About Nebraska Civic Engagement Table
The Nebraska Civic Engagement Table builds transformative community power across Nebraska in partnership with its member organizations.
Focus Areas
Civic engagementVoter registrationGet-Out-The-Vote (GOTV)Grassroots lobbyingCommunity organizingNonprofit capacity buildingLeadership developmentTraining and technical assistancePolicy advocacy
Who They Fund
registered and prospective voters / community membersgrassroots organizers and community organizerspolicy fellows and advocacy trainees
Funding Style
About Nebraska Civic Engagement Table
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table funds civic participation work that connects elections, organizing, and policy change across Nebraska. Its recent grants show a strong emphasis on building advocacy infrastructure through member organizations, with support for policy fellows, organizers, voter outreach, and community-connected programming. The largest recent award in the data went to Second House Collaborative for social welfare, followed by support for Your Nebraska and Nebraskans for Reproductive Freedom. The table also backed a mix of community-based groups working in Omaha and Lincoln, including Malcolm X Memorial Foundation for a community connect grant and I Be Black Girl for policy fellows and organizers. That pattern fits the organization’s stated approach: member organizations receive grants alongside training, mentorship, and placement support designed to strengthen grassroots-to-policy work. Recent grant titles point to a consistent structure around get-out-the-vote efforts, voting rights, legislative strategy, and nonprofit capacity building. The funder’s leadership role is expressed through programs such as Lobby School and Organizer School, which help build advocacy and organizing capacity within Nebraska networks rather than funding individuals or project-based ventures outside the state.
What Nebraska Civic Engagement Table Funds
In civic engagement and voter outreach, Nebraska Civic Engagement Table supported Heartland Workers Center with a get out the vote grant, and Civic Nebraska with a separate get out the vote grant. The table also funded Unity in Action, YWCA Grand Island, and the League of Women Voters of Greater Omaha through get out the vote and voting rights grants. Its capacity-building work appears in grants tied to organizing and policy infrastructure. I Be Black Girl received support for policy fellows and organizers, while Rise received a lobby school grant, reflecting the table’s effort to connect grassroots organizing to legislative work. Community connection is another clear theme. Malcolm X Memorial Foundation received a community connect grant, and Neighborworks Lincoln was also funded for community connect work. These awards sit alongside grants to organizations serving specific communities, including Asian Community and Cultural Center and Somali Community Service Inc.
How Nebraska Civic Engagement Table Gives
Typical grants cluster around five figures: the 25th percentile is $8,000, the median is $11,000, and the 75th percentile is $33,531. The recent-grant list shows a wider range above that, with several larger awards in 2025 and many smaller operating-style grants around $10,000 to $12,000. The table appears to fund the same organizations in multiple years. Second House Collaborative, Asian Community and Cultural Center, Outnebraska, Rise, Heartland Workers Center, and Black Votes Matter Institute of Community Engagement all appear more than once in the recent-grants list. The foundation is a regular funder, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. Nonprofit Resources & Training is the only active program listed as accepting unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.2M
Total Assets
$2.7M
Total Revenue
$2M
Total Expenses
$2.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $34K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$34K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NE.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MEG MIKOLAJCZYK
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