The author of Nebraska’s tax credit program for donors funding scholarships to private K-12 schools says two of the state’s top donor families are improperly using tax-advantaged charities to fight the law.
State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Omaha, in a letter to the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, accuses the Susie Buffett-chaired Sherwood Foundation of steering “funds from and thru Sherwood and its affiliates and connected organizations for the purpose of influencing politics and government in Nebraska.”
The letter also targets funding from the Weitz Family Foundation. That group is tied to University of Nebraska Regent Barbara Weitz and her daughter, Katie. The foundation donates to several organizations supporting public schools. The Buffetts and Weitzes are also major donors to Democrats in Nebraska.