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Donald E Nielsen Foundation

Name: Donald E Nielsen Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

56
grants reported: $5.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

City of West Point Ne2 grants · $1.5M
Blair Family Ymca2 grants · $450,000
Village of Beemer1 grant · $250,000
Burt County Fair Foundation1 grant · $200,000
Cumming County Fair1 grant · $200,000
Midlands Community Foundation1 grant · $200,000
Tekamah Pool Task Force1 grant · $200,000
Oakland Heights3 grants · $194,000
Burt County1 grant · $175,000
Cuming County Economic Development1 grant · $175,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2021

$1.3M

2022

$1.9M

2023

$1.1M

2024

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
City of West Point Ne · West Point, NE · 2023
General support
$500,000
City of West Point Ne · West Point, NE · 2022
General support
$350,000
Blair Family Ymca · Blair, NE · 2022
General support
$250,000
Village of Beemer · Beemer, NE · 2024
General support
$200,000
Burt County Fair Foundation · Tekamah, NE · 2024
General support
$200,000
Cumming County Fair · West Point, NE · 2024
General support
$200,000
Midlands Community Foundation · Papillion, NE · 2023
General support
$200,000
Tekamah Pool Task Force · Tekamah, NE · 2021
General support
$175,000
Burt County · Tekamah, NE · 2024
General support
$175,000
Cuming County Economic Development · West Point, NE · 2023
General support
$150,000
Uehling Fire District · Uehling, NE · 2023
General support
$150,000
Burt County Ne · Tekamah, NE · 2021
General support
$120,000
Bancroft Rural Vol Fire and Rescue Dept · Bancroft, NE · 2022
General support
$110,000
City of Lyons Ne · Lyons, NE · 2023
General support
$100,000
Thurston Volunteer Fire and Rescue · Thurston, NE · 2022
General support
$100,000
Blair Family Ymca · Blair, NE · 2021
General support
$100,000
City of Blair Ne · Blair, NE · 2021
General support
$100,000
Generation Diamond · Omaha, NE · 2021
General support
$100,000
Village of Decatur Ne · Decatur, NE · 2021
General support
$100,000
West Point Community Theatre · West Point, NE · 2021
General support
$85,000
Oakland Heights · Oakland, NE · 2022
General support
$80,503
Wakefield Community Center · Wakefield, NE · 2024
General support
$75,000
Walthill Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department · Walthill, NE · 2023
General support
$75,000
Logan View Public Schools · Hooper, NE · 2022
General support
$64,400
Walthill Volunteer Fire Dept · Walthill, NE · 2021
General support
$61,000
Oakland Heights · Oakland, NE · 2024
General support
$50,000
Happy Days Senior Center · Lyons, NE · 2022
General support
$50,000
Nebraska State Patrol · Omaha, NE · 2021
General support
$50,000
Roots To Wings · Arlington, NE · 2021
General support
$50,000
The Susan Laflesche Picotte Center · Walthill, NE · 2021
General support
$48,000
Oakland Heights · Oakland, NE · 2023
General support
$39,100
Nebraska State Patrol Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
General support
$32,000
Rosalie Rural Fire Department · Rosalie, NE · 2024
General support
$30,000
Village of Craig Nebraska · Craig, NE · 2021
General support
$26,460
Hartington-Newcastle Public School · Hartington, NE · 2023
General support
$26,400
Swedish Heritage Center · Oakland, NE · 2021
General support
$25,000
Hartington-Newcastle Public School · Hartington, NE · 2024
General support
$25,000
Tekamah-Herman Public School Foundation · Tekamah, NE · 2023
General support
$25,000
Cattlemen'S Ball of Nebraska · Minatare, NE · 2022
General support
$25,000
West Point Public Schools · West Point, NE · 2021
General support
$24,000
Burt County Ne · Tekamah, NE · 2022
General support
$20,000
Village of Dodge · Dodge, NE · 2024
General support
$19,500
Sunshine Center · West Point, NE · 2021
General support
$16,300
Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools Foundation · Bancroft, NE · 2021
General support
$10,000
Beemer Senior Center · Beemer, NE · 2024
General support
$10,000
Sunshine Center · West Point, NE · 2024
General support
$10,000
West Point Community Foundation · West Point, NE · 2023
General support
$10,000
West Point Community Foundation · West Point, NE · 2022
General support
$10,000
Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Dept Foundation · Tekamah, NE · 2021
General support
$9,000
Nebraska State Patrol Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General support
$8,178
Hartington-Newcastle Public Schools · Hartington, NE · 2021
General support
$6,000
Beemer Senior Citizens Center · Beemer, NE · 2021
General support
$1,500
Relay for Life · Kennesaw, GA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Relay for Life · Kennesaw, GA · 2023
General support
$1,500
Relay for Life · Kennesaw, GA · 2022
General support
$1,500
Relay for Life · Kennesaw, GA · 2021
General support

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