· Private foundation
Vandeberg Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k8 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PERU STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH | $14,000 |
| MISSION CENTRAL | $7,500 |
| GRACE POINT INSTITUTION FOR RELATIONAL HEALTH | $5,000 |
| CHRIST SCHOOLS | $3,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF CARROLL IA | $3,000 |
| I'VE GOT A NAME | $3,000 |
| HARBOR MINISTRIES | $2,500 |
| HOPE CENTER UGANDA | $2,000 |
| AUBURN BACKPACK PROGRAM | $2,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH2× · 2022–2023 · $27k
- LCLUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD2× · 2022–2023 · $22k
- CSCHRIST SCHOOLS2× · 2022–2023 · $6k
Funded once
- LFLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC.one grant, 2022 · $25k
- CLCHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $17k
- GPGRACE POINT INSTITUTION FOR RELATIONAL HEone grant, 2022 · $10k
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.
3 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 3 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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