Nebraska · Public charity
Foundation for Educational Funding II
Improve access to higher education in nebraska
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $277k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,759
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $204M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Foundation for Educational Funding II funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 11 | $277k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $243k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $353k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $200k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $59k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $289k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $257k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $335k | 59% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas County School District 001 | $661,217 | 9 | n/a |
| Lincoln Public Schools | $340,768 | 9 | n/a |
| Kearney Public Schools | $115,633 | 7 | n/a |
| Columbus Public Schools | $98,058 | 7 | n/a |
| Madison County School District 2 | $89,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Scottsbluff Public Schools | $82,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Millard Public Schools | $78,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ralston High School | $52,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Plattsmouth High School | $43,241 | 6 | n/a |
| Waverly School District | $39,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 51 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas County School District 001 | $661,217 | 9 | n/a |
| Lincoln Public Schools | $340,768 | 9 | n/a |
| Kearney Public Schools | $115,633 | 7 | n/a |
| Columbus Public Schools | $98,058 | 7 | n/a |
| Madison County School District 2 | $89,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Scottsbluff Public Schools | $82,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Millard Public Schools | $78,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ralston High School | $52,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Plattsmouth High School | $43,241 | 6 | n/a |
| Waverly School District | $39,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Beatrice Public Schools | $39,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Bellevue Public Schools | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lexington Public Schools | $35,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Fremont Public Schools | $27,150 | 3 | n/a |
| Schuyler Community Schools | $26,050 | 4 | n/a |
| York Public Schools | $24,368 | 3 | n/a |
| Alliance Public Schools | $20,970 | 2 | n/a |
| North Platte Public Schools | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lakeview Jr-Sr High School | $19,588 | 3 | n/a |
| Gering Public Schools | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Island Public Schools | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nebraska City Public Schools Foundation | $19,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Yutan High School | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Crete Public Schools | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sandy Creek High School | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Milford Public Schools | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wood River Rural Schools | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Johnson County Central Public Schools | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cozad Community Schools | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Fairbury Jr Sr High School | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Malcolm Public School | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| McCook Public Schools | $14,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Hastings Public Schools | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Aurora High School | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Raymond Central High School | $11,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Oakland Craig Public Schools | $10,336 | 2 | n/a |
| Falls City Public Schools | $10,204 | 2 | n/a |
| Wisner-Pilger School Dist #30 | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southern Public High School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Conestoga Public Schools Foundation | $9,079 | 1 | n/a |
| Sidney Public Schools | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sidney Public Schools Educational Foundation | $6,750 | 1 | 8% |
| Logan View Public School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central City Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chadron Public Schools Afterschool Program | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gordon-Rushville Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Point Public Schools - Ne | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Bend Central High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Raymond Central Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Madison Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| David City High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.
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: Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Share Our Strength · Nac Development Corporation · National Center for Families Learning Inc · Snow Redfern Memorial Foundation · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Land O'Lakes Foundation
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About Foundation for Educational Funding II
- How much does Foundation for Educational Funding II give?
- Foundation for Educational Funding II reported 20 itemized grants totaling $276,843, out of $1,215,156 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Foundation for Educational Funding II fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Foundation for Educational Funding II's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Douglas County School District 001 ($661k), Lincoln Public Schools ($341k), Kearney Public Schools ($116k).
- Does Foundation for Educational Funding II fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation for Educational Funding II?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nebraska Children & Families Foundation, Share Our Strength, Nac Development Corporation.
- Where is Foundation for Educational Funding II based?
- Foundation for Educational Funding II is based in NE.
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