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Greater Grand Island Community Foundation
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About Greater Grand Island Community Foundation
Great accomplishments begin with the power of one. Whatever a donor’s passion or legacy, your gifts prove that the power of one could be transformative — in the quality of an individual life, a whole city, or the entire area. The Greater Grand Island Community Foundation provides opportunities for donors of all kinds to turn passions into community enrichments.
Focus Areas
youth leadership and developmenteducationscholarshipsparks and recreationcommunity development
Who They Fund
local communities (community improvement recipients)youth and adolescentspeople with mental health needspeople experiencing housing instability/homelessmarginalized or underrepresented groups (civil rights constituencies)animals and animal welfare organizations
About Greater Grand Island Community Foundation
A defining feature of Greater Grand Island Community Foundation’s recent giving is the size of its support for local institutions that shape community life, from Grand Island Children’s Museum Inc. at $870,714 in 2025 to Hastings College Foundation at $464,390 in 2025. Those awards sit alongside repeated support for Heartland United Way and the City of Grand Island, showing a funder that works across youth-serving, civic, educational, and neighborhood-building priorities. The foundation’s stated focus areas include youth leadership and development, education, scholarships, parks and recreation, and community development, and its recent grants reflect that mix in practice. It also backs organizations connected to housing, environmental work, animal welfare, health care, and civil rights, which fits its generalist community-improvement role. Leadership is listed with Bart Qualsett. The pattern suggests a place-based foundation that uses donor gifts and affiliated funds to move resources into institutions and projects that affect Grand Island and Hall County residents, with most grant dollars and most grant records remaining in Nebraska. Recipients range from museums and colleges to United Way, parks, schools, and local nonprofit partners.
What Greater Grand Island Community Foundation Funds
Youth leadership is one of the foundation’s clearest program areas. Through the Youth Philanthropy Board and Youth Leadership Tomorrow, Hall County high school sophomores review applications and help decide how funds are awarded to local nonprofit organizations serving youth. Education is another consistent line of support: Nebraska Christian Schools Foundation received $100,300 in 2024, and Grand Island Central Catholic Schools appears in both education and philanthropy-related grants. The foundation also funds parks and recreation and civic space. City of Grand Island Friends of Gi Parks received $185,469 in 2025, while City of Grand Island Stolley Park received $27,000 in 2024. Community development appears in grants to Leadership Unlimited, including $25,372 in 2024 and $20,650 in 2023, reflecting support for local capacity and community improvement work.
How Greater Grand Island Community Foundation Gives
Typical awards fall in a relatively compact range, with the 25th percentile at $7,500, the median at $10,652, and the 75th percentile at $16,525. The recent grant list also shows a mix of one-time awards and recurring support across multiple years; Heartland United Way, Hastings College Foundation, Central Nebraska Humane Society, City of Grand Island Hear Grand Island, and Leadership Unlimited each appear more than once. The foundation operates as a community foundation and makes local grants, with donor-advised and affiliated grantmaking visible in the record. It also accepts unsolicited applications for several programs, including the Youth Philanthropy Board Application/Cohort, the GICF Scholarship Program, and GICF Nonprofit Grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.3M
Total Assets
$38.3M
Total Revenue
$11M
Total Expenses
$3.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $17K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$17K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BART QUALSETT
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