Nebraska · Private foundation
John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation
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.
- $227k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 8 | $171k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $212k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $215k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $240k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $195k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $190k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $185k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $173k | 13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings College Foundation | $230,000 | 9 | 65% |
| Stuhr Museum Foundation | $155,000 | 7 | 4% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Hope Harbor Inc | $75,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Angels Among US | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Nebraska Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Tabitha Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Nebraska Humane Society | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Start Over Rover | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Goodwill Industries of Greater Nebraska Inc | $12,175 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings College Foundation | $230,000 | 9 | 65% |
| Stuhr Museum Foundation | $155,000 | 7 | 4% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Hope Harbor Inc | $75,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Angels Among US | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Nebraska Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Tabitha Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Nebraska Humane Society | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Start Over Rover | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Goodwill Industries of Greater Nebraska Inc | $12,175 | 1 | 0% |
| The Good Life Rescue | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation
- How much does John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation give?
- John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $227,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (17%), Human Services (13%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hastings College Foundation ($230k), Stuhr Museum Foundation ($155k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($80k).
- Does John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation 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 John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ethel S Abbott Charitable Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, Edgar & Frances Reynolds Foundation Inc.
- Where is John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation based?
- John A & Gretchen Dinsdale Charitable Foundation is based in NE.
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