Nebraska · Public charity
Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc
The Friends of Oakland Foundation serves the broad community by evaluating and addressing community issues, promoting charitable giving, and connecting donors to the critical needs of the community.
- $446k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $351k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 7 | $351k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $169k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $186k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.7M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $57k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $98k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $58k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $110k | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Golf Course Preservation Foundation Inc | $1,605,645 | 1 | 100% |
| Oakland Craig Public Schools | $276,601 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Oakland | $189,289 | 8 | n/a |
| Oakland-Craig Public Schools Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Burt County Fair Foundation | $110,000 | 2 | 90% |
| Oakland Golf Club Inc | $56,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Chamber of Commerce | $48,443 | 2 | n/a |
| Oakland Women's Club | $42,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Burt County Ag Society | $39,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oakland Heights Nursing Home | $36,350 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Golf Course Preservation Foundation Inc | $1,605,645 | 1 | 100% |
| Oakland Craig Public Schools | $276,601 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Oakland | $189,289 | 8 | n/a |
| Oakland-Craig Public Schools Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Burt County Fair Foundation | $110,000 | 2 | 90% |
| Oakland Golf Club Inc | $56,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Chamber of Commerce | $48,443 | 2 | n/a |
| Oakland Women's Club | $42,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Burt County Ag Society | $39,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oakland Heights Nursing Home | $36,350 | 2 | n/a |
| Swedish Heritage Center Inc | $29,075 | 4 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Nebraska | $24,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Revitalization Foundation Inc | $19,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Fire | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| OAKLAND Ball Association | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Cemetery | $13,350 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Craig | $9,425 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $8,456 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion | $8,206 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Oaks Center Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($140k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc
- How much does Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc give?
- Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $351,172, out of $445,634 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (80%), Education (9%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oakland Golf Course Preservation Foundation Inc ($1.6M), Oakland Craig Public Schools ($277k), City of Oakland ($189k).
- Does Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donald E Nielsen Foundation Inc.
- Where is Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc based?
- Friends of Oakland Foundation Inc is based in NE.
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