Fremont Area Community Foundation
Fremont, NE · EIN 47-0629642. Reported 232 grants totalling $8,409,258 to 133 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Fremont Area Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 133 distinct organizations, with 15% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 49% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,566. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $1,010,546. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Area Community Foundation Inc | Fremont, NE | $1,248,475 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fremont Public School Foundation | Fremont, NE | $1,122,917 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | Omaha, NE | $482,952 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| City of Fremont | Fremont, NE | $479,386 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Care Corps Inc | Fremont, NE | $476,235 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association | Fremont, NE | $293,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Roots to Wings | Arlington, NE | $245,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fremont YMCA Foundation | Fremont, NE | $234,017 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Midland University | Fremont, NE | $184,724 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Dodge County Humane Society | Fremont, NE | $182,225 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Digg Site Productions | Fremont, NE | $165,185 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together Platte Valley East Inc | Fremont, NE | $160,555 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Fremont, NE | $157,972 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Archbishop Bergan Catholic High School of Fremont | Fremont, NE | $117,763 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fremont Area Art Assn Inc | Fremont, NE | $113,691 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fremont Area United Way | Fremont, NE | $109,103 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fremont Ice Association | Fremont, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Fremont Development Council | Fremont, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fremont Health Foundation | Fremont, NE | $91,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| CASA of the Midlands | Fremont, NE | $90,270 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fremont Area Veterans Coalition | Fremont, NE | $89,971 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Bend Central Public Schools D | North Bend, NE | $80,682 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater Fremont Development Foundation | Fremont, NE | $73,262 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties | Lincoln, NE | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uehling Fire District 6 | Uehling, NE | $58,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Bend Central School District | North Bend, NE | $54,186 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Legal Immigration Assistance | Lincoln, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dodge County Fair Foundation | Scribner, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Phi Delta Theta Foundation | Oxford, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | Saint Louis, MO | $48,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc | Gretna, NE | $46,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | Fremont, NE | $42,559 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fremont Opera House Inc | Fremont, NE | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Banisters Leadership Academy | Omaha, NE | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Disabled American Veterans | Erlanger, KY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Liberty Classical Academy | White Bear Lk, MN | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Old Poor Farm | Nickerson, NE | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Center Inc | Omaha, NE | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Fremont Public Schools | Fremont, NE | $33,995 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Teammates Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $33,691 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arlington Public Schools | Arlington, NE | $32,732 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Covered Waters | Fremont, NE | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Inc | Ashland, NE | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trinity Classical Academy | Waterloo, NE | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fremont Rural Fire District | Fremont, NE | $29,246 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tekamah Community Foundation | Tekamah, NE | $28,755 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Bend Central Public Schools District #595 | North Bend, NE | $27,623 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of Keene Memorial Library | Fremont, NE | $26,568 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Agnes Robinson Waterloo Public Library | Waterloo, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Camp Fontanelle | Nickerson, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Agnes Robinson Waterloo | Waterloo, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Fremont Area Parks Inc | Fremont, NE | $22,034 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salem Lutheran Church - Fontanelle | Fontanelle, NE | $21,540 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Village of Waterloo | Waterloo, NE | $21,516 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Scribner | Scribner, NE | $20,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Act Inc | Wahoo, NE | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Autism Center of Nebraska Inc | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Calvin Crest Camp Conference and Retreat Center Inc | Fremont, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fremont Civil Air Patrol | Fremont, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Salem Lutheran Church | Fontanelle, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Village of Bancroft | Bancroft, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wayne State Foundation | Wayne, NE | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rivercrest Bible Camp | Fremont, NE | $17,925 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Angels Among US | Omaha, NE | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washington County Historical Association | Fort Calhoun, NE | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspire for Greatness | Fremont, NE | $15,450 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scribner Area Foundation | Scribner, NE | $15,202 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cuming County Fair Foundation | West Point, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Service Association of Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Anne's Cemetery Association | Hooper, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | Fremont, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Bend Area Senior Citizen Center | North Bend, NE | $14,437 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Elkhorn Valley Trails Inc | Fremont, NE | $13,930 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | Lincoln, NE | $13,544 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jefferson House | Fremont, NE | $12,912 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Ne- Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | $12,544 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arlington Public Schools | Arlington, NE | $12,239 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Crisis Center for Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault | Fremont, NE | $12,227 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fitgirl Inc | Bennington, NE | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc | North Canton, OH | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Woodcliff Veterans | Fremont, NE | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fremont Rotary Club | Fremont, NE | $11,724 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arlington Community Church | Arlington, NE | $11,373 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Lyons | Lyons, NE | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 12 Hills Dog Rescue | Walthill, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arlington Dog Park | Arlington, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Childrens Hospital & Medical Center Foundation | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coram Deo Church Community | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Department of Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Aux | Arlington, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dodge County 4H Council | Fremont, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healthcare Quality Improvement | Leawood, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heartland Hope Mission | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartland Workers Center | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moline Foundation | Moline, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nalas New Life Rescue Inc | Palm City, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers | Valley, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nursing Heart Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tekamah-Herman Public Schools | Tekamah, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Lutheran Early Childhood Center | Fremont, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Way of the Midlands | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Village of Inglewood | Fremont, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Point Community Foundation | West Point, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| John G Neihardt Foundation | Bancroft, NE | $9,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Set Me Free Project | Omaha, NE | $9,515 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uniquely Yours Stability Support | Fremont, NE | $8,049 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Peace Lutheran Church | Fremont, NE | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Bend Area Community Foundation | Fremont, NE | $7,842 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fremont Downtown Development Group LLC | Fremont, NE | $7,649 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Paul's Lutheran Church | Hooper, NE | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Merrymakers Association | Omaha, NE | $7,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cedar Bluffs Education Foundation Inc | Cedar Bluffs, NE | $7,251 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | Lincoln, NE | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peru State College | Peru, NE | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catz Angels Rescue Effort | Fremont, NE | $7,048 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nebraska Mediation Center | Fremont, NE | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Omaha Conservatory of Music | Omaha, NE | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wishing Wheels | Fremont, NE | $6,860 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Camp Fontanelle | Nickerson, NE | $6,743 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Legion | Dodge, NE | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership Inc | Pender, NE | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| No Foot Too Small | Iowa City, IA | $6,430 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| David Hargens VFW Post 10535 | Hooper, NE | $6,147 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Bend Area Community Foundatio | North Bend, NE | $6,021 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $6,011 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The United Church of Christ | Cleveland, OH | $5,355 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Way Out | Carbondale, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Abide Network Inc | Omaha, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Osmond | Osmond, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| North Bend Arboretum | North Bend, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rise Academy | Omaha, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Saunders County Youth Services | Wahoo, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
47 of 133 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 67 of 133 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 57 | $1,481,820 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 30 | $768,500 | $12,080 |
| 2022 | 40 | $1,906,440 | $21,870 |
| 2023 | 48 | $1,628,299 | $11,783 |
| 2024 | 57 | $2,624,199 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in Nebraska. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $12,566 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Nebraska.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Fremont Area Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 63 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1005 E 23RD Street, Fremont, NE, 68025.
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