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Stanley M Truhlsen Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Stanley M Truhlsen Family 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$3.9MEnvironment$950kReligion$708kEducation$695kArts & Culture$498kRecreation & Sports$480kHuman Services$336kAnimals$324kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $355k
  • $250k+1 grant · $450k
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$833k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NU FOUNDATION$450,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED PLATTE RIVER WETLANDS RESTORATION$150,000
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM$100,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$55,000
OUTLOOK NEBRASKA$50,000
NATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE$40,000
TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION$25,000
CLAREMONT INSTITUTE$25,000
LIGONIER MINISTRIES$25,000
CENTER FOR STUDY OF TECHNOLOLGY & SOCIETY$25,000
OPERATION KINDNESS$15,000
PATRIOT PAWS$15,000
OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION$5,000
HIGHLAND PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$5,000
THE HOCKADAY SCHOOL$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–25, $179k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PATRIOT PAWS: $35k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS: $35k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS: $35k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS: $25k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS: $15k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS: $15k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS: $14k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS: $5k → 5%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
WY
IA
CA
NE
MO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.9M · 49 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

49 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
49

Total granted

$9.9M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+30%

Still filing today

37%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsHealthArts & CultureReligionEmploymentOther
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

  • OI
    OUTLOOK-NEBRASKA INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $200k · revenue +37%
  • NR
    NATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE
    8× · 2018–2025 · $198k · revenue +25%
  • PP
    PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS
    8× · 2018–2025 · $179k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +57%
  • OS
    OMAHA SYMPHONY
    one grant, 2019 · $200k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $118k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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3
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
8
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
9
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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10
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
11
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
12
International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology Inc

The organization provides peer reviewed scientific research and education in the field of biological dentistry.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Public Policy Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Susan Laflesche Picotte Center. 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

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 103 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/46
Grantees still filing
31/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHAMOLOGY: $2,316,950 · OtherFOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHAMOLOGYNU FOUNDATION: $1,916,100 · OtherNU FOUNDATIONDUCKS UNLIMITED - PLATTE RIVER WETLANDS RESTORATION: $875,000 · OtherDUCKS UNLIMITED - PLATTE RIVER WETLANDS RESTORATIONNU FOUNDATION SMT JR ENDOWED CHAIR OPHTHALMOLOGY: $400,000 · OtherDUNDEE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $400,000 · Other+71 more: $3,589,365 · Other+71 moreVETERANS TRUST: $500,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $23,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationSUSAN LAFLESCHE PICOTTE CENTER: $110,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $86,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Education+4 more: $24,700 · EducationOPERATION KINDNESS: $139,000 · AnimalsLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $125,000 · AnimalsNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $40,000 · AnimalsDFW RESCUE ME INC: $12,000 · Animals+2 more: $7,500 · AnimalsJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $125,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $50 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC VISION FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES IN OMAHA INC: $55,000 · HealthCINCO CHARITIES INC: $45,000 · HealthHARBOR HOUSE: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $4,000 · HealthOUTLOOK-NEBRASKA INC: $200,000 · Employment+1 more: $2,500 · Employment
Other$9,497,415Philanthropy$533,000Education$505,700Animals$323,500Arts & Culture$225,050Health$224,000Employment$202,500

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 budgetVETERANS TRUST: $500,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUTLOOK-NEBRASKA INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $198,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $179,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $139,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $125,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $125,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSUSAN LAFLESCHE PICOTTE CENTER: $110,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetLigonier Ministries Inc: $105,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC VISION FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $90,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $86,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES IN OMAHA INC: $55,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $51,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCINCO CHARITIES INC: $45,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOLSON GROUP: $29,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $23,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR HOUSE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BIRTHDAY PARTY PROJECT: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDFW RESCUE ME INC: $12,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetOMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA COALITION FOR LIFE SAVING CURES: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetUSA FILM FESTIVAL: $8,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT NEEDS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLove Connection Dog Rescue: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetONE PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEVIN O'CONNOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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 VETERANS TRUST ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OUTLOOK-NEBRASKA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION KINDNESS ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUSAN LAFLESCHE PICOTTE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Ligonier Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC VISION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DURHAM MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES IN OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION ↗

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 Lozier FoundationThe Charles and Mary …Robert B Daugherty Fo…The Sherwood Foundati…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Union Pacific Foundat…Dixon Family Foundati…Gilbert M and Martha …The Hawks FoundationThe Fred and Sally Be…Amy L Scott Family Fo…The Nebraska Medical …
The Lozier FoundationNE23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Dixon Family Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · The Fred and Sally Bekins Foundation · Amy L Scott Family Foundation · The Nebraska Medical Center

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 Stanley M Truhlsen Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stanley M Truhlsen Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–90%
    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 103 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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