Nebraska · Private foundation
Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $142k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $33,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 9 | $142k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $157k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $187k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $155k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $165k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $289,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Nebraska State Bar Foundation | $212,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Creighton Preparatory School | $200,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | $127,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bellevue University | $72,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $50,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Augustine Indian Mission | $45,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mercy High School | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brain Injury Association of Nebraska | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $289,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Nebraska State Bar Foundation | $212,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Creighton Preparatory School | $200,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | $127,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bellevue University | $72,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $50,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Augustine Indian Mission | $45,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mercy High School | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brain Injury Association of Nebraska | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Brain Injury Association of America Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of KIOS Broadcasting Serv of the Omaha Public Schools | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($395k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust 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.
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How this is measured
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About Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust
- How much does Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust give?
- Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust reported 9 grants totaling $142,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Crime & Legal (15%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Nebraska Foundation ($289k), Nebraska State Bar Foundation ($212k), Creighton Preparatory School ($200k).
- Does Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust based?
- Irene & Joseph Malek Charitable Trust is based in NE.
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