Nebraska · Private foundation
The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation
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.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,780
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k 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 | 12 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $126k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $83k | 88% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $43k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $30k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs & Barrett Project | $25,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Stanton County Veterans Memorial Park | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Orphan Hope | $20,200 | 1 | 4% |
| Our Savior Lutheran Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Legion McLeod Post No 47 | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stanton Community Schools Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Children's HopeChest | $3,780 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs & Barrett Project | $25,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Stanton County Veterans Memorial Park | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Orphan Hope | $20,200 | 1 | 4% |
| Our Savior Lutheran Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Legion McLeod Post No 47 | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stanton Community Schools Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Children's HopeChest | $3,780 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Norfolk Area United Way Inc | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Nebraska Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 360 | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($206k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Michael & Lois Wilke 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation
- How much does The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation give?
- The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $55,280 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), Health (16%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Briggs & Barrett Project ($25k), Stanton County Veterans Memorial Park ($25k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($25k).
- Does The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Michael & Lois Wilke 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation based?
- The Michael & Lois Wilke Foundation is based in NE.
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