Nebraska · Private foundation
Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $32,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $426k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $1.1M | 46% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $1.7M | 60% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.3M | 70% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $1.2M | 65% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $1.6M | 68% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $851k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $761k | 92% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $856k | 87% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuming County Economic Development Inc | $525,000 | 4 | 24% |
| Burt County Fair Foundation | $335,012 | 3 | 69% |
| Fort Atkinson Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Burt County Economic Development Corporation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The West Point Auditorium Foundation | $182,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Criminal Defense College Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 34% |
| Generation Diamond Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Historic Bryant House Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Sunshine Center Inc | $72,500 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuming County Economic Development Inc | $525,000 | 4 | 24% |
| Burt County Fair Foundation | $335,012 | 3 | 69% |
| Fort Atkinson Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Burt County Economic Development Corporation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The West Point Auditorium Foundation | $182,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Criminal Defense College Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 34% |
| Generation Diamond Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Historic Bryant House Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Sunshine Center Inc | $72,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Tekamah Community Foundation | $70,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Haven House Family Services Center | $50,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Happy Days Senior Center | $50,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Roots to Wings Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Susan Laflesche Picotte Center | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Nebraska State Patrol Foundation Inc | $48,100 | 2 | 22% |
| Swedish Heritage Center Inc | $33,103 | 2 | n/a |
| Oakland Craig Public Schools | $31,013 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Oaks Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Howells Community Club Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tekamah-Herman Public Schools Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| West Point Library Foundation | $23,235 | 1 | n/a |
| Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools Foundation | $16,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Beemer Senior Citizens Center | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ati Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Decatur Senior Center | $8,500 | 1 | 12% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc · Fremont Area Community Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc
- How much does Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc give?
- Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $1,074,003 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (21%), Public Benefit (19%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%).
- Who are Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cuming County Economic Development Inc ($525k), Burt County Fair Foundation ($335k), Fort Atkinson Foundation ($250k).
- Does Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc, Fremont Area Community Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation.
- Where is Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc based?
- Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc is based in NE.
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