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Howard G. Buffett Foundation

private foundationDisclosure: Private foundation: grants public on IRS 990-PFEIN 470824756 · 990s
To Nebraska ballot committees
$0
To tracked Nebraska PACs
$0
990 grants to tracked groups
$16,068,655
Documented upstream (990)
$7,361
Charitable grants (IRS 990-PF / Schedule I, latest return per tax year 2018–2018): $16,068,655 total; $14,982,232 to Nebraska recipients, $1,086,423 out of state (aggregate).
Top Nebraska recipients: University Of Nebraskalincoln $14,930,594 · University Of Nebraska Medical Ctr $31,638 · Project Harmony $20,000

Measures backed

No contributions to Nebraska ballot committees in NADC filings.

Candidates & other Nebraska committees

None in NADC filings.

Timeline

2018
2020

Multi-year totals are spread evenly across their years for this chart; the table has exact figures.

All documented flows

DirectionCounterpartyAmountYearsSource
OutOther Nebraska grantees of Howard G. Buffett Foundation$14,982,2322018IRS 990 · EIN · filing
OutOut-of-state grantees of Howard G. Buffett Foundation$1,086,4232018IRS 990 · EIN · filing
InNew Venture Fund
national, not earmarked for Nebraska
$7,3612020IRS 990 · EIN · filing

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