 for member agencies in 2022.
  • Raised $529,445 for member agencies in 2021.
  • Had 76 member agencies as of July 2024.

How your donation helps

  • Daily feeding for animals in the shelter.
  • Childcare during Nebraska Children’s Home Society classes.
  • Sandbox toys for a play structure.
  • A background check for one potential mentor.
  • A skateboard and helmet for one young person.
  • A new tree in a neighborhood.
  • A hygiene kit through CenterPointe.
  • A summer camp scholarship for families with lower income.
Origin

Our story

Give Nebraska started in 1981, when Nebraska nonprofits came together as a federation after donors asked for more choices and nonprofits wanted new sources of funding. In 2021, it changed its name from Community Services Fund of Nebraska to Give Nebraska, while keeping the same donor-directed mission.

Impact in person

Stories

The people behind the work.

A payroll deduction gift that keeps giving

A donor said Give Nebraska makes it easy to support the organizations they love without writing checks or sharing credit card information, and to choose exactly where the money goes.

Give Nebraska makes donating just to those organizations I love so easy I don't even have to worry about it. I never have to write a check or give my credit card information, and I can choose exactly where the money goes.

Member agencies can offer supporters more choice

A member agency representative said the payroll deduction model makes it easy for colleagues to support multiple causes they care about in addition to their own organization.

My colleagues and I appreciate the opportunity to support other causes we feel passionate about in addition to our own organization. It's actually fun to choose who you want to support and so easy with the payroll deduction.
Voices

In their words

Give Nebraska makes donating just to those organizations I love so easy I don't even have to worry about it. I never have to write a check or give my credit card information, and I can choose exactly where the money goes.
My colleagues and I appreciate the opportunity to support other causes we feel passionate about in addition to our own organization. It's actually fun to choose who you want to support and so easy with the payroll deduction.
Give Nebraska speaks to our grassroots origins, statewide focus and our belief that everyone, regardless of the size of their donation, can be a philanthropist.
Calendar

Events

Dine to Donate night at Texas Roadhouse

one-time

A fundraising dining event where 10% of sales from diners who show the flyer are donated back to Give Nebraska.

Share the Love this Valentine’s Day

seasonal

A seasonal giving promotion where a $25 or $50 donation can include Bakers chocolates and a card for the recipient.

Charitable Gift Card

ongoing

A gift option that lets the recipient choose the nonprofit cause they want to support.

Credibility

Recognition & press

In the media

  • Lincoln Journal Star, feature on Community Services Fund of Nebraska’s appearance on the cover of L Magazine.

Press & mentions

LB1140https://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/senator_find.phpCommunity Services Fund of NE featured on cover of L Magazine
Collaborators

Partners & funders

Community Shares USANonprofit Association of the MidlandsCause CollectiveLincoln HRFirespringUPIC SolutionsNebraska nonprofitsBusinesses and employersPublic, private, and governmental entities
From the newsroom

In the news

Articles featuring Give Nebraska from the Love What You Fund newsroom.

Your Nebraska donations do not have to choose just 1 charity. Give Nebraska runs the middle.
Picking one Nebraska charity is often the wrong question. Give Nebraska is the statewide system that lets one gift move across multiple loca…
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