Top-Rated Nonprofits in Nebraska 2026
Nebraska has 9 nonprofits with $3.7B in combined revenue. The top-rated organization is The Nebraska Medical Center with an Efficiency Score of 84/100.
Nebraska has 9 nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset ranked here by efficiency score. The NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%) into a 0-100 composite.
Reading the ranking: top of the list typically combines healthy operating reserves (the highest-weighted factor) with stable multi-year revenue and reasonable officer compensation. Large hospital and university systems often appear near the top in any state — their scale gives them deep balance sheets and steady revenue. Each nonprofit links to its full Form 990 profile. For donors trying to choose between organizations, the efficiency grade is a useful triage — but the underlying reserve position, the multi-year revenue trend, and the officer-comp ratio matter more than the composite letter on any individual decision.
Top 9 Nonprofits in Nebraska
| # | Organization | Category | Revenue | CEO Pay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Nebraska Medical Center | Health | $2.1B | $10.4M | A (84) |
| 2 | Bellevue University | Education | $145.5M | $2.8M | A (81) |
| 3 | National Arbor Day Foundation | Environment & Animals | $99.1M | $3.4M | B (79) |
| 4 | Creighton University | Education | $695.4M | $3.3M | B (67) |
| 5 | Omaha Performing Arts Society | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $30.7M | $1.1M | B (67) |
| 6 | University Of Nebraska Foundation | Education | $413.0M | $1.3M | C (56) |
| 7 | Opas Foundation | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $88.7M | $0 | C (54) |
| 8 | Omaha Zoo Foundation | Environment & Animals | $31.9M | $480K | C (51) |
| 9 | Omaha Zoological Society Inc | Environment & Animals | $70.8M | $2.3M | D (49) |
Nonprofit financial data for Nebraska is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings, which all tax-exempt organizations must file annually.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Nebraska Medical Center is the top-rated nonprofit in Nebraska with an Efficiency Score of 84/100 (Grade A) and $2.1B in annual revenue.
Nebraska has 9 nonprofits in our database with a combined $3.7B in total revenue.
The Efficiency Score (0-100, A-F) measures a nonprofit's financial structure based on financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%), all from IRS Form 990 data. Higher scores indicate stronger financial structure. It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide.
Efficiency Score: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), current-officer compensation ratio (25%). No program-spending ratio is included — total program service expenses are not available from the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed.