· Private foundation
Karl H and Wealtha H Nelson Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $87k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CITY OF NEBRASKA CITY | $25,000 |
| CITY OF NEBRASKA CITY - MORTON JAMES PUBLIC LIBRARY | $15,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA | $15,000 |
| ST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $13,500 |
| LOURDES CENTRAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS | $11,000 |
| NEBRASKA CITY MUSUEM ASSOCATION | $10,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH NEBRASKA | $8,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION | $8,000 |
| NEBRASKA CITY FOOD PANTRY | $7,000 |
| CITY OF NEBRASKA CITY - FINE ARTS COMMITTEE | $6,500 |
| DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION | $6,041 |
| NEBRASKA CITY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| NEBRASKA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC | $5,600 |
| MAKE-A-WISH NEBRASKA | $5,000 |
| CORNHUSKER COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCITY OF NEBRASKA CITY9× · 2017–2025 · $411k
- NCNEBRASKA CITY COMM FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2020 · $208k
- NCNEBRASKA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2025 · $118k · revenue -20%
Funded once
- NCNEBRASKA CITY VETERAN'S BUILDINGone grant, 2021 · $20k
- PSPeru State College Foundationone grant, 2017 · $16k · revenue -26%
- CMCOMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCone grant, 2018 · $12k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The nebraska chamber of commerce & industry (the chamber) is a statewide business organization established to maintain and improve the economic progress and business climate of the state of nebraska. the chamber was organized to promote,…
Provide education and leadership to empower people to live safe and healthy.
Support the activities of the nebraska arts council and the nebraska humanities council doing business as humanities nebraska.
The nebraska state historical society foundation's mission is to support the preservation, interpretation and appreciation of nebraska history.
The organization's purpose is to ensure a fair and modern democracy in nebraska through research, education, and advocacy for policies and practices that promote participation in democracy.
The nebraska civic engagement table works with nonprofits to increase voting and build an engaged nebraska.
Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members
The mission of the nebraska state fair 1868 foundation is to raise funds and resources for the overall improvement of the nebraska state fair.
The mission of the nebraska state education association is to advocate for all education professionals, emplowering them to provide an excellent public education for every student.
The council of indepependent nebraska colleges foundation exists to provide operating funds and scholarship support for students attending nebraska's independent institutions of excellence.
The nebraska council of school administrators is an organization of more than 2,000 school administrators who serve in nebraska schools. we consider ourselves a partner in developing excellence in educational leadership, providing the…
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 71 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds NEBRASKA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA ↗
- Who funds KREGEL WINDMILL FACTORY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA CITY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Peru State College Foundation ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEBRASKA INC ↗
- Who funds Bryan Foundation ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION ↗
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: Kropp Charitable Foundation Inc · Paul John Anton & Doris Wirth Foundation Inc · The Steinhart Foundation Inc · Abel Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · D F Dillon Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Karl H and Wealtha H Nelson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karl H and Wealtha H Nelson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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