Nebraska · Private foundation
Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $141k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 9 | $141k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $90k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $153k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $141k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $107k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $79k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $75k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland United Way Inc | $98,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Centura Educational Foundation | $57,670 | 2 | 20% |
| Central Catholic Development Foundation | $26,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Teammates Mentoring Program | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hastings College Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Literacy Council of Grand Island Inc | $9,795 | 1 | 7% |
| Northwest Education Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Angels Among US | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Hunger | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland United Way Inc | $98,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Centura Educational Foundation | $57,670 | 2 | 20% |
| Central Catholic Development Foundation | $26,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Teammates Mentoring Program | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hastings College Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Literacy Council of Grand Island Inc | $9,795 | 1 | 7% |
| Northwest Education Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Angels Among US | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Hunger | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| National FFA Foundation Inc | $4,720 | 3 | 0% |
| Voice for Companion Animals | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hall County Leadership Unlimited Inc | $1,440 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($718k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc 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 Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc
- How much does Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc give?
- Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $141,190 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (30%), Arts & Culture (16%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Heartland United Way Inc ($99k), Centura Educational Foundation ($58k), Central Catholic Development Foundation ($26k).
- Does Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Grand Island Community Foundation, Taylor Vern & Esther Char Trust, Edgar & Frances Reynolds Foundation Inc.
- Where is Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc based?
- Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc is based in NE.
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