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Kropp Charitable Foundation Inc

Nebraska City, NE · EIN 51-0192542. Reported 79 grants totalling $569,700 to 48 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,000median grant
$569,700granted, 2021-2024
48recipients, as named on its returns
53%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,370,358assets, latest filing

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. Kropp Charitable Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
14 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
32 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
13 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
13 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
City of Nebraska CityNebraska City, NE$106,000532024
Nebraska City Public Schools FoundationNebraska City, NE$60,000532023
ApaceNebraska City, NE$50,000112024
Nebraska City Fire & RescueNebraska City, NE$35,000112024
Nebraska City Veterans MemorialNebraska City, NE$27,000112024
Great Foundation Ne City Area Economic Development CorporationNebraska City, NE$25,000112021
Morton James Public LibraryNebraska City, NE$21,950112023
Partners for Otoe CountyNebraska City, NE$20,950432024
Keep Nebraska City BeautifulNebraska City, NE$20,000112022
Nebraska City Baseball AssociationNebraska City, NE$20,000442024
Lewis & Clark CenterNebraska City, NE$15,000112023
City of Nebraska City CreativeNebraska City, NE$13,500112024
St Marys Hospital FoundationNebraska City, NE$12,000112024
Nebraska City Public Schools FoundNebraska City, NE$11,350112024
Edge Nebraska CityNebraska City, NE$10,600112024
Nc Museum AssociationNebraska City, NE$10,000222022
Nebraska City Museum AssociationNebraska City, NE$10,000112024
Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Building ProjectNebraska City, NE$10,000112021
Peo Chapters FvNebraska City, NE$8,100222022
Cowles Hill Cemetery AssociationNebraska City, NE$8,000332023
Nebraska City Fine ArtsNebraska City, NE$6,800112024
Edge Nebraska City - Partners for Otoe CountyNebraska City, NE$6,750112021
People United for FamiliesNebraska City, NE$6,000112024
U of Nebraska Lincoln Office of Financial AidLincoln, NE$5,750332023
Kregel Windmill MuseumNebraska City, NE$5,500222024
Hastings CollegeHastings, NE$5,250442024
Lourdes CentralNebraska City, NE$3,500112021
St Mary's FoundationNebraska City, NE$3,500222023
Nc Youth TennisNebraska City, NE$3,000112024
Peo ChapterNebraska City, NE$3,000112024
Greater Nebraska Science FairNebraska City, NE$2,800112024
Cowles Hill CemeteryNebraska City, NE$2,500112024
Make-a-Wish FoundationLincoln, NE$2,500112021
Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, GA$2,250112024
Grand Army of the Republic (gar) Memorial HallNebraska City, NE$2,000222022
Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, MO$1,750222023
Lourdes Central After Prom CommitteeNebraska City, NE$1,500332023
Nchs After Prom CommitteeNebraska City, NE$1,500332023
Northwest Mo State UniversityMaryville, MO$1,500112024
University of Nebraska LincolnLincoln, NE$1,500112024
Greater Nebraska Science TourNebraska City, NE$1,400112021
St Mary's HospitalNebraska City, NE$1,000112021
Missouri Western State UniversitySt Joseph, MO$750112021
Oklahoma State UniversityStillwater, OK$750112022
University of OmahaOmaha, NE$750112024
Wayne State CollegeWayne, NE$750112024
Lourdes Central CatholicNebraska City, NE$500112024
Ncps After PromNebraska City, NE$500112024

15 of 48 (31%) 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 18 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.

Education
10 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Environment
1 grant
Community Improvement
1 grant
Human Services
1 grant
Arts & Culture
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202124$133,950$3,050
202216$98,000$3,625
202312$72,200$2,000
202427$265,550$3,000

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

99% of its giving went to organizations in Nebraska. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Nebraska
$563K
Missouri
$4K
Georgia
$2K
Oklahoma
$750

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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.

The Steinhart Foundation Inc4 shared recipientsKarl H and Wealtha H Nelson3 shared recipientsNebraska Community Foundation2 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc2 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund2 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America2 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Nebraska.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Kropp Charitable Foundation Inc'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: 540 Wildwood Lane, Nebraska City, NE, 68410. 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.

EIN 51-0192542 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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