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Adah K Millard Charitable Trust at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% 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
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $253k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$25,000
NEBRASKA DIAPER BANK$20,000
OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY$15,000
NEBRASKA CENTER FOR WORKFORCE$15,000
PARTNERSHIP 4 KIDS$15,000
NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY$15,000
IGNITE NEBRASKA$15,000
THE FURNITURE PROJECT$12,500
THE ROSE THEATER$10,000
RESPECT$10,000
WHISPERING ROOTS INC$10,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA$10,000
OMAHA BOTANICAL CENTER INC$10,000
OLLIE WEBB CENTER INC$10,000
RESTORING DIGNITY$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $205k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $10k → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $10k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $20k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $10k → 12%CHILDREN'S RESPITE CARE CENTER: $25k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $25k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $10k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES: $15k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES: $10k → 12%RESTORING DIGNITY: $10k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES: $10k → 12%RESTORING DIGNITY: $10k → 12%HEARTLAND WORKERS CENTER: $15k → 12%HEARTLAND WORKERS CENTER: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$760k · 27 repeat orgs$662k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
38

Total granted

$760k
$500k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
0%

Still filing today

74%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $162k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEducationYouth 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

  • TD
    THE DURHAM MUSEUM
    3× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +19%
  • SF
    SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $47k · revenue +3%
  • HC
    HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $45k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • LC
    LAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -87%
  • CR
    CONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +73%
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.

04Its 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
One Omaha

One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
2
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
3
Omaha Economic Development Corporation

The mission of oedc is to implement economic development projects, housing, and community revitalization programs that create jobs, business ownership opportunities and other economic benefits for area residents.

—
4
Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc

Empowering under-resourced families to change their lives by discovering and overcoming barriers to success.

Human Services
5
Omaha 100

Our mission is to provide ownership opportunities through public and private partnerships, financing, and technical assistance. by working collaboratively, we aim to expand access to capital in underserved communities, empowering…

Housing & Shelter
6
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
7
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
8
North Omaha Collective

To build the capacity of youth serving organizations, service providers, families and community to claim their voice, cultivate healing and take courageous action to improve their overall health and well being.

Human Services
9
Omaha ForUs Inc

Omaha forus builds intentional community and creates equitable space in service to lgbtq+ individuals and families of eastern nebraska and western iowa.

Human Services
10
Voices for Children in Nebraska

Voices for children in nebraska is the independent voice building pathways to opportunity for all children and families through research, policy and community engagement.

—
11
Nebraska Organ Recovery System

We transform lives through organ and tissue donation.

Health
12
Omaha Sports Commission

The mission of the omaha sports commission is to foster a positive socio-economic impact on and a heightened awareness and image of omaha by attracting, hosting, & supporting amateur sporting events.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easter Seals Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is Youth Emergency Services Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

53 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. 53 of the 80 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
25/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF OMAHA - DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION AND PUBLIC PROPERTY: $50,000 · OtherCITY OF OMAHA - DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION AND PUBLIC…LATINO CENTER OF THE MIDLANDS: $32,500 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF: $31,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF: $30,000 · OtherOMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $35,000 · OtherLAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST: $30,000 · OtherNEBRASKA DIAPER BANK: $40,000 · OtherNEBRASKA DIAPER BANKUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $25,000 · Other+36 more: $428,100 · Other+36 moreYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH EMERGENCY S…CONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTED ROOTS C…OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $25,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR MISSION…HEARTLAND WORKERS CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND WORKERS…YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $20,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER O…CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHILD SAVING INST…RESTORING DIGNITY: $20,000 · Human ServicesRESTORING DIGNITYKIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,000 · Human ServicesKIDS CAN COMMUNIT…YouTurn: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $10,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $60,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DURHAM…RESPECT2: $35,000 · Arts & CultureRESPECT2OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA PERF…OMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA THEA…Blue Barn Theatre: $5,000 · Arts & CultureKANEKO: $5,000 · Arts & CultureQUALITY LIVING INC: $35,000 · HealthQUALITY L…OLLIE WEBB CENTER INC: $30,000 · HealthOLLIE WEB…THE VISITING NURSE HEALTH SERVICES: $15,000 · HealthTHE VISIT…ANGELS AMONG US: $15,000 · HealthANGELS AM…EASTER SEALS NEBRASKA: $10,000 · HealthEASTER SE…AT EASE USA: $10,000 · HealthAT EASE U…CENTER POINT INC: $8,000 · HealthCENTER PO…SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $46,500 · Housing & ShelterFURNITURE PROJECT OMAHA: $27,500 · Housing & ShelterMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION: $18,500 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentPartnership 4 Kids Inc: $15,000 · Youth Development100 BLACK MEN OF OMAHA INC: $22,000 · EducationMENTOR NEBRASKA: $12,500 · EducationOMAHA STREET SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education
Other$726,600Human Services$215,000Arts & Culture$130,000Health$123,000Housing & Shelter$98,500Youth Development$75,000Education$54,500

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

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
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.

The Lozier FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…The Hawks FoundationRobert B Daugherty Fo…Mutual of Omaha Found…Suzanne & Walter Scot…The Charles and Mary …Peter Kiewit Foundati…Weitz Family Foundati…Leland J & Dorothy H …Nebraska Community Fo…Gilbert M and Martha …
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Adah K Millard Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Adah K Millard Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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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