About Ameritas Charitable Foundation
Ameritas Charitable Foundation appears to be a Lincoln-based corporate funder that concentrates on community-building in its home region, especially through local institutions and capital campaigns. It gives repeatedly to a small set of partners, with strong support for Nebraska higher education, youth and family services, health and dental access, and major facility or renovation projects. The foundation also shows a clear preference for practical, visible investments that strengthen local nonprofits' long-term capacity rather than broad, general-purpose giving.
Focus Areas
Lincoln-area youth and family servicesNebraska higher education and workforce scholarshipsCommunity health, dental care, and cancer servicesEmergency shelter, housing, and homelessness supportLocal capital campaigns and nonprofit facility improvementsFood assistance and aging services in Lincoln and surrounding counties
Giving Approach
Concentrated, relationship-based giving with several repeat grantees and a mix of larger capital commitments plus targeted program support. Grants often back specific projects, campaigns, or facility upgrades rather than unrestricted operating support, and the foundation tends to stay close to Lincoln-area organizations and Nebraska institutions.
About Ameritas Charitable Foundation
Ameritas Charitable Foundation’s recent giving is defined by a small number of very large grants, all directed to the same Lincoln, Nebraska recipient line item labeled "See Grants Attachment." The three reported awards total $2.624 million, with individual grants of $943,500 in 2025, $920,500 in 2023, and $760,000 in 2024. That pattern points to a concentrated funding approach rather than a broad portfolio of small awards. The foundation’s work sits inside Ameritas’ local community impact efforts and is tied to community development, education, and health. Its public grant descriptions also frame support around community-focused funding, with a Nebraska emphasis. In practice, the recent record shows a local anchor-partner model: one principal recipient in Lincoln receives multi-purpose support across multiple years. Because the available grant record is summarized as "VARIOUS," the strongest signal comes from the repeat, large-dollar pattern itself. Ameritas Charitable Foundation appears to favor flexible backing for a primary community partner over project-by-project dispersion across many organizations.
What Ameritas Charitable Foundation Funds
The clearest theme in the record is local community support in Lincoln. One recent grant of $943,500 went to "See Grants Attachment" for various purposes, indicating multi-purpose backing rather than a single restricted project. Education and training also appears in the foundation’s stated Community Impact and Ameritas Cares focus areas. A 2024 grant of $760,000 to "See Grants Attachment" continued that multi-year funding pattern for the same Lincoln recipient line item. Health-related services is another named area in Ameritas Cares, alongside financial stability, arts and culture, and sustainability. A 2023 award of $920,500 to the same recipient line item shows that the foundation sustains a central partner over time instead of spreading smaller awards across many organizations.
How Ameritas Charitable Foundation Gives
Ameritas Charitable Foundation’s recent grants are unusually concentrated in size and recipient pattern. The typical grant size is large and tightly clustered: p25 is $800,125, median is $840,250, and p75 is $880,375. The recent record shows three awards across 2023 to 2025, all to the same Lincoln recipient line item, which suggests repeat support rather than one-off experimentation. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its public grant program materials describe community-focused funding and note that Ameritas Cares grants are not unsolicited. The available data also points to a corporate/community-impact structure with flexible, multi-purpose support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$944K
Total Assets
$16.1M
Total Revenue
$1.1M
Total Expenses
$947K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
Local5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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