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Olsson Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$883k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
22
Organizations funded FY2024
73%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$800,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 24
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$3.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 73% of the organizations Olsson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving22$883k45%
FY202422$382k73%
FY202322$396k50%
FY202224$375k46%
FY202122$383k95%
FY202020$343kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$2.4MScience & Tech$75kHuman Services$58kYouth Development$55kHealth$48kFood & Nutrition$41kPhilanthropy$40kEnvironment$29kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IA
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
KS
AR
NC
OK
MS
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kansas State University Foundation$41,50020%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha$20,83440%
Arkansas STEM Coalition$20,00132%
Arizona Technology Council Foundation$20,00131%
North Point Church$20,0013n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc$20,00130%
The Madonna Foundation$20,00040%
Mindspark Learning$15,00011%
Keep Phoenix Beautiful Inc$13,33421%
Denver Urban Gardens$13,33420%
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All grantees of Olsson Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kansas State University Foundation$41,50020%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha$20,83440%
Arkansas STEM Coalition$20,00132%
Arizona Technology Council Foundation$20,00131%
North Point Church$20,0013n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc$20,00130%
The Madonna Foundation$20,00040%
Mindspark Learning$15,00011%
Keep Phoenix Beautiful Inc$13,33421%
Denver Urban Gardens$13,33420%
Arkansas Foodbank$13,33420%
Lincoln Children's Zoo$12,50010%
DIBS for Kids$7,50031%
Oklahoma Engineering Foundation Inc$6,66724%
The Tabitha Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Madonna Inc$5,0001n/a
Environmental Learning for Kids$4,50020%
Levelup Kids Inc$4,00020%
Little Light House Inc$3,50020%
Big Muddy Urban Farm Inc$3,40022%
Upward Transitions Inc$3,00020%
Feed Northland Kids Inc$2,50010%
The Greenway Foundation Inc$2,50020%
Willard Community Center$2,50010%
Children's Haven of Southwest Misso$2,50010%
Orange County Rescue Mission Inc$2,50020%
Helping Hands for Single Moms Dallas$2,50021%
Matthew's Crossing$2,50010%
Packs of Hope$2,50010%
Steam Engine Inc$2,50015%
Trusted World Foundation Inc$2,50020%
Lena Pope Home Inc$2,50010%
Rabble Mill$2,50020%
Colette's Children's Home Inc$2,5001n/a
Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc$2,50010%
Neighbors Building Neighborhoods Inc$2,50010%
Cleats for Kids Foundation$2,00010%
Green Works In Kansas City$2,00011%
Whiz Kids Tutoring Inc$2,00010%
Great Plains Adaptive Riding Academy$2,00021%
Heartland Counseling Services Inc$2,00010%
The Net Fw Inc$2,0001n/a
Reading Partners$2,00010%
Mentor Nebraska$2,00010%
Food Fort$2,00012%
Umkc Foundation$1,81710%
Prairie STEM$1,8001n/a
Foundation for Center Education$1,7501n/a
Lost Our Home Pet Foundation$1,50010%
Sojourner Center$1,50020%
Live Well Go Fish$1,5001n/a
Completely Kids$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Olsson Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKansas State University Foundation: $41,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Omaha: $20,834 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArkansas STEM Coalition: $20,001 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetArizona Technology Council Foundation: $20,001 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc: $20,001 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Madonna Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMindspark Learning: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetKeep Phoenix Beautiful Inc: $13,334 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDenver Urban Gardens: $13,334 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArkansas Foodbank: $13,334 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Children's Zoo: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDIBS for Kids: $7,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOklahoma Engineering Foundation Inc: $6,667 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Learning for Kids: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLevelup Kids Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLittle Light House Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBig Muddy Urban Farm Inc: $3,400 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUpward Transitions Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeed Northland Kids Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Greenway Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWillard Community Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Haven of Southwest Misso: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Hands for Single Moms Dallas: $2,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMatthew's Crossing: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPacks of Hope: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSteam Engine Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTrusted World Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLena Pope Home Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRabble Mill: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbors Building Neighborhoods Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCleats for Kids Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreen Works In Kansas City: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWhiz Kids Tutoring Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreat Plains Adaptive Riding Academy: $2,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHeartland Counseling Services Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReading Partners: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMentor Nebraska: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFood Fort: $2,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetUmkc Foundation: $1,817 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLost Our Home Pet Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSojourner Center: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCompletely Kids: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

The Sherwood Foundati…Union Pacific Foundat…Peter Kiewit Foundati…The Lozier FoundationLincoln Community Fou…Lee and Debbie Stuart…Weitz Family Foundati…Nebraska Community Fo…James Stuart III Fami…Rogers FoundationBurlington Capital Fo…Assurity Life Foundat…
The Sherwood FoundationNE22.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · James Stuart III Family Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Burlington Capital Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Olsson Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Olsson Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Olsson Foundation Inc

How much does Olsson Foundation Inc give?
Olsson Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $882,719 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Olsson Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (85%), Science & Tech (3%), Human Services (2%).
Who are Olsson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Kansas State University Foundation ($42k), Girls Incorporated of Omaha ($21k), Arkansas STEM Coalition ($20k).
Does Olsson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Olsson Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Olsson Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sherwood Foundation, Union Pacific Foundation, Peter Kiewit Foundation.
Where is Olsson Foundation Inc based?
Olsson Foundation Inc is based in NE.

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 90 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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