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Dolezal Family Foundation at a glance

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Dolezal Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$282k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$661kHuman Services$284kYouth Development$280kReligion$148kCommunity Improvement$100kEducation$80kCrime & Legal$50kPhilanthropy$49kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $273k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION$35,000
LINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE$26,000
WHITE CANE FOUNDATION$24,250
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP$20,000
FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOO$17,500
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$16,000
EASTER SEAL SOCIETY$15,000
EDUCARE OF LINCOLN$15,000
CLYDE MALONE COMMUNITY CENTER$15,000
DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION$15,000
BRAVEBE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$14,250
YMCA OF LINCOLN$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
FAMILY SERVICE LINCOLN$10,000
MOURNING HOPE$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION: $15k → 12%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $10k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $10k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $10k → 13%VISIONARY YOUTH: $8k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $5k → 13%VISIONARY YOUTH: $5k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $5k → 13%NEBRASKA CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY: $10k → 13%NEBRASKA CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY: $8k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 30 repeat orgs$207k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
10

Total granted

$1.6M
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+36%

Still filing today

73%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LO
    LINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2018–2025 · $190k · revenue +21%
  • LC
    LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    5× · 2018–2024 · $120k · revenue +41%
  • CS
    Camp Sonshine
    2× · 2020–2021 · $80k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • CY
    CEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +36%
  • TN
    THE NEBRASKA COMMUNITIES PLAYHOUSE
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -44%
  • CH
    CEDARS HOMOE FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lincoln Total Community Action Inc

Early childhood development.

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2
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation

To promote, facilitate and develop or co-develop affordable housing in lincoln county, nebraska.

Philanthropy
3
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
4
Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce

To Market Lincoln as the area of choice in which to live and do business, by attracting, assisting, retaining and promoting our members

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5
Lincoln County Community Theater & Orchestra

To present diverse, high-quality programs that provide entertaining, artistic, educational and social experiences that enrich our community.

Arts & Culture
6
Lincoln Medical Education Partnership

To provide family practice training and, in support of that end, relevant healthcare education and services.

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7
Cardinal Child Development Center

Non-profit learning center providing safe, affordable, high- quality, and reliable child care, for all young children in randolph, nebraska and the surrounding area.

Human Services
8
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Community development in lincoln, ne

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9
Boys and Girls Club of Lincolnlancaster County

The mission of the boys & girls club of lincoln/lancaster county is to empower all youth to reach their full potential.

Youth Development
10
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers

To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
11
Lincoln Central Neighborhood Family Center

To provide programs for the residents in the lincoln/central school area.

Community Improvement
12
Lincoln Literacy Council

To strengthen our community by teaching the english language and various literacy skills to people of all cultures.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lincoln Community Playhouse; the most unlike its peers is Sewing for Babies Incorporated. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
17/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $148,345 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $100,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIPLINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL: $61,500 · OtherLINCOLN ARTS COUNCILCEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN: $60,000 · OtherCEDARS HOME FOR CHILDRENTHE SALVATION ARMY OF LINCOLN: $36,600 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOO: $32,500 · OtherLINCOLN CROSSROADS MUSIC: $30,000 · OtherTHE NEBRASKA COMMUNITIES PLAYHOUSE: $30,000 · OtherCEDARS HOMOE FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 · OtherLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $50,350 · OtherLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTERFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $30,000 · Other+15 more: $130,100 · Other+15 moreLINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $190,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATIONLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $120,000 · Arts & CultureLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTSLINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $75,050 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSEMOURNING HOPE: $55,000 · Arts & CultureMOURNING HOPELINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUMCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INCCamp Sonshine: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC: $47,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH ACTORS ACADEMY OF LINCOLN INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCITY IMPACT: $90,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHEAST FAMILY CENTER: $10,000 · Community ImprovementEDUCARE OF LINCOLN INC: $45,000 · EducationBRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $30,000 · EducationDIMENSIONS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationNEBRASKA CULTURAL ENDOWMENT: $41,000 · PhilanthropyFITTING FUTURES: $39,250 · PhilanthropyTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $5,300 · PhilanthropyYMCA OF LINCOLN: $40,000 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesDREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesVISIONARY YOUTH: $12,500 · Human Services
Other$734,395Arts & Culture$520,050Youth Development$137,500Community Improvement$100,000Education$100,000Philanthropy$85,550Human Services$85,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $190,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $120,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetCITY IMPACT: $90,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCamp Sonshine: $80,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetLINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $75,050 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetLINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL: $61,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetMOURNING HOPE: $55,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $50,350 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $50,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC: $47,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetEDUCARE OF LINCOLN INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNEBRASKA CULTURAL ENDOWMENT: $41,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetYMCA OF LINCOLN: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFITTING FUTURES: $39,250 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTHE NEBRASKA COMMUNITIES PLAYHOUSE: $30,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetDIMENSIONS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVISIONARY YOUTH: $12,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetYOUTH ACTORS ACADEMY OF LINCOLN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetNORTHEAST FAMILY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBELMONT COMMUNITY CENTER: $8,600 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $5,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEASTER SEALS NEBRASKA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEWING FOR BABIES INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds LINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CITY IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds Camp Sonshine ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds MOURNING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCARE OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA CULTURAL ENDOWMENT ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF LINCOLN ↗
  • Who funds FITTING FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT LIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEBRASKA COMMUNITIES PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds DIMENSIONS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MALONE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VISIONARY YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ACTORS ACADEMY OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST FAMILY CENTER ↗

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.

Lincoln Community Fou…Abel FoundationCooper FoundationDuncan Family TrustD F Dillon FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…Pace Woods FoundationOlsson Family Foundat…Hugo a and Thelma Asp…Assurity Life Foundat…Rogers FoundationLee and Debbie Stuart…
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE53.8× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Abel Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · D F Dillon Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Pace Woods Foundation · Olsson Family Foundation · Hugo a and Thelma Aspegren Charitable Trust · Assurity Life Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dolezal Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dolezal Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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