Nebraska · Private foundation
Peterson Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Peterson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $17k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Door Christian Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prison Fellowship Ministries | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.
About Peterson Family Foundation
- How much does Peterson Family Foundation give?
- Peterson Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Peterson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (87%), Crime & Legal (13%).
- Who are Peterson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Open Door Christian Church ($30k), Prison Fellowship Ministries ($10k).
- Does Peterson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Peterson Family Foundation 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.
- Where is Peterson Family Foundation based?
- Peterson Family Foundation is based in NE.
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