Nebraska · Private foundation
Imperial Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $6.9M
- Granted FY2021
- 25
- Grants FY2021
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
94% of Imperial Foundation’s FY2021 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. FY2021 names 10 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, FY2021
- $15,250
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $6,423,248
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 5
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 78% of the organizations Imperial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 23 | $443k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $334k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for People in Need | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Fresh Start Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hopespoke | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friendship Home of Lincoln Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johnson County Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| YMCA of Lincoln | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Longville | $8,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Young at Heart Senior Center | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for People in Need | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Fresh Start Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hopespoke | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friendship Home of Lincoln Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johnson County Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| YMCA of Lincoln | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Longville | $8,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Young at Heart Senior Center | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $10 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($536k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Imperial Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Abel Foundation · Lienemann Charitable Foundation Inc · Cooper Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Olsson Family Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Jc & Jessie Seacrest Family Fndtn First Nebraska Trust Co Trustee · Viking Foundation of Lincoln · United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County · The Sherwood Foundation · Raybould Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Imperial Foundation
- How much does Imperial Foundation give?
- Imperial Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $6,881,113 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Imperial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (89%), Food & Nutrition (3%), Religion (3%).
- Who are Imperial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2021: Center for People in Need ($100k), Fresh Start Inc ($24k), Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center ($24k).
- Does Imperial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Imperial Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Imperial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Abel Foundation, Lienemann Charitable Foundation Inc, Cooper Foundation.
- Where is Imperial Foundation based?
- Imperial Foundation is based in NE.
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