Nebraska · Community foundation
Greater Grand Island Community Foundation
Empowering people to turn their passion into purpose by creating legacies that strengthen the future of the communites we serve.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 54
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $455,807
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 50
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $40M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Greater Grand Island Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 46 | $1.7M | 39% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $1.8M | 12% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $1.2M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $1.2M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $1.4M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $1.4M | 60% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $2.1M | 84% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $337k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Education$3.4MCommunity Improvement$1.2MPhilanthropy$1.0MReligion$1.0MArts & Culture$927kPublic Benefit$385kAnimals$324kHealth$250kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings College Foundation | $3,204,607 | 7 | n/a |
| Heartland United Way Inc | $1,204,152 | 8 | 13% |
| Grow Grand Island Inc | $958,704 | 2 | 12% |
| Grand Island Children's Museum | $731,062 | 4 | 51% |
| Grand Island Parks and Recreation D | $396,438 | 6 | n/a |
| Chancery Office of Diocese of Grand Island | $377,550 | 7 | n/a |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $250,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Nebraska Humane Society | $238,868 | 4 | 11% |
| Central Catholic Development Foundation | $202,845 | 8 | 3% |
| Olsson | $199,195 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings College Foundation | $3,204,607 | 7 | n/a |
| Heartland United Way Inc | $1,204,152 | 8 | 13% |
| Grow Grand Island Inc | $958,704 | 2 | 12% |
| Grand Island Children's Museum | $731,062 | 4 | 51% |
| Grand Island Parks and Recreation D | $396,438 | 6 | n/a |
| Chancery Office of Diocese of Grand Island | $377,550 | 7 | n/a |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $250,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Nebraska Humane Society | $238,868 | 4 | 11% |
| Central Catholic Development Foundation | $202,845 | 8 | 3% |
| Olsson | $199,195 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Matters | $177,127 | 4 | n/a |
| The Alford Group Inc | $146,296 | 1 | n/a |
| Multicultural Coalition | $139,940 | 4 | 23% |
| Jem Exteriors | $123,522 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Harbor Inc | $109,758 | 7 | 4% |
| Nebraska Christian Schools Foundation | $105,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Grand Island Public Schools Foundation | $92,101 | 4 | 2% |
| Hall County Leadership Unlimited Inc | $89,791 | 3 | 13% |
| Central Community College Foundation Inc | $87,798 | 3 | 2% |
| Scottsdale Bible Church | $82,050 | 7 | n/a |
| Wood River Community Centennial Foundation | $80,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Stuhr Museum Foundation | $78,130 | 5 | 2% |
| Grand Island Partnership for the Arts Inc | $77,010 | 2 | n/a |
| Centura Educational Foundation | $74,375 | 5 | 40% |
| Friendship House Inc | $65,730 | 3 | 6% |
| Christmas Cheer | $65,462 | 7 | 21% |
| Evangelical Free Church of Grand Island Nebraska | $63,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sherman County Economic Development Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Third City Christian Church | $56,155 | 4 | n/a |
| St Peter Catholic Church | $55,350 | 6 | n/a |
| Willow Rising Inc | $53,430 | 5 | 6% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Nebraska | $50,700 | 5 | 6% |
| Literacy Council of Grand Island Inc | $49,320 | 6 | 9% |
| Sherman County Community Foundation Inc | $47,889 | 2 | n/a |
| Westside Church | $46,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Grace Foundation Inc | $46,276 | 3 | 6% |
| First Light Child Advocacy Center | $44,445 | 5 | 6% |
| Voice for Companion Animals | $42,688 | 3 | n/a |
| J & M Displays | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads Center Inc | $39,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $37,971 | 3 | n/a |
| Saint Francis Medical Center Foundation | $37,328 | 2 | 2% |
| Project Hunger | $35,554 | 3 | 12% |
| Oregon Small Business Association | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $33,580 | 3 | n/a |
| Peace Lutheran Church Foundation of Grand Island Ne Inc | $33,500 | 3 | 96% |
| Luis Palau Association | $31,792 | 3 | 0% |
| St Wenceslaus Parish | $30,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Start Over Rover | $29,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Holy Cross Lutheran Church | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sure Sound and Lighting Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Platte Natural Resources District | $24,896 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Grand Island Ne | $24,510 | 2 | 1% |
| Hall County Historical Society Inc | $23,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Lutheran School Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Riverside Golf Club | $18,773 | 1 | n/a |
| Amick Acres East Homeowners | $17,715 | 1 | n/a |
| St Pauls Lutheran Church | $17,509 | 3 | n/a |
| Howard - Greeley County Food Pantry Inc | $16,975 | 2 | n/a |
| Tri-Cities Sports Complex Dba Pinnacle Bank Sports Complex | $16,752 | 2 | 6% |
| Heartland Casa | $16,510 | 1 | 11% |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hall County Hero Flight Association | $15,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Nebraska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Litchfield Rural Fire & Ambulance District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Whiteclay Makerspace | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Loup City | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Five Points Bank | $14,967 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Island Regional Medical Center Inc | $14,029 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Education Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Vlcek Gardens | $13,263 | 1 | n/a |
| Third City Community Clinc Inc | $13,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Lily Haven | $13,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism and Addictions Inc | $12,716 | 2 | 1% |
| Platte Institute for Economic Research Inc | $12,650 | 1 | 1% |
| Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Hanna Pinneo | $12,269 | 2 | n/a |
| Three Pillars Initiative | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $11,200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Grand Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Grand Island Little Theatre Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Grace Life Church | $10,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Messiah Evangelical Lutheren Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Dept of Agriculture | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Koz International | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collage Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nebraska State Fair Board | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nebraska Greats Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mid Plains Center for Behavioral Healthcare Servic | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Multicultural Center for the Development of Education and Sports | $9,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Saltzgaber Sprinklers and Lawn Care | $8,310 | 1 | n/a |
| Double Locked Security | $8,294 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Cairo | $7,889 | 1 | n/a |
| Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Amick Acres East Homeowners | $7,419 | 1 | n/a |
| Archer Cooperative Credit Union | $7,185 | 1 | 0% |
| Midland Area Agency on Aging | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Bankcard | $6,540 | 1 | n/a |
| Ideabank Marketing | $6,295 | 1 | n/a |
| Choice Family Health Care Inc | $6,075 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Plains Center for Services | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bellevue University Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Trinity United Methodist | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Island Regional Medical Center Foundation | $5,887 | 1 | n/a |
| Head Start Child & Family Development Pr | $5,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Greater Nebraska Inc | $5,520 | 1 | 0% |
| Wholesale Stone LLC | $5,505 | 1 | n/a |
| Mosaic | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Family First Academy Inc | $5,179 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska Children's Home Society Inc | $5,050 | 1 | 0% |
| College Park at Grand Island | $5,025 | 1 | 2% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Island Young Women's Christian Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Greater Grand Island Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 63 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 63.
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.
Edgar & Frances Reynolds Foundation IncNE41× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Edgar & Frances Reynolds Foundation Inc · Sn Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable Foundati · Heartland United Way Inc · The Sherwood Foundation · Taylor Vern & Esther Char Trust · Nebraska Community Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Mdm Foundation · Kaufmann-Cummings Foundation C/0 Richard Rabe · Claussen E & M Charitable Tuw · Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc
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.
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About Greater Grand Island Community Foundation
- How much does Greater Grand Island Community Foundation give?
- Greater Grand Island Community Foundation reported 54 itemized grants totaling $1,806,285, out of $2,509,178 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 50 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Greater Grand Island Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Community Improvement (12%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are Greater Grand Island Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hastings College Foundation ($3.2M), Heartland United Way Inc ($1.2M), Grow Grand Island Inc ($959k).
- Does Greater Grand Island Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Grand Island Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edgar & Frances Reynolds Foundation Inc, Sn Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable Foundati, Heartland United Way Inc.
- Where is Greater Grand Island Community Foundation based?
- Greater Grand Island Community Foundation is based in NE.
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