Montana · Private foundation
William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $83k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 79%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 79% of the organizations William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | 8 | $83k | 88% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $83k | 79% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $83k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $83k | 94% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $74k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $72k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $74k | 91% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $82k | 83% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bozeman Sports Park Foundation Inc | $62,750 | 2 | 7% |
| Miles Community College | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana Center for Horsemanship Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Waterworks Art Museum | $17,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Billings Catholic Schools Foundation | $14,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Pondera Rec Association | $12,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Fergus Wrestling Club Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildhorse Sports Association | $11,500 | 1 | 23% |
| Bigfork Youth Baseball Association | $10,268 | 1 | n/a |
| Eagle Mount Billings | $8,738 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bozeman Sports Park Foundation Inc | $62,750 | 2 | 7% |
| Miles Community College | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana Center for Horsemanship Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Waterworks Art Museum | $17,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Billings Catholic Schools Foundation | $14,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Pondera Rec Association | $12,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Fergus Wrestling Club Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildhorse Sports Association | $11,500 | 1 | 23% |
| Bigfork Youth Baseball Association | $10,268 | 1 | n/a |
| Eagle Mount Billings | $8,738 | 1 | 2% |
| Barrett Hospital Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Missoula County Public Schools | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Miles City Youth Hockey Association | $6,600 | 1 | 2% |
| Miles City Youth Baseball Association | $6,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Bozeman School District #7 | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Richland County Adult Softball Association | $5,970 | 2 | n/a |
| Belgrade Community Library Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Pondera Healthcare Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Billings Christian Schools Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sidney Tiger Sharks Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huntley Project Development Assn | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Montana Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department | $2,887 | 1 | 2% |
| Wibaux Public Schools | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fair View Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 14% |
| Fallon Village Council | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huntley Project Museum | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Miles City Wrestling Club Inc | $125 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($416k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation 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 William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation
- How much does William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation give?
- William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $83,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (59%), Education (19%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bozeman Sports Park Foundation Inc ($63k), Miles Community College ($50k), Montana Center for Horsemanship Inc ($30k).
- Does William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 79% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William and Lorene Nefsy 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 William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Town Pump Charitable Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
- Where is William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation based?
- William and Lorene Nefsy Foundation is based in MT.
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