Nebraska · Private foundation
Harbor of Dreams Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $456k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
79% of Harbor of Dreams Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Lincoln Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $360,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Harbor of Dreams Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $177k 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 | 4 | $96k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $245k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $76k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $234k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $113k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educare of Lincoln Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools | $137,380 | 4 | 1% |
| Lincoln Bike Kitchen | $111,500 | 2 | 20% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $104,960 | 5 | 0% |
| Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation | $68,789 | 1 | 3% |
| Lincoln Arts Council | $36,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Can Do Multiple Sclerosis | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lincoln Community Playhouse | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bryan Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln Literacy Council | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educare of Lincoln Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools | $137,380 | 4 | 1% |
| Lincoln Bike Kitchen | $111,500 | 2 | 20% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $104,960 | 5 | 0% |
| Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation | $68,789 | 1 | 3% |
| Lincoln Arts Council | $36,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Can Do Multiple Sclerosis | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lincoln Community Playhouse | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bryan Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln Literacy Council | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Food Fort | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| We Care Endowment | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Fitting Futures | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Civic Nebraska | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harbor of Dreams Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Spreetail Foundation · Abel Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · The Temme Foundation · Acklie Charitable Foundation · Bryan Medical Center · Olsson Family Foundation · Moeller Charitable Trust · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Harbor of Dreams Inc
- How much does Harbor of Dreams Inc give?
- Harbor of Dreams Inc reported 5 grants totaling $455,571 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Harbor of Dreams Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (81%), Education (11%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are Harbor of Dreams Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Educare of Lincoln Inc ($200k), The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools ($137k), Lincoln Bike Kitchen ($112k).
- Does Harbor of Dreams Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harbor of Dreams Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Harbor of Dreams Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lincoln Community Foundation Inc, Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation, Cooper Foundation.
- Where is Harbor of Dreams Inc based?
- Harbor of Dreams Inc is based in NE.
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