Karl H and Wealtha H Nelson
Omaha, NE · EIN 36-3879767. Reported 71 grants totalling $909,525 to 36 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Karl H and Wealtha H Nelson did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $8,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $12,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Nebraska City | Nebraska City, NE | $373,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Center | Nebraska City, NE | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Mary's Hospital Foundation | Nebraska City, NE | $60,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nebraska City Historical Society | Nebraska City, NE | $44,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lourdes Central Catholic School | Nebraska City, NE | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nebraska City Public Schools Foundation | Nebraska City, NE | $36,300 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kregel Windmill Factory Museum | Nebraska City, NE | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nebraska City Museum Assocation | Nebraska City, NE | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nebraska City Veteran's Building | Nebraska City, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edge Nebraska City | Nebraska City, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska City Fast Pitch Softball | Nebraska City, NE | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 806 Historical Foundation | Nebraska City, NE | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Children and Families Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nebraska City Museum Assoc | Nebraska City, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nebraska City Musuem Assocation | Nebraska City, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bryan Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Peru State College | Peru, NE | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Benedict Catholic Church | Nebraska City, NE | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Civil War Veterans Museum | Nebraska City, NE | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nebaraska City High School Allimni Assoc | Nebraska City, NE | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nebraska City High School Alumni Association | Nebraska City, NE | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Community Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nebraska City High School Alumni Foundation | Nebraska City, NE | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southeast Community College | Lincoln, NE | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blue Star Mothers | Nebraska City, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blue Star Mothers of America Chapter NE1 | Nebraska City, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Child Advocacy Center | Lincoln, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska City Baseball Association | Nebraska City, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teammates Mentoring | Nebraska City, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nebraska City Fine Arts Committee | Nebraska City, NE | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bryan Hospital Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nebraska City Municipal Airport | Nebraska City, NE | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce | Nebraska City, NE | $2,425 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Civil War Museum | Nebraska City, NE | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
14 of 36 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 53%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- City of Nebraska City
PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT - Nebraska City Public Schools Foundation
CAREER ACADEMY AND HIGH ABILITY - St Mary's Hospital Foundation
GROWING GREAT KIDS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA PROGRAM - Nebraska Children and Families Foundation
CAMP CATCH UP AT CAMP CATRON - St Benedict Catholic Church
TABLES AND DOLLIES FOR PARISH HALL - Nebaraska City High School Allimni Assoc
SCHOLARSHIP AND OPERATING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 25 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $259,500 | $8,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $232,200 | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $205,325 | $8,000 |
| 2024 | 21 | $212,500 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $8,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Nebraska.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Karl H and Wealtha H Nelson's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Co George Blazek 9290 W Dodge Rd, Omaha, NE, 68114. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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