Nebraska · Public charity
Back to the River Inc
Through the vision of former nebraska senator bob kerrey, back to the river was created to preserve and improve wildlife habitat and provide economic development opportunities in a balanced, sustainable manner along the missouri river. Together with program supporters, back to the river has strived to protect the environmental and…
- $29k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
60% of Back to the River Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Midlands Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2024
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $848k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Back to the River Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $153k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $55k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact | $300,000 | 2 | 9% |
| City of Council Bluffs | $153,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Fontenelle Forest | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Roam Share | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
| River Relief Inc D/B/A Missouri River Relief | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Omaha Development Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Iowa West Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation
How this is measured
About Back to the River Inc
- How much does Back to the River Inc give?
- Back to the River Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $25,000, out of $29,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Back to the River Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (42%), Environment (21%), Community Improvement (17%).
- Who are Back to the River Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact ($300k), City of Council Bluffs ($153k), Fontenelle Forest ($50k).
- Does Back to the River Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Back to the River Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Iowa West Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation.
- Where is Back to the River Inc based?
- Back to the River Inc is based in NE.
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