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Acklie Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Acklie Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
73
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$16MHealth$2.2MRecreation & Sports$2.0MHuman Services$1.0MArts & Culture$736kCommunity Improvement$611kPhilanthropy$522kYouth Development$485kOther$0
02FY2024 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 73 grants below total $14,297,759, the rows itemized in this filing. The $14,650,759 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $353,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $831k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+12 grants · $11M
$45,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$156M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Nebraska Foundation$2,000,000
University of Nebraska Foundation$1,800,000
University of Nebraska Foundation$1,600,000
University of Nebraska Foundation$1,250,000
University of Nebraska Foundation$1,114,000
University of Nebraska Foundation$1,000,000
University of Nebraska Foundation$750,000
Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools$500,000
Madonna Foundation$333,334
Gothenbrug Impact Center$300,000
St. Mary Catholic Church of Denton$250,000
Family Service Association of Lincoln$250,000
Bryan Foundation$234,320
CenterPointe$200,000
Southeast Community College Educational Foundation$192,856
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 25 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
43

Total granted

$15M
$8.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+14%

Still filing today

92%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $614k · revenue +14%
  • BF
    Bryan Foundation
    2× · 2022–2024 · $434k · revenue +8%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Nebraska Foundation - Husker Athletic
    one grant, 2022 · $2.0M
  • UO
    University of Nebraska Foundation - College of Engineering
    one grant, 2022 · $2.0M
  • NC
    NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +42%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation

To promote, facilitate and develop or co-develop affordable housing in lincoln county, nebraska.

Philanthropy
2
Educare of Lincoln Inc

To help young children thrive socially, emotionally and academically through high-quality early childhood education, and in partnership with their families and the community.

Education
3
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
4
Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce

To Market Lincoln as the area of choice in which to live and do business, by attracting, assisting, retaining and promoting our members

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5
Nebraska Safety Council

Provide education and leadership to empower people to live safe and healthy.

—
6
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table

The nebraska civic engagement table works with nonprofits to increase voting and build an engaged nebraska.

Civil Rights
7
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Community development in lincoln, ne

—
8
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. our values are (1)…

Philanthropy
9
Community Action of Nebraska Inc

Mission: community action of nebraska strives to alleviate poverty through enhancing program development, providing technical assistance, and advocating public policy to support all community action agencies in nebraska.

Community Improvement
10
Lincoln Land Community College Foundation

Cultivating and stewarding charitable gifts to support lincoln land community college students, programs and services.

Philanthropy
11
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers

To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
12
Nebraska Community College Assoc

Support for community colleges

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nebraska Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Susan Laflesche Picotte Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

75 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 75 of the 101 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/75
Grantees still filing
38/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $9,519,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONNORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationNORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONSOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $614,436 · Education+6 more: $647,000 · Education+6 moreUniversity of Nebraska Foundation - Husker Athletic: $2,000,000 · OtherUniversity of Nebraska Foundation -…University of Nebraska Foundation - College of Engineering: $2,000,000 · OtherUniversity of Nebraska Foundation -…NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION: $664,000 · OtherNEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSIONUniversity of Nebraska Foundation - Law School: $510,000 · OtherUniversity of Nebraska Foundation -…National Audubon Society, Inc.: $333,000 · OtherGothenbrug Impact Center: $300,000 · Other+44 more: $2,397,500 · Other+44 moreTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,571,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUND…NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA …NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $166,667 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA …THE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $85,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $143,000 · Arts & Culture+6 moreTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $1,333,334 · PhilanthropyLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $262,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $140,000 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $55,800 · PhilanthropyBryan Foundation: $434,320 · HealthCENTERPOINTE INC: $233,000 · HealthSAINT ELIZABETH FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthCOLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 · HealthKIMBALL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Health+3 more: $50,000 · HealthGOTHENBURG EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING COALITION: $333,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $250,000 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesVISIONARY YOUTH: $57,000 · Human ServicesNorth Fork Area Transit Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $50,000 · Human ServicesLinked2Literacy: $50,000 · Human ServicesMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $48,828 · Human Services+6 more: $94,115 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $300,000 · Food & NutritionNEBRASKA DIAPER BANK: $19,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$11,780,436Other$8,204,500Arts & Culture$2,255,667Philanthropy$1,891,134Health$1,067,320Human Services$992,943Food & Nutrition$319,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $9,519,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,571,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $1,333,334 over 2y, 20% of budgetNORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $614,436 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetBryan Foundation: $434,320 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetGOTHENBURG EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING COALITION: $333,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $300,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $262,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCENTERPOINTE INC: $233,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSEWARD CHANGING THE GAME INC: $200,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetNEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetTabitha Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY: $175,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetNEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $166,667 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSAINT ELIZABETH FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $140,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $128,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetLINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL: $125,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetNEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUSAN LAFLESCHE PICOTTE CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCOLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STATE LEGISLATORS: $100,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetOMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $85,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $60,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetVISIONARY YOUTH: $57,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Fork Area Transit Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetKIMBALL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNEBRASKA VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $50,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLinked2Literacy: $50,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $48,828 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNEBRASKA JOURNALISM TRUST: $46,650 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $45,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEADERSHIP LINCOLN INC: $40,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LINCOLN: $40,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCORNHUSKER COUNCIL 324 BOY SCOUTS AMERICA INC: $38,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNEBRASKA PRESS ASSOC FOUNDATION: $38,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetNORTH PLATTE COMM COLLEGE FOUND INC: $35,800 over 2y, 3.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lincoln Community Fou…The Sherwood Foundati…Cooper FoundationAbel FoundationAssurity Life Foundat…Nebraska Community Fo…United Way of Lincoln…D F Dillon FoundationRobert B Daugherty Fo…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Duncan Family TrustSpreetail Foundation
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE110.2× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · The Sherwood Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Abel Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County · D F Dillon Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · Spreetail Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Acklie Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Acklie Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 101 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $13M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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