· Private foundation
Normil Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Normil Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Omaha Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Normil Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $50k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k19 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LYONS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $11,300 |
| FRIENDS OF OAKLAND FOUNDATION | $7,300 |
| SOUTHEAST COMM COLLEGE EDUC FOUND | $5,000 |
| NEBRASKA OUTDOOR LUTHERAN MINISTRY | $4,000 |
| LINCOLN CHILDRENS MUSEUM | $3,000 |
| FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF OAKLAND NE | $2,000 |
| FRIENDSHIP FORCE INTL | $2,000 |
| SHERIDAN LUTHERAN CHURCH | $2,000 |
| ROBERT HILLESTAD TEXTILES GALLERY | $2,000 |
| LYONS DECATUR NORTHEAST SCHOLARSHIP | $1,500 |
| NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA | $1,500 |
| OAKLAND CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSH | $1,500 |
| NEBRASKA FFA FOUNDATION BLUE JACK | $1,500 |
| JACK TAST FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE LIED CENTER | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 96% of its 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.
26 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LCLYONS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $38k · revenue +238%
- BCBURT COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION5× · 2019–2023 · $9k · revenue +54%
- FFFOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN CITY LIBRARIES3× · 2021–2023 · $6k · revenue +105%
Funded once
- UFUNL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $6k
- FEFIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHone grant, 2018 · $3k
- UFUNL FEEDLOT INNOVATION CTRone grant, 2022 · $3k
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 foundation is dedicated to the development and implementation of the food bank, an organization exempt under code section 501(c)(3).
The unf charitable gift fund was established to enable donors to make charitable donations to multiple organizations, including the university of nebraska.
Nonprofit corporation which provides leadership development and enhancement through educational programs and opportunities for community involvement.
The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.
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 federation educates and supports current and future farmers and ranchers in nebraska.
The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.
The foundation's mission is to provide support for education, training and career development for banking and related programs. in addition, the foundation will support federally insured depository institutions and the communities in which…
To support activities, including the awarding of scholarships to medical students, promote the wellness and health of citizens in nebraska, provide education on medical subjects, and other research projects consistent with its activities.
Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members
To Cultivate Lincoln Philanthropy and Stewardship for Today and Tomorrow
The foundry is a collaborative resource in downtown lincoln to support, educate, and develop the nebraska purpose driven community
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 66 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 Omaha Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds LYONS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF OAKLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BURT COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP FORCE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN CITY LIBRARIES ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA FFA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds NET FOUNDATION FOR TELEVISION ↗
- Who funds TEAMMATES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA 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: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Donlan Foundation · Herbert T Weston Jr and Marian S Weston Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Abel Foundation · Spreetail Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Normil Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Normil Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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