Nebraska · Public charity
Singer Foundation
The mission of the foundation is to distribute funds for charitable purposes in the areas of civic, cultural, health, education and social services
- $797k
- Granted FY2023
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
81% of Singer 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 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Singer Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $770k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2023
- $770k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $345,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $28M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Singer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $590k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $247k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $172k | 91% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $250k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $370,000 | 3 | 0% |
| B&B Sports Academy | $200,000 | 3 | 23% |
| Lake Cunningham Development Trust | $185,000 | 4 | 4% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska Philanthropic Trust | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $92,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Avenue Scholars | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Seal-Nsw Family Foundation | $41,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Westside Community Schools Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Azusa Pacific University | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Singer Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Walter Scott Family Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Growing Good Foundation · The Giving 3 Foundation · Richard Brooke Foundation
How this is measured
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About Singer Foundation
- How much does Singer Foundation give?
- Singer Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $770,000, out of $796,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Singer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), Education (31%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Singer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: University of Nebraska Foundation ($370k), B&B Sports Academy ($200k), Lake Cunningham Development Trust ($185k).
- Does Singer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Singer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lozier Foundation, The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation.
- Where is Singer Foundation based?
- Singer Foundation is based in NE.
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