Nebraska · Nonprofit
SIMPLE FOUNDATION
SIMPLE FOUNDATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,582,963 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($6,441,966). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $6.9M
What Simple Foundation does
Mission
The Simple Foundation supports the multi-faceted needs of vunerable children and families through scholarships, volunteerism and mentoring resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Academic excellence and college for success program - bridge to imporve student scucess program works to provide a seamless path from high school to post-secondary education. Activities include annual enrichment days, camps, tutoring and programming that provides academic, developmental, and reflective activities for participating students. Tsf provides additional laptops, ipads, desktops, ppe, technology support (dsl/internet service) and office/school supplies to handle the increase of program participants during out of school time.
$2,128,518 spent61% of program spendingFamily advocacy and resource - our family advocacy and resource program offers esl classes for youth's family members who want to improve their skills in speaking, reading and writing english. We also offer workforce training opportunities that help our community's immigrants and refugees better understand some of the cultural differences they might encounter in a u.s. Work environment. We help introduce individuals who are ready to work to the local business community so that they can become active, responsible contributors to their families and to our economy. This program also includes distribution of food and clothing to omaha area families who need it most.
$1,093,847 spent31% of program spendingYouth academy - during youth academy we implement soccer for success, and evidence-based group mentoring program designed to foster character development. Trained coach-mentors engage participants by creatively teaching nutrition educaiton and critical life skills through soccer instruction. Our nontraditional, culturally respectful program results in participants' improved academic achievement, self-esteem, social competence and avoidance of high-risk/problem behaviours.
$15,891 spent0% of program spendingInternational initiatives - this year-long initiative encourages the global community to donate gently used clothing, non-perishable food items, over-the-counter medication, soccer equipment, school supplies, toiletries and much more to impoverished regions in ghana, togo, democratic republic of congo, somalia, kenya, and several other african countries.
$21,308 spent1% of program spendingBoduri (girl) group - the program's goals are to enhance participants' physical health, academic performance, and socio-emotional well-being. Through soccer, girls develop teamwork and leadership skills, fostering self confidence and resilience. The mentoring component guides personal growth, while academic support aims to improve educational outcomes. Health and wellness initiatives promote physical and mental health, teaching life-long healthy habits. Family resource offerings strengthen the support system at home, ensuring a stable environment for growth. The desired impact is a well-rounded development for these girls, leading the empowered individuals capable of contributing positively to their communities and breaking the cycle of adversity to achieve lasting social change.
$221,580 spent6% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,481,144.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.7M to $6.2M (+269%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 1% · 2022 32% · 2023 38% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SIMPLE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Osuman Issaka
Chair/executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $75k → $1.3M.
2 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SIMPLE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 22 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
SIMPLE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 68% · 2019 76% · 2020 79% · 2021 43% · 2022 83% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.
“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
70% of SIMPLE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 91% give in more than one year at all.
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
93% of SIMPLE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
SIMPLE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SIMPLE FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SIMPLE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SIMPLE FOUNDATION?
- SIMPLE FOUNDATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,582,963 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($6,441,966). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SIMPLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $10,582,963 in grants to SIMPLE FOUNDATION, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SIMPLE FOUNDATION?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,441,966 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SIMPLE FOUNDATION 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 22 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