- Revenue 2025
- $15,040,538
- Expenses 2025
- $4,013,007
Program services were 92.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- W22
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 801 R ST STE 1
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
PROMOTE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY IDENTIFYING, SUPPORTING, AND INVESTING IN HIGH-GROWTH, HIGH-IMPACT, OR COMMUNITY CRITICAL COMPANIES ACROSS NEBRASKA.
Activities or mission (Part I)
INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION GROWS NEBRASKA'S ECONOMY BY PROVIDING CAPITAL AND OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO EARLY STAGE STARTUPS, DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS, AND ATTRACTING OUT-OF-STATE CAPITAL THROUGH ITS NETWORK OF VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS. AS A STATEWIDE NONPROFIT VENTURE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION HAS BECOME A KEY LEADER IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM; FUNDING PROGRAMS, ORGANIZING SERVICES, AND BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STATE.
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SEED FUND PROGRAM - THE ORGANIZATION CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE OF NEBRASKA'S DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE CAPITAL TO EARLY-STAGE BUSINESSES THROUGH THE BUSINESS INNOVATION ACT. THESE BUSINESSES ARE STATUTORILY ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCING BASED ON A SERIES OF QUALIFYING FACTORS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES CAPITAL TO EARLY-STAGE BUSINESSES THROUGH FEDERALLY DESIGNATED GRANT FUNDS.
Expenses $2,756,744
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THE COMBINE - AN AGRIFOOD TECH INCUBATOR LOCATED ON NEBRASKA INNOVATION CAMPUS TO INCUBATE HIGH-GROWTH, EARLY-STAGE BUSINESS IN THE AG AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY SPACE.
Expenses $402,387
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NEBRASKA EMERGING GROWTH - THE ORGANIZATION ADMINISTERS FUNDS THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED UNDER THE STATE SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT INITIATIVE (SSBCI) PROGRAM OF THE U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. CONVERTIBLE DEBT AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS FROM $100,000- $1,000,000 CAN BE USED FOR WORKING CAPITAL, AND INVENTORY/EQUIPMENT PURCHASES. FUNDS MUST BE MATCHED BY PRIVATE FUNDS AS OUTLINED IN THE PROGRAM.
Expenses $357,347
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OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - PROVIDE OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE STARTUP BUSINESSES THAT NEED TO COMPLETE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN ORDER TO ATTRACT OUTSIDE CAPITAL.
Expenses $210,604 · Grants $45,394
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Phil BakkenPHIL BAKKEN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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John StinnerJOHN STINNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Vishal SinghVISHAL SINGH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Steve GangwishSTEVE GANGWISH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Craig TuttleCRAIG TUTTLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Courtney DentlingerCOURTNEY DENTLINGER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Daniel PadillaDANIEL PADILLA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Joseph Fox Ex-Officionon-VotingJOSEPH FOX EX-OFFICIONON-VOTING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Kristin HassebrookKRISTIN HASSEBROOK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Jasmine KingseyJASMINE KINGSEY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Donna KushDONNA KUSH
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Amy JohnsonAMY JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Dan HoffmanDAN HOFFMAN
CEO
- Total calculated
- $397,731
- From this org
- $246,701
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $151,030
- Hours/week
- 51
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $226,410
- Bonus
- $20,291
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $151,030
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $397,731
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Ben WilliamsonBEN WILLIAMSON
INVESTMENT MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $258,034
- From this org
- $234,576
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,458
- Hours/week
- 42
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $234,576
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $23,458
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $258,034
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Shelby StrattanSHELBY STRATTAN
INVESTMENT MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $190,074
- From this org
- $114,715
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $75,359
- Hours/week
- 44
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $104,286
- Bonus
- $10,429
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $75,359
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $190,074
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2025
- Revenue
- $15,040,538
- Expenses
- $4,013,007
- Contributions
- $11,013,315
- Grants paid
- $45,394
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2024
- Revenue
- $7,234,005
- Expenses
- $2,826,941
- Contributions
- $7,688,319
- Grants paid
- $53,964
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2023
- Revenue
- $9,811,517
- Expenses
- $2,169,256
- Contributions
- $10,307,700
- Grants paid
- $29,920
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2022
- Revenue
- $7,658,576
- Expenses
- $2,411,383
- Contributions
- $4,391,777
- Grants paid
- $41,524
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $10,253,547
- Expenses
- $1,755,935
- Assets (EOY)
- $47,893,884
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,192,257
- Expenses
- $806,420
- Assets (EOY)
- $27,339,091
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,612,061
- Expenses
- $881,739
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,770,857
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,371,272
- Expenses
- $780,617
- Assets (EOY)
- $22,441,091
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,239,489
- Expenses
- $1,038,076
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,398,152
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,484,151
- Expenses
- $545,594
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,121,172
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,484,151
- Expenses
- $545,594
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,152,820
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,224,861
- Expenses
- $605,671
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,665,244
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,742,677
- Expenses
- $671,552
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,861,604
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,487,375
- Expenses
- $532,735
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,761,713
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AGENCY
$15,757
2022 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION RESEARCH
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NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$15,000
2023 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION RESEARCH
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NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$14,608
2022 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION RESEARCH
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METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$12,609
2023 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION RESEARCH
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METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$11,159
2022 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION RESEARCH
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DYSLEXICO LLC
$0
2024 VENTURE COMPETITION
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PRIVY AI INC
$0
2024 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION RESEARCH
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CATTLE KETTLE LLC
$0
2024 VENTURE COMPETITION
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GOLDEN GARDEN
$0
2025 VENTURE COMPETITION
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INFOFILM LLC
$0
2025 VENTURE COMPETITION
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 Economic Development
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2023 Economic Development
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2025 GENERAL SUPPORT
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2025 return
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INVEST NEBRASKA NMOTION LLC
ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY · NE · assets $2,243,411
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INVEST NEBRASKA FUND I LLC
ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY · NE · assets $1,820,140
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INVEST NEBRASKA FUND MANAGEMENT I LLC
ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY · NE · assets $330,848
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.