Nebraska · Private foundation
Wilson 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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $39,814
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Wilson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 17 | $97k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $77k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $76k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $67k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $79k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $101k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $66k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $137k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cozad Camping Ministry | $150,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Cozad Child Care | $47,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Cozad Development Corporation | $22,750 | 4 | 2% |
| Robert Henri Museum & Historical Walkway | $18,350 | 7 | 6% |
| Charitable Fund of Cozad | $16,435 | 6 | 3% |
| Cozad Library Foundation | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| United Methodist Church | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cozad Chamber of Commerce | $3,850 | 2 | 3% |
| Cozad Little League Inc | $2,258 | 1 | n/a |
| Dawson County Family Partners | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cozad Camping Ministry | $150,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Cozad Child Care | $47,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Cozad Development Corporation | $22,750 | 4 | 2% |
| Robert Henri Museum & Historical Walkway | $18,350 | 7 | 6% |
| Charitable Fund of Cozad | $16,435 | 6 | 3% |
| Cozad Library Foundation | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| United Methodist Church | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cozad Chamber of Commerce | $3,850 | 2 | 3% |
| Cozad Little League Inc | $2,258 | 1 | n/a |
| Dawson County Family Partners | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cozad Community Leaders Inc | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($411k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wilson Foundation
- How much does Wilson Foundation give?
- Wilson Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $99,847 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wilson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), Religion (17%), Education (15%).
- Who are Wilson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Cozad Camping Ministry ($150k), Cozad Child Care ($48k), Cozad Development Corporation ($23k).
- Does Wilson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wilson 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 Wilson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Wilson Foundation based?
- Wilson Foundation is based in NE.
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