Nebraska · Public charity
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation
To convene business and community leaders committed to nebraska's prosperity through advancements and innovations in education, workforce development, and civic projects born from effective private, public, and philanthropic collaborations. Aksarben foundation empowers nebraska's leaders to seize opportunities and channel resources…
- $415k
- Granted FY2021
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $300k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $10M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 1 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $485k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $3.7M | 75% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $383k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $2,565,068 | 2 | 7% |
| Metropolitan Community College | $1,325,744 | 2 | n/a |
| Nebraska State Fair Board | $500,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Kiwr | $189,446 | 3 | n/a |
| Western Ne Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| North Platte Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeast Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northeast Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicano Awareness Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $2,565,068 | 2 | 7% |
| Metropolitan Community College | $1,325,744 | 2 | n/a |
| Nebraska State Fair Board | $500,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Kiwr | $189,446 | 3 | n/a |
| Western Ne Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| North Platte Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeast Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northeast Community College | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicano Awareness Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Douglas County School District 0066 (Westside Community Schools) | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska State Fair 1868 Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cues Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Council Bluffs Schools Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: I Car Education Foundation · American Association of Community Colleges
How this is measured
About Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation
- How much does Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation give?
- Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $300,000, out of $415,457 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (55%), Employment (31%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc ($2.6M), Metropolitan Community College ($1.3M), Nebraska State Fair Board ($500k).
- Does Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include I Car Education Foundation, American Association of Community Colleges.
- Where is Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation based?
- Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation is based in NE.
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