· Private foundation
William and Joan Truhlsen Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $130k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| LOUISVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $10,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| HOSPICE HOUSE | $10,000 |
| ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| THE DURHAM MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| THE FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
4 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. 4 of the 13 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William and Joan Truhlsen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William and Joan Truhlsen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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