Nebraska Appleseed is a statewide nonprofit public-interest law and policy organization that advances racial and economic justice through legal advocacy, policy reform, community organizing, and impact litigation on issues affecting low-income families, children, immigrants, and people involved with the criminal legal system.
Civil rights and racial justice; access to legal services and justice; immigration and immigrant integration; child and family welfare; criminal justice reform; voting access and civic participation; economic security and public benefits policy.
Primarily foundation grants and philanthropic support supplemented by individual donations and project-specific grants.
Appleseed Network and other state Appleseed centers; local legal aid and civil rights organizations such as Legal Aid of Nebraska and the ACLU of Nebraska; community and immigrant advocacy groups.
Non-profit (501(c)(3) public interest legal advocacy organization)