Nebraska · Private foundation
Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat
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.
- $540k
- Granted FY2023
- 17
- Grants FY2023
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
58% of Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $540k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $185,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 15 | $425k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $476k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $392k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $370k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $409k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $404k | 5% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $384k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls Incorporated of Omaha | $282,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Northstar Foundation | $260,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Project Harmony | $240,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Film Streams Inc | $214,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | $190,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Family Housing Advisory Services | $160,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Omaha Public Library Foundation | $157,400 | 8 | 7% |
| Aice Inc American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise | $132,300 | 9 | 8% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc | $115,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls Incorporated of Omaha | $282,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Northstar Foundation | $260,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Project Harmony | $240,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Film Streams Inc | $214,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | $190,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Family Housing Advisory Services | $160,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Omaha Public Library Foundation | $157,400 | 8 | 7% |
| Aice Inc American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise | $132,300 | 9 | 8% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc | $115,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Herzl Camp Foundation | $105,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Siena Francis House | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Women's Center for Advancement | $95,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Youth Emergency Services Inc | $95,000 | 9 | 1% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $84,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Educare of Omaha Inc | $21,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Spark | $19,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Youth Frontiers Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Omaha Small Business Network Inc | $9,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Omaha by Design | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($902k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · The Kavich Family Charitable Foundation · Growing Good Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Dixon Family Foundation · Richard Brooke Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat with peer funders
About Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat
- How much does Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat give?
- Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat reported 17 grants totaling $540,300 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (35%), Youth Development (16%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Girls Incorporated of Omaha ($283k), Northstar Foundation ($260k), Project Harmony ($240k).
- Does Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat 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 Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lozier Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation.
- Where is Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat based?
- Sokolof Grandchildren Charitable Foundat is based in NE.
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