Nebraska · Private foundation
Vetter 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,170,352
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 22
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Vetter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $1.2M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $165k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $250k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vetter Senior Living | $1,170,352 | 1 | 0% |
| Water for the World | $85,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Dreamweaver Foundation | $43,650 | 3 | 2% |
| Support Nebraska | $40,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Homes for Hope | $34,350 | 3 | 1% |
| Omaha Youth for Christ | $25,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Nebraska Health Care Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $15,893 | 2 | 0% |
| Onechild Global | $15,735 | 3 | 0% |
| Quality Living Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vetter Senior Living | $1,170,352 | 1 | 0% |
| Water for the World | $85,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Dreamweaver Foundation | $43,650 | 3 | 2% |
| Support Nebraska | $40,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Homes for Hope | $34,350 | 3 | 1% |
| Omaha Youth for Christ | $25,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Nebraska Health Care Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $15,893 | 2 | 0% |
| Onechild Global | $15,735 | 3 | 0% |
| Quality Living Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Assistance League of Omaha Nebraska Inc | $12,850 | 3 | 1% |
| Ataxia Connection Inc | $10,300 | 2 | 6% |
| Columbus Community Hospital Foundation | $5,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Dormie Network Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Project Houseworks | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Harmony | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Health Care Association | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Omaha Police Officers' Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bellevue University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emerson Veterans Memorial Park | $1,200 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Vetter Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Dorothy B Davis Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Midlands Community Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Enrichment Foundation · Ike & Roz Friedman Foundation · John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation
How this is measured
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About Vetter Foundation
- How much does Vetter Foundation give?
- Vetter Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,191,022 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 22 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Vetter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (72%), Food & Nutrition (6%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Vetter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Vetter Senior Living ($1.2M), Water for the World ($85k), Dreamweaver Foundation ($44k).
- Does Vetter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vetter 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 Vetter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dorothy B Davis Foundation, Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation, Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation.
- Where is Vetter Foundation based?
- Vetter Foundation is based in NE.
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