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The NBK Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2024
2
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$70,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$70,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 43
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The NBK Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$100k50%
FY20232$91k100%
FY20224$88k50%
FY202143$71k58%
FY202021$49kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$122kArts & Culture$113kEnvironment$71kFood & Nutrition$61kYouth Development$17kHousing & Shelter$8kHealth$3kReligion$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
MA
NV
IA
OH
CA
NE
KS
TN
LA
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Information Trust$71,70021%
Omaha Public Library Foundation$50,00013%
The Union for Contemporary Art Inc$44,00021%
Food Bank for the Heartland$43,35510%
Omaha Municipal Land Bank$41,2551n/a
Musica Sacra Limited$30,000128%
Omaha Botanical Center Inc$25,00010%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha$17,19230%
Accepted Food Bank$17,0001n/a
Film Streams Inc$12,00030%
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All grantees of The NBK Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Information Trust$71,70021%
Omaha Public Library Foundation$50,00013%
The Union for Contemporary Art Inc$44,00021%
Food Bank for the Heartland$43,35510%
Omaha Municipal Land Bank$41,2551n/a
Musica Sacra Limited$30,000128%
Omaha Botanical Center Inc$25,00010%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha$17,19230%
Accepted Food Bank$17,0001n/a
Film Streams Inc$12,00030%
Siena Francis House$7,00010%
The Willa Cather Foundation$5,00010%
Omaha Bikes$3,0002n/a
Fontenelle Forest$2,50010%
Death Valley Natural History Association$1,50020%
Goldwell Open Air Museum$1,50024%
Southwest Museum of Clocks &Watches$1,2502n/a
Joslyn Art Museum$1,00010%
Table Grace Ministries$1,00010%
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum$1,00010%
Great Plains Black History Museum$1,00010%
Glide Memorial Church$1,0001n/a
Nebraska Art Association$1,00010%
Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer$1,00010%
Omaha Children's Museum$1,00010%
The Durham Museum$1,00010%
El Museo Latino$1,00010%
Amplify Arts$1,00010%
Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation$75020%
Backstreet Cultural Museum Inc$75021%
Cahokia Mounds Museum Society$75020%
Friends of Serpent Mound$7502n/a
The Heidelberg Project$75020%
The Bridge School$75020%
Saint Bernard Abbey Foundation$7502n/a
Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society$75020%
Salvation Mountain Inc$5001n/a
Friends of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum$5001n/a
Admiral Nimitz Foundation$50010%
Gothenburg Pony Express Historical Society$5001n/a
Union Pacific Museum Association$50010%
Washington County Historical Association$50010%
Museum Assn of the American Frontier$50010%
Trinity Lutheran Church$5001n/a
Winter Quarters-Florence Mill Inc$5001n/a
Crook House Guild Inc Quarters One Fort Omaha$2501n/a

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The NBK Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Information Trust: $71,700 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOmaha Public Library Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetThe Union for Contemporary Art Inc: $44,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFood Bank for the Heartland: $43,355 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMusica Sacra Limited: $30,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetOmaha Botanical Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Omaha: $17,192 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFilm Streams Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSiena Francis House: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Willa Cather Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFontenelle Forest: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDeath Valley Natural History Association: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGoldwell Open Air Museum: $1,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetJoslyn Art Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTable Grace Ministries: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStrategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Plains Black History Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNebraska Art Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOmaha Children's Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Durham Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEl Museo Latino: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmplify Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBackstreet Cultural Museum Inc: $750 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCahokia Mounds Museum Society: $750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Heidelberg Project: $750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Bridge School: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMansfield Reformatory Preservation Society: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdmiral Nimitz Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Pacific Museum Association: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWashington County Historical Association: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMuseum Assn of the American Frontier: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

Peter Kiewit Foundati…The Sherwood Foundati…The Lozier FoundationNebraska Humanities C…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Weitz Family Foundati…Annette and Paul Smit…The Charles and Mary …Union Pacific Foundat…Richard Brooke Founda…Gilbert M and Martha …The Holland Foundation
Peter Kiewit FoundationNE38.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Peter Kiewit Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Nebraska Humanities Council · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Annette and Paul Smith Charitable Fund · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Richard Brooke Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · The Holland Foundation

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.

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About The NBK Foundation

How much does The NBK Foundation give?
The NBK Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 43 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The NBK Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (28%), Environment (18%).
Who are The NBK Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Community Information Trust ($72k), Omaha Public Library Foundation ($50k), The Union for Contemporary Art Inc ($44k).
Does The NBK Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The NBK 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 NBK Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peter Kiewit Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, The Lozier Foundation.
Where is The NBK Foundation based?
The NBK Foundation is based in DE.

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 51 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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