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Olsson Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$81k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$144kYouth Development$109kAnimals$100kPhilanthropy$81kHealth$40kFood & Nutrition$38kCrime & Legal$22kRecreation & Sports$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Family Service Lincoln$20,000
Tabitha Foundation$7,500
YMCA OF LINCOLN$5,000
Junior Achievement of Lincoln Inc$5,000
Make-A-Wish Lincoln$5,000
Ive Got A Name$5,000
Malone Community Center$5,000
Lighthouse$5,000
Foundation for LPS$4,600
Bright Lights$4,000
Lincoln Literacy Council$3,000
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach$2,500
Visionary Youth$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Nebraska Trail Foundation$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $74k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.

area typical 9%Ive Got A Name: $5k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $5k → 13%MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $17k → 13%MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $8k → 13%MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $3k → 13%MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $2k → 13%Visionary Youth: $3k → 13%Lighthouse: $10k → 13%Lighthouse: $10k → 13%Lighthouse: $5k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $4k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $3k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$521k · 26 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
7

Total granted

$521k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
0%

Still filing today

62%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MT
    MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH
    5× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +148%
  • L
    LIGHTHOUSE
    5× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +102%
  • BL
    BRIGHT LIGHTS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue -26%
  • FF
    FITTING FUTURESgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +149%
  • TM
    TEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation

To promote, facilitate and develop or co-develop affordable housing in lincoln county, nebraska.

Philanthropy
2
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
3
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
4
Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce

To Market Lincoln as the area of choice in which to live and do business, by attracting, assisting, retaining and promoting our members

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5
Educare of Lincoln Inc

To help young children thrive socially, emotionally and academically through high-quality early childhood education, and in partnership with their families and the community.

Education
6
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Community development in lincoln, ne

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7
Lincoln Central Neighborhood Family Center

To provide programs for the residents in the lincoln/central school area.

Community Improvement
8
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
9
Lincoln Land Community College Foundation

Cultivating and stewarding charitable gifts to support lincoln land community college students, programs and services.

Philanthropy
10
Boys and Girls Club of Lincolnlancaster County

The mission of the boys & girls club of lincoln/lancaster county is to empower all youth to reach their full potential.

Youth Development
11
Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries Inc

To empower people with special needs to become self-sufficient through the power of work.

Employment
12
Lincoln Foundation

To provide educational enrichment programs that develop and support youth in overcoming social and economic barriers to achievement. this mission is accomplished through college access and college success programs.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca of Lincoln; the most unlike its peers is Ive Got a Name. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
11/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Family Service Lincoln: $30,000 · OtherFamily Service LincolnJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $25,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENTIndividual grant recipient: $23,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAKE-A-WISH: $16,500 · OtherMAKE-A-WISHYMCA: $16,000 · OtherYMCATABITHA MEALS ON WHEELS: $15,000 · OtherMake-A-Wish Lincoln: $14,000 · OtherLINCOLN PARKS FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $22,000 · OtherLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTERNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $21,000 · OtherNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATIONPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $17,000 · OtherPEOPLE'S CITY MISSIONJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC: $15,000 · Other+15 more: $65,040 · Other+15 moreLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $100,000 · AnimalsLINCOLN CHILDREN'…Lincoln Community Foundation Inc: $78,000 · PhilanthropyLincoln Commun…FITTING FUTURES: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $32,500 · Human ServicesMATT TALBOT K…LIGHTHOUSE: $31,500 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSEIVE GOT A NAME: $5,000 · Human ServicesIVE GOT A NAM…YMCA OF LINCOLN: $5,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF LINCO…+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $27,000 · HealthHOPESPOKE: $13,000 · HealthBRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $25,400 · EducationLINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL: $3,000 · EducationFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $23,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$291,540Animals$100,000Philanthropy$81,000Human Services$76,500Health$40,000Education$28,400Food & Nutrition$23,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $78,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $32,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE: $31,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $27,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $25,400 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $23,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $22,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHOPESPOKE: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $8,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOURNING HOPE: $7,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCITY IMPACT: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL: $7,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNEBRASKA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIVE GOT A NAME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYMCA OF LINCOLN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFITTING FUTURES: $3,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetVISIONARY YOUTH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT PLAINS TRAILS NETWORK: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWILLARD COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,840 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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 LINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO ↗
  • Who funds Lincoln Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds The Tabitha Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT LIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S CITY MISSION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPESPOKE ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED ↗
  • Who funds MOURNING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CITY IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MALONE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds IVE GOT A NAME ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF LINCOLN ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds FITTING FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds VISIONARY YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PLAINS TRAILS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds WILLARD COMMUNITY CENTER ↗

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.

Cooper FoundationLincoln Community Fou…Assurity Life Foundat…Abel FoundationRogers FoundationBettenhausen Family F…D F Dillon FoundationKinder Porter Scott F…Lee and Debbie Stuart…Acklie Charitable Fou…Dolezal Family Founda…Hugo a and Thelma Asp…
Cooper FoundationNE45.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cooper Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Assurity Life Foundation · Abel Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · D F Dillon Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation · Acklie Charitable Foundation · Dolezal Family Foundation · Hugo a and Thelma Aspegren Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Olsson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Olsson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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