Nebraska · Public charity
First Responders Foundation
FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION's mission is to serve and honor all our first responders and their families, build appreciation and respect for their work, and enhance public safety.
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $52k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,524
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations First Responders Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $52k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Omaha - Department of Parks Recreation and Public Property | $122,447 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Council Bluffs | $5,959 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
About First Responders Foundation
- How much does First Responders Foundation give?
- First Responders Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $52,483, out of $66,983 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does First Responders Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (40%), Public Safety & Disaster (31%), Public Benefit (29%).
- Who are First Responders Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: City of Omaha - Department of Parks Recreation and Public Property ($122k), City of Council Bluffs ($6k).
- Does First Responders Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is First Responders Foundation based?
- First Responders Foundation is based in NE.
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