Nebraska · Private foundation
Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $1.1M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.1M | 56% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $454k | 79% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $641k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Zoo Foundation | $2,976,189 | 5 | 4% |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation | $971,000 | 2 | 57% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $56,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kaneko | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Creighton University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| B&B Sports Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Community Alliance Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bellevue University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Zoo Foundation | $2,976,189 | 5 | 4% |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation | $971,000 | 2 | 57% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $56,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kaneko | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Creighton University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| B&B Sports Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Community Alliance Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bellevue University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Omaha Home for Boys | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($331k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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 Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation
- How much does Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation give?
- Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $1,136,000, out of $1,236,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (53%), Environment (17%), Religion (3%).
- Who are Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Omaha Zoo Foundation ($3.0M), Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation ($971k), University of Nebraska Foundation ($56k).
- Does Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, The Lozier Foundation.
- Where is Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation based?
- Lawrence R & Jeannette James Foundation is based in NE.
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