Nebraska · Private foundation
Lute Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $17k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,744
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,085
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $676k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Lute Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $738 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 | 6 | $17k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $14k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $110k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $80k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $80k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $382k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $223k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $99k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Philanthropy Inc | $89,979 | 2 | 70% |
| Great Plains Health Care Foundation | $67,266 | 6 | 4% |
| Big Mac Sports Club | $66,154 | 8 | n/a |
| Ogallala Public Schools Foundation | $60,977 | 4 | 47% |
| Sandhills Crisis Intervention | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $9,060 | 3 | n/a |
| Ogallalakeith County Chamber of Commerce | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nebraska Firefighters Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Friends of the Kenfield Gallery | $4,205 | 2 | 5% |
| Keith - Arthur County Food Pantry Inc | $2,802 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Philanthropy Inc | $89,979 | 2 | 70% |
| Great Plains Health Care Foundation | $67,266 | 6 | 4% |
| Big Mac Sports Club | $66,154 | 8 | n/a |
| Ogallala Public Schools Foundation | $60,977 | 4 | 47% |
| Sandhills Crisis Intervention | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $9,060 | 3 | n/a |
| Ogallalakeith County Chamber of Commerce | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nebraska Firefighters Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Friends of the Kenfield Gallery | $4,205 | 2 | 5% |
| Keith - Arthur County Food Pantry Inc | $2,802 | 1 | 1% |
| North Platte Catholic Schools Endowment Trust Inc | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of the Kearney Area Inc | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Whale Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Jimmie Johnson Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($680k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lute Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 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 Lute Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Lute Family Foundation Inc give?
- Lute Family Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $17,427 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lute Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Public Safety & Disaster (24%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are Lute Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Heartland Philanthropy Inc ($90k), Great Plains Health Care Foundation ($67k), Big Mac Sports Club ($66k).
- Does Lute Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lute Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lute Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nebraska Community Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lute Family Foundation Inc based?
- Lute Family Foundation Inc is based in NE.
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