Nebraska · Private foundation
Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $124k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $61k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $68k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abide Network Inc | $131,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Assure Womens Center | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope Center for Kids Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation | $4,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Harmony | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Loaves and Fishes New Haven Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| All Our Kin Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abide Network Inc | $131,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Assure Womens Center | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope Center for Kids Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation | $4,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Harmony | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Loaves and Fishes New Haven Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| All Our Kin Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Net Foundation for Television | $400 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation
- How much does Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation give?
- Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $75,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (33%), Health (33%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Abide Network Inc ($131k), Assure Womens Center ($60k), Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc ($55k).
- Does Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Growing Good Foundation, The Hawks Foundation, The Lozier Foundation.
- Where is Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation based?
- Brad and Laura Nielsen Family Foundation is based in NE.
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