Mammel Family Foundation
Omaha, NE · EIN 47-0784607. Reported 104 grants totalling $59.8M to 92 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Mammel Family Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a support organization for one specific institution (NTEE T11).
- How spread out its giving is. 92 distinct organizations, with 45% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 25% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $37,500. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $27.0M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $27.0M | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Performing Arts Society | Omaha, NE | $13.0M | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Downtown Riverfront Trust | Omaha, NE | $6,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Joslyn Art Museum | Omaha, NE | $2,517,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Saving Institute Foundation Inc | Omaha, NE | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mental Health Innovation Foundation | Omaha, NE | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Botanical Center Inc | Omaha, NE | $1,025,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Discovery Tr | Omaha, NE | $800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alexandria Area Young Mens Christian Association | Alexandria, MN | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Musical Instrument Museum | Phoenix, AZ | $260,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Nebraska Art | Kearney, NE | $255,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Symphony Association | Omaha, NE | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Animal Protection of New Mexico Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $215,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bellevue University | Bellevue, NE | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Santa Fe Community Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Als in the Heartland Inc | Omaha, NE | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | Omaha, NE | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| El Museo Latino | Omaha, NE | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Evanston Community Foundation Inc | Evanston, IL | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Keep Omaha Beautiful | Omaha, NE | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | Chicago, IL | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Assistance Dogs of the West | Santa Fe, NM | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Avenue Scholars | Omaha, NE | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bellevue University Foundation | Bellevue, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| No More Empty Pots | Omaha, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northstar Foundation | Omaha, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Shelter for Homeless Tr | Omaha, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Platte River Basin Environments Inc | Scottsbluff, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rise Academy | Omaha, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Madonna Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Evanston North Shore | Evanston, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Catholic School Consortium | Omaha, NE | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Community Foundation | Omaha, NE | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minnesota Lakes Maritime Society | Alexandria, MN | $74,165 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blue Barn Theatre | Omaha, NE | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Hoffman Estates, IL | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Omaha Police Foundation Inc | Omaha, NE | $61,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| College and Career Plaza | Santa Fe, NM | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Red Cloud Indian School | Pine Ridge, SD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alexandria Technical & Community College Foundation | Alexandria, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homewoven | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Pga Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Vietnam Verernas Memorial Foundation Inc | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Harmony-Haven for Abuse Response Members Serving Our | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of the Midlands | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Visiting Nurse Assocation of the Midlands | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Housing Advisory Services Inc | Omaha, NE | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foodbank for the Heartland | Omaha, NE | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Presbyterian Church of the Cr | Omaha, NE | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amplify Arts | Omaha, NE | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ballet Nebraska | Council Blfs, IA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Antique Boat Museum | Clayton, NY | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Durham Museum | Omaha, NE | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| At Ease USA | Omaha, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | Glencoe, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fontenelle Forest | Bellevue, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartland Hope Mission | Omaha, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Fe Boys & Girls Club Inc | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Together Inc of Metropolitian Omaha | Omaha, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Frontiers Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Scholarship Fund of Omaha | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Iowa State University Foundation | Ames, IA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Childrens Museum Inc | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Community Playhouse | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 100 Black Men of Omaha Inc | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridges Project for Education | Taos, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA for Douglas County | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Humane Society | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities in Omaha Inc | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kindred Sprits Animal Sanctuary | Santa Fe, NM | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kaneko | Omaha, NE | $10,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Angels Among US | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ashland Area Foundation | Ashland, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Espanola Valley Humane Society | Espanola, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gerards House | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Incorporated of Omaha | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Latino Catholic Scholarship F | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Girls Rock Inc | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Theater Company | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Zoological Society Inc | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| R E S P E C T 2 | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Fe Raptor Center | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sikh Dharma Education International | Santa Cruz, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Nebraska Inc | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teammates Mentoring Program | Lincoln, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Tri-Faith Initiative of Omaha Nebraska | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta | Santa Fe, NM | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy High School | Omaha, NE | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
8 of 92 (9%) 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.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Omaha Performing Arts Society
Arts, Culture, Humanities - Child Saving Institute Fdn
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, Grants - Mental Health Innovation Foun
Health - General Rehabilitative - Omaha Botanical Center Inc
Environmntl Quality Prot, Beautific - Als in the Heartland
Disease, Disorders, Medical Discipl - Keep Omaha Beautiful Inc
Environmental Quality Protection
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 78 of 92 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | $360,000 | $37,500 |
| 2022 | 80 | $58.2M | $45,000 |
| 2023 | 8 | $395,000 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 8 | $810,000 | $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
96% 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
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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 $37,500 -- 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 Mammel Family Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 146 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: 1120 S 101 St 320, Omaha, NE, 68124.
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