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Adah K Millard Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$301k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
58%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 24
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$5.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 58% of the organizations Adah K Millard Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $171k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationArts & CultureYouth 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving28$301k54%
FY202424$276k58%
FY202323$271k52%
FY202221$298k86%
FY202121$278kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Human Services$278kArts & Culture$193kYouth Development$171kHousing & Shelter$166kHealth$138kEducation$70kPublic Benefit$65kAnimals$55kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Durham Museum$60,00031%
City of Omaha - Department of Parks Recreation and Public Property$50,0002n/a
Siena Francis House$46,50050%
Hope Center for Kids Inc$45,00021%
Nebraska Diaper Bank$40,00022%
Nebraska Humane Society$35,00020%
Youth Emergency Services Inc$35,00031%
Respect2$35,00034%
Quality Living Inc$35,00020%
Ollie Webb Center Inc$30,00021%
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All grantees of Adah K Millard Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Durham Museum$60,00031%
City of Omaha - Department of Parks Recreation and Public Property$50,0002n/a
Siena Francis House$46,50050%
Hope Center for Kids Inc$45,00021%
Nebraska Diaper Bank$40,00022%
Nebraska Humane Society$35,00020%
Youth Emergency Services Inc$35,00031%
Respect2$35,00034%
Quality Living Inc$35,00020%
Ollie Webb Center Inc$30,00021%
Lake Cunningham Development Trust$30,00010%
Furniture Project Omaha$27,50021%
United Way of the Midlands$25,00020%
Omaha Public Library Foundation$25,0001n/a
Connected Roots Care Center$25,00010%
Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House$25,00010%
Heartland Workers Center$25,00022%
100 Black Men of Omaha Inc$22,00022%
YMCA of Greater Omaha$20,00020%
Child Saving Institute Inc$20,00010%
Restoring Dignity$20,00021%
Whispering Roots Inc$20,00020%
Micah House Corporation$18,50010%
The Wellbeing Partners$17,50021%
Inclusive Communities$15,00011%
Northstar Foundation$15,00010%
Partnership 4 Kids Inc$15,0001n/a
Omaha Botanical Center Inc$15,00020%
The Visiting Nurse Health Services$15,00010%
Angels Among US$15,00011%
Ignite Nebraska$15,00012%
Kids Can Community Center$15,00010%
Muddy Paws Second Chance Rescue$15,00014%
Hot Shops Art Foundation$15,00012%
Omaha Performing Arts Society$15,00010%
Mentor Nebraska$12,50021%
Omaha Theater Company$10,00010%
YouTurn$10,00011%
Easter Seals Nebraska$10,00011%
Boy Scouts of America 326 Mid-America Council$10,00010%
Omaha Street School$10,00011%
University of Nebraska Foundation$10,00010%
The Omaha Home for Boys$10,00010%
At Ease USA$10,00012%
Omaha Community Playhouse$10,00020%
Urban League of Nebraska$10,0001n/a
Outlook-Nebraska Inc$8,70010%
Center Point Inc$8,00010%
Stephen Center Inc$6,0001n/a
Blue Barn Theatre$5,00011%
Share Omaha$5,0001n/a
Kaneko$5,00010%
World Speaks$5,00011%
Scatter Joy Acres$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($365k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Adah K Millard Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Durham Museum: $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSiena Francis House: $46,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHope Center for Kids Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNebraska Diaper Bank: $40,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNebraska Humane Society: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Emergency Services Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRespect2: $35,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetQuality Living Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOllie Webb Center Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLake Cunningham Development Trust: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFurniture Project Omaha: $27,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUnited Way of the Midlands: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetConnected Roots Care Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOpen Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeartland Workers Center: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budget100 Black Men of Omaha Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetYMCA of Greater Omaha: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChild Saving Institute Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRestoring Dignity: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWhispering Roots Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMicah House Corporation: $18,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Wellbeing Partners: $17,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetInclusive Communities: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNorthstar Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOmaha Botanical Center Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Visiting Nurse Health Services: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAngels Among US: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIgnite Nebraska: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetKids Can Community Center: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMuddy Paws Second Chance Rescue: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetHot Shops Art Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetOmaha Performing Arts Society: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMentor Nebraska: $12,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOmaha Theater Company: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYouTurn: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEaster Seals Nebraska: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 326 Mid-America Council: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOmaha Street School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Nebraska Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Omaha Home for Boys: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAt Ease USA: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetOmaha Community Playhouse: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOutlook-Nebraska Inc: $8,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter Point Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Barn Theatre: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKaneko: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWorld Speaks: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetScatter Joy Acres: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

The Lozier FoundationNE86.5× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock 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.

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About Adah K Millard Charitable Trust

How much does Adah K Millard Charitable Trust give?
Adah K Millard Charitable Trust reported 28 grants totaling $300,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 24 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Adah K Millard Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Arts & Culture (14%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are Adah K Millard Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Durham Museum ($60k), City of Omaha - Department of Parks Recreation and Public Property ($50k), Siena Francis House ($47k).
Does Adah K Millard Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Adah K Millard Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Adah K Millard Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lozier Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, The Hawks Foundation.
Where is Adah K Millard Charitable Trust based?
Adah K Millard Charitable Trust is based in IL.

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 80 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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