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Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation

North Platte, NE · EIN 47-0604965. Reported 249 grants totalling $5,544,131 to 115 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.

115organizations funded
$11,247median reported grant
$5,544,131granted, 2020-2023
78%of grantees funded again the next year
10%of dollars to its largest recipient

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:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
  2. How spread out its giving is. 115 distinct organizations, with 10% 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.
  3. How much its list changes. 78% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $11,247. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $23,867; the smallest was $5,005 and the largest $392,504. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
89 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
101 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
40 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
12 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
6 grants
$250,000 Or More
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
City of North PlatteNorth Platte, NE$570,688442023
North Platte Catholic Shools Endowment-Trust IncNorth Platte, NE$546,147442023
Creativity Unlimited Arts CouncilNorth Platte, NE$208,730442023
Lincoln County Historical Society IncNorth Platte, NE$181,729442023
Chancery Office of Diocese of Grand IslandGrand Island, NE$167,500332023
North Platte Community College FoundationNorth Platte, NE$163,069442023
Greater HorizonsKansas City, MO$154,632222022
Great Plains Health Care FoundationNorth Platte, NE$154,029442023
North Platte Community Playhouse IncNorth Platte, NE$137,629442023
Central Catholic Development FoundationGrand Island, NE$125,000112022
The General Council of the Assemblies of GodSpringfield, MO$120,700742023
Educational Service Unit 16Ogallala, NE$116,287442023
Community ConnectionsNorth Platte, NE$111,053442023
First United Methodist ChurchNorth Platte, NE$106,350642023
The Crossing Fellowship of Gothenbu RgGothenburg, NE$105,000332023
Holy Spirit Catholic ChurchNorth Platte, NE$81,000332023
Sutherland Public SchoolsSutherland, NE$80,844332023
The Connection Homeless Shelter IncNorth Platte, NE$75,335442023
St Teresa of Calcutta Newman CenterKearney, NE$75,000112023
Deborahs Legacy IncNorth Platte, NE$71,363442023
Rape Domestic Abuse Program of North Platte IncNorth Platte, NE$68,134442023
20TH Century Veterans Memorial AssociationNorth Platte, NE$63,879442023
Brady Public SchoolsBrady, NE$63,861442023
Salvation ArmyNorth Platte, NE$63,022222023
Salvation Army & Its ComponentsAlexandria, VA$58,465222021
BirthlineNorth Platte, NE$58,038442023
Stapleton Public SchoolsStapleton, NE$55,307332023
Episcopal Church of Our SaviorNorth Platte, NE$53,200222023
Hooker County Community Foundation IncMullen, NE$50,000222023
Seneca Historical Preservation SocietySeneca, NE$49,936112023
Habitat for Humanity International IncAmericus, GA$49,058332022
Platte Institute for Economic Research IncOmaha, NE$47,000222022
Thomas County Fair BoardThedford, NE$44,000332023
Village of StapletonStapleton, NE$43,000222023
Grace Ministries Food PantryNorth Platte, NE$42,486442023
Fur the Love of PawsNorth Platte, NE$41,662442023
Bridge of Hope Child Advocacy Center IncNorth Platte, NE$41,064442023
University of Nebraska FoundationLincoln, NE$40,000112023
Tri State Broadcasting Assn IncNorth Platte, NE$39,145442023
North Platte Catholic SchoolsNorth Platte, NE$38,431332022
Mid-Plains United Way IncNorth Platte, NE$37,723332023
Campus Crusade for Christ IncOrlando, FL$37,200332023
Paws-Itive Partners Humane SocietyNorth Platte, NE$35,068442023
Mcpherson County Rural Fire DepartmentTryon, NE$35,000112023
Mullen Hospital DistrictMullen, NE$35,000112022
Gift of HopeOgallala, NE$30,641442023
308 Bmx IncNorth Platte, NE$30,205222023
St Patricks Church of North Platte NebraskaNorth Platte, NE$29,932332023
Goodfellow Shoe Fund of North Platte NebrNorth Platte, NE$28,670442023
North Platte Catholic Food PantryNorth Platte, NE$28,637222023
North Platte Genealogical SocietyNorth Platte, NE$27,500222023
Paxton Consolidated SchoolsPaxton, NE$25,479112022
Stapleton Volunteer Fire DepartmentStapleton, NE$23,000112023
Nebraska High School Rodeo AssnValentine, NE$22,846442023
Hershey Public SchoolsHershey, NE$22,841222023
Nebraska Community FoundationLincoln, NE$22,500112023
Net Foundation for TelevisionLincoln, NE$22,500112023
Community Action Partnership of Mid-NebraskaKearney, NE$22,032322023
Boy Scouts of AmericaIrving, TX$20,782332022
Museum of Nebraska ArtKearney, NE$20,500112023
Mid Plains Community CollegeNorth Platte, NE$20,354222023
Gothenburg Memorial Hospital FoundationGothenburg, NE$20,000222021
Livin Out Loud IncGothenburg, NE$20,000222022
St Michael the Archangel Parish SarSarasota, FL$20,000222022
Village of ThedfordThedford, NE$20,000112023
Walton Erickson Public LibraryMorley, MI$20,000222022
First Evangelical Lutheran ChurchNorth Platte, NE$19,480222023
Wild West Arena FoundationNorth Platte, NE$18,656222022
D & N Event Center IncNorth Platte, NE$18,450222023
Maranatha Bible Camp IncMaxwell, NE$17,575222023
Habitat for Humanity International IncNorth Platte, NE$17,323112023
Np Ice IncNorth Platte, NE$16,745112022
Lincoln County CASANorth Platte, NE$16,620222022
North Platte Public SchoolsNorth Platte, NE$16,500222022
Hope- EsperanzaNorth Platte, NE$15,565222023
Hooker CountyMullen, NE$15,000112023
North Platte Public Schools Foundation IncNorth Platte, NE$13,075222022
Beautiful Savior Lutheran ChurchNorth Platte, NE$13,000222023
American National Red CrossWashington, DC$12,630222022
North Platte Area Childrens MuseumNorth Platte, NE$12,565222022
MybridgeLincoln, NE$12,000112023
Tnr North PlatteNorth Platte, NE$11,566222023
Twin Platte Natural Resource DistNorth Platte, NE$11,247112021
Thedford Rural Fire ProtectionThedford, NE$11,000112022
United Methodist Church - MullenMullen, NE$11,000112022
Special Olympics Nebraska IncOmaha, NE$10,975112023
Peoples Family Health Services IncNorth Platte, NE$10,784112022
Make-a-Wish of NebraskaOmaha, NE$10,770112021
Families 1ST PartnershipNorth Platte, NE$10,400112021
North Platte Legion BaseballNorth Platte, NE$10,126112023
Hands in Action Christian AssociationHaslet, TX$10,000112023
Thomas County AirportThedford, NE$10,000112021
North Platte Nebraska Hospital CorporationNorth Platte, NE$9,100112020
Arthur Rural Fire Protection DistArthur, NE$9,000112022
Logan County Agricultural SocietyStapleton, NE$8,600112022
Lincoln County Agricultural SocietyNorth Platte, NE$8,079112022
Village of SutherlandSutherland, NE$7,924112020
Cozad Camping MinistryCozad, NE$7,081112022
Thedford Golf Association IncThedford, NE$7,000112021
North Platte Kids AcademyNorth Platte, NE$6,860112020
North Platte Catholic SchoolsNorth Platte, NE$6,814112023
Arnold Public SchoolsArnold, NE$6,500112023
The NavigatorsColorado Spgs, CO$6,300112023
Jesus Loves MeNorth Platte, NE$6,000112023
Living Word World Outreach ChurchConroe, TX$6,000112022
Wallace Rural Fire ProtectionWallace, NE$6,000112023
North Platte Youth BaseballNorth Platte, NE$5,900112022
Ogallala Public SchoolsOgallala, NE$5,637112020
Ranshir Revolving Door Rescue RehabNorth Platte, NE$5,600112021
West Central Dist Health DeptNorth Platte, NE$5,600112022
Maxwell Public SchoolsMaxwell, NE$5,500112022
Perkins County Health Services FoundationGrant, NE$5,500112020
Boy Scouts Overland Trails CouncilNorth Platte, NE$5,435112023
Nebraska Youth CenterNorth Platte, NE$5,385112022
General Council on Finance & Admins of the UnitedNashville, TN$5,081112022

66 of 115 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

It also reported 4 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 of 115 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Arts & Culture
7 orgs
Education
5 orgs
Human Services
5 orgs
Religion
5 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 orgs
Health Care
4 orgs
Animal Welfare
4 orgs
Recreation & Sports
4 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202042$890,864$9,945
202154$1,357,035$10,327
202280$1,829,114$12,266
202373$1,467,118$14,315

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

91% 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.

Nebraska
$5.0M
Missouri
$275K
Virginia
$58K
Florida
$57K
Georgia
$49K
Texas
$37K
Michigan
$20K
District of Columbia
$13K

Down to the city

North Platte, NE
$3.5M
Grand Island, NE
$292K
Kansas City, MO
$155K
Ogallala, NE
$153K
Gothenburg, NE
$145K
Stapleton, NE
$130K

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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 the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsFirst Interstate Bancsystem Foundation16 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc16 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust11 shared recipientsNebraska Community Foundation9 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. 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.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,247 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Nebraska.
  4. 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 Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: P O Box 1321, North Platte, NE, 69103.

EIN 47-0604965 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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