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NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC

NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $799,992 to it, the largest being NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($588,285). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$529k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$800k
Net assets
$3.8M
4/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 35%
01What it does

What Norfolk Public Schools Foundation Inc does

Mission

The furtherance of education

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provided individuals within the norfolk public school district scholarships for college

    $69,800 spentof which $69,800 as grants
    27% of program spending
  2. Grants were awarded to various schools within the norfolk public school district for the development of educational programs and staff professional development.

    $193,100 spentof which $193,100 as grants
    73% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $262,900.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($548k) Expenses 100 ($371k) Net assets 100 ($2.4M)2018 Revenue 139 ($764k) Expenses 213 ($789k) Net assets 82 ($2.0M)2019 Revenue 95 ($523k) Expenses 101 ($376k) Net assets 102 ($2.5M)2020 Revenue 100 ($546k) Expenses 114 ($425k) Net assets 112 ($2.7M)2021 Revenue 109 ($598k) Expenses 76 ($283k) Net assets 133 ($3.2M)2022 Revenue 64 ($353k) Expenses 80 ($295k) Net assets 122 ($2.9M)2023 Revenue 103 ($566k) Expenses 90 ($333k) Net assets 143 ($3.5M)2024 Revenue 97 ($529k) Expenses 94 ($347k) Net assets 158 ($3.8M)
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Revenue (97)Expenses (94)Net assets (158)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.9M to $3.5M (+18%).

$2.4M
$2.0M
$2.5M
$2.7M
$3.2M
$2.9M
$3.5M
$3.8M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

68% of NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$177k
’17
−$25k
’18
$147k
’19
$121k
’20
$315k
’21
$58k
’22
$232k
’23
$182k
’24
39
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed1920191917161819
Joined·+2+0+3+5+2+4+3
No longer listed·1137322
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $13k → $68k.

5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC.

74%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 86% · 2019 59% · 2020 86% · 2021 55% · 2022 94% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

60% of NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

88% of NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $95k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Nebraska funders.

MT
IA
NE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Nebraska out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $705k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin34% · top quartile
Months of reserve39.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

87%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC?
NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $799,992 to it, the largest being NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($588,285). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $799,992 in grants to NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC?
NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $588,285 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing