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New Venture Fund
29 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-18
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New Venture Fund, Sunflower's lead investor, identifies Lee Bodner as president.
From Lee Bodner links Sunflower's three nonprofit owners through documented leadership roles (2026-09-18). Recorded status: Current NVF role and historical 2024 chair overlap verified; current cross-board tenure requires confirmation New published findings are added here as sourced excerpts.
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New Venture Fund, Sunflower's lead investor, identifies Lee Bodner as president.
Its seven named clients are New Venture Fund, Windward Fund, Hopewell Fund, Sixteen Thirty Fund, North Fund, Impetus Fund and Telescope Fund.
| New Venture Fund | $162,418 (2024) | Separately funded WFF, approximately $2.2 million across three grants in the prior research.
Western Futures Fund’s IRS-derived FY2024 record identifies $5.5 million in grants from five organizations, led by Sixteen Thirty Fund ($2.8 million) and New Venture Fund ($1.8 million), followed by Guardian of Rights Fund ($500,000), Civic Truth Coalition ($450,000), and Sheriff Accountability Action ($30,000).
13, 2025 candidate financial disclosure lists compensation in excess of $5,000 from each of Sixteen Thirty Fund, New Venture Fund and Western Futures Fund for consulting, along with multiple Nebraska advocacy/campaign clients.
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Organizations
Neighbors for Boise
Stated in published researchNew Venture Fund supplied all reported FY2023 revenue of Neighbors for Boise legal entity.
Read record and sources →Sixteen Thirty Fund
Stated in published researchSeparately, New Venture Fund granted Sixteen Thirty Fund about $234.8M across 2020-2024.
Read record and sources →Sixteen Thirty Fund
Stated in published researchIRS-derived records report about $9.6 million in grants from Sixteen Thirty Fund to New Venture Fund; reciprocal grants are separately documented without same-dollar tracing.
Read record and sources →Western Futures Fund
Stated in published researchWestern Futures Fund's FY2024 Form 990 reports $1.8 million received from New Venture Fund.
Read record and sources →Western States Center
Stated in published researchIRS-derived 2019–2024 grant records identify approximately $352,000 from New Venture Fund to Western States Center across two grants.
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Connection research · 2026-09-18Lee Bodner links Sunflower's three nonprofit owners through documented leadership roles
Recorded status: Current NVF role and historical 2024 chair overlap verified; current cross-board tenure requires confirmation
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