Nonprofit · EIN 47-0638422
NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC
Tax-exempt · LINCOLN, NE 68508
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2025 | 990 | $752,367 | $203,668 | $548,699 | $4,351,674 | $0 | $4,351,674 |
| October 31, 2024 | 990 | $239,496 | $75,250 | $164,246 | $3,545,111 | $0 | $3,545,111 |
| October 31, 2023 | 990 | $129,879 | $8,979 | $120,900 | $3,018,392 | $0 | $3,018,392 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $519,669
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $232,698
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $83,644
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $191,931
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Program services (functional)
- $191,931
- Management and general (functional)
- $11,737
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,545,111
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,351,674
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,351,674
- Publicly traded securities
- $4,253,660
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,351,674
- Gross receipts
- $860,654
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 22
- Year formed
- 1981
- State of legal domicile
- NE
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEITH BYSTROM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER CREAGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DON DIETEMEYER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOEL FALK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN HIGGINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE HOMA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JEANNETTE EILEEN JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTIN KRUEGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICK LEAHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATT LOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RENEE MCCLYMONT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVE MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| M TIMOTHY NOLTING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN OSBERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDY POLLOCK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
8 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARY RAIMONDO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY SHANK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SCOTT SNELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA TROSHYNSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID VAIL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CAROL WANG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARA WOODS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER SOMMERICH | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended October 31, 2024: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEITH BYSTROM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUDY EKELER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOEL FALK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JULIA GALE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LINDA GRAFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN HIGGINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE HOMA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTIN KRUEGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICK LEAHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATT LOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RENEE MCCLYMONT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| M TIMOTHY NOLTING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDY POLLOCK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARY RAIMONDO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY SHANK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA TROSHYNSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID VAIL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CAROL WANG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETH WHITED | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACLYN WILSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARA WOODS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER SOMMERICH | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended October 31, 2023: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER SOMMERICH | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 1 | $0 | $109,886 | $7,143 |
| BRENDA CHRISTENSEN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DON ARP JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KEITH BYSTROM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| CONNIE DUNCAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JUDY EKELER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL EVANS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JOEL FALK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIA GALE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA GRAFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| TAMI HELLMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN HIGGINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE HOMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| PATRICK LEAHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| RENEE MCCLYMONT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY POLLOCK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY RAIMONDO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMPSON H ROGERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| BARB SCHLOTHAUER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULETTE STEFKA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA TROSHYNSKI | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| BETH WHITED | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JACLYN WILSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| SARA WOODS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 215 CENTENNIAL MALL S STE 330, LINCOLN, NE 68508-1868
- In care of
- % PAUL OLSON CHAIRMAN
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MIKE HOMA, 215 CENTENNIAL MALL SOUTH STE 330, LINCOLN, NE 68508
- Signed the 990
- CHRISTOPHER SOMMERICH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (402) 474-2131
- Return prepared by
- AMGL PC
Mission
TO WORK TO SECURE PRIVATE FUNDING AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PUBLIC FUNDING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS OF THE NEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL.
Program accomplishments
- PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE NEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL FOR GRANTS, SPEAKERS' BUREAU, TRAVELING EXHIBITS, CHAUTAUQUA SCHOLARS IN RESIDENCE, YOUTH PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WORLD ISSUES, TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMS ON THE GREAT PLAINS, AND FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS FOR THE LOW-LITERACY, LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.Expenses $191,931 · grants $191,931
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in October, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | October 31, 2026 | March 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | October 31, 2025 | March 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | October 31, 2024 | March 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 47-0638422
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1981
- Accounting year ends
- October
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,351,674
- Income (IRS master file)
- $860,654
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | October 2025 | $752,367 | $203,668 | $4,351,674 | IRS |
| 990 | October 2024 | $239,496 | $75,250 | $3,545,111 | XML |
| 990 | October 2023 | $129,879 | $8,979 | $3,018,392 | XML |
| 990 | October 2022 | $111,424 | $69,785 | $2,876,067 | IRS |
| 990 | October 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 47-0638422).
Questions about NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC
- What is the EIN of NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC is 47-0638422.
- Is NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1981.
- Are donations to NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending October 31, 2026) is due March 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended October 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 names MIKE HOMA.
- Who are the officers and directors of NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 lists 23 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does NEBRASKA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $752,367, expenses of $203,668 and total assets of $4,351,674 at year end.
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