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Amy L Scott Family Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to distribute funds for charitable purposes in the areas of civic, cultural, health, education and social services

$765k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Education$1.5MHealth$1.2MEnvironment$555kHuman Services$502kYouth Development$350kPhilanthropy$318kArts & Culture$297kRecreation & Sports$226kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 27 grants below total $698,700 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $764,700 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $66,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $418k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $265k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OMAHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$119,500
NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$75,000
NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION$70,000
XANDER COMMUNITY$45,700
FONTENELLE FOREST$30,000
COMPLETELY KIDS$30,000
HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY$30,000
KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER$30,000
DIBS FOR KIDS$25,000
NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY$25,000
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$25,000
OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION$25,000
LAURITZEN GARDENS$15,000
SHELTERING TREE INC$15,000
OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–25, $521k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 12%XANDER COMMUNITY: $46k → 11%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 12%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $35k → 6%FOSTER HEART AND HOPE: $10k → 12%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $30k → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $25k → 6%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 12%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $25k → 6%FOSTER CARE CLOSET: $15k → 13%BOYS TOWN: $25k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $40k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $40k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $10k → 12%FOSTER LOVE INCORPORATION: $25k → 12%Grief's Journey: $15k → 12%NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $25k → 12%NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $20k → 12%NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $15k → 12%DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $30k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.0M · 38 repeat orgs$444k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +11% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

38 repeat relationships — 21 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
23

Total granted

$5.0M
$356k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+11%

Still filing today

97%
96%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePublic BenefitHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • D
    DONORSCHOOSEORG
    4× · 2020–2024 · $535k · revenue +1%
  • OB
    Omaha Botanical Center Inc
    6× · 2019–2025 · $339k · revenue +70%
  • NM
    NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $225k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • YE
    YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +106%
  • EH
    EAGLES HEALING NEST
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -6%
  • OE
    OMAHA EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +11%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
3
Nebraska Community Foundation

The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.

Philanthropy
4
Stand for Schools

Stand for schools supports nebraska's public schools, working to advance policies that make them stronger while opposing policies that would weaken them.

Education
5
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
6
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.

—
7
Omaha Parks Foundation

The mission of the omaha parks foundation is to improve, promote, preserve, protect, and support omaha's parks and recreation system. we engage in initiatives that make our parks system more accessible, inclusive, and beneficial to all…

Environment
8
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
9
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
10
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.

—
11
Children's Physicians

Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.

Health
12
Nebraska Organ Recovery System

We transform lives through organ and tissue donation.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Omaha Public Schools Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Learning for All. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%5%<5yr12%5%5–10yr17%34%10–20yr15%15%20–35yr19%25%35–55yr18%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%3%<5yr12%4%5–10yr17%19%10–20yr15%16%20–35yr19%47%35–55yr18%12%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/68
the rest of the field
9%
552/6,034

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 65 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/65
Grantees still filing
40/65
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $837,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & ME…NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $225,000 · HealthNEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPI…A TIME TO HEAL INC — $80,000 · HealthA TIME TO HEAL INCCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 · Health+2 more — $42,500 · HealthDONORSCHOOSEORG — $535,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $138,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRAS…DIBS for Kids — $130,000 · EducationDIBS for KidsUNIVERSITY OF DENVER — $95,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY — $46,000 · Education+4 more — $71,500 · Education+4 moreFort Calhoun Community School Foundation — $330,500 · OtherFort Calhoun Community School Founda…FONTENELLE FOREST — $210,000 · OtherFONTENELLE FORESTOMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $108,000 · OtherOMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONTHE SALVATION ARMY — $66,000 · OtherNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION — $170,000 · OtherNORTHSTAR FOUNDATIONCOMPLETELY KIDS — $70,000 · OtherPONCA HILLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT — $183,777 · OtherPONCA HILLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPTSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE — $90,000 · OtherSHELTERING TREE INC — $75,000 · OtherOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION — $90,375 · Other+22 more — $412,500 · Other+22 moreHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC — $115,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND …THE OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS — $90,000 · Human ServicesTHE OMAHA …KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER — $70,000 · Human ServicesKIDS CAN C…NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA C…XANDER COMMUNITY — $45,700 · Human ServicesXANDER COM…FOSTER HEART & HOPE — $35,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER HEA…YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH EMER…Father Flanagan's Boys' Home — $25,000 · Human ServicesDREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Human Services+2 more — $30,000 · Human Services+2 moreOmaha Botanical Center Inc — $338,500 · EnvironmentOmaha Bota…LAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST — $176,000 · EnvironmentLAKE CUNNI…THE DURHAM MUSEUM — $193,000 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN ART MUSEUM — $25,500 · Arts & CultureOmaha Children's Museum — $25,000 · Arts & CultureKIM FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN CASTLE TRUST INC — $13,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA THEATER COMPANY — $10,000 · Arts & CultureOmaha Community Foundation — $187,750 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $95,000 · Philanthropy
Health$1,245,000Education$1,015,500Other$1,806,152Human Services$520,700Environment$514,500Arts & Culture$286,500Philanthropy$282,750

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $837,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG — $535,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOmaha Botanical Center Inc — $338,500 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetFort Calhoun Community School Foundation — $330,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetNEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $225,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFONTENELLE FOREST — $210,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM — $193,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetOmaha Community Foundation — $187,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPONCA HILLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT — $183,777 over 7y, 83% of budgetLAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST — $176,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION — $170,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $138,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIBS for Kids — $130,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC — $115,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetOMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $108,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER — $95,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION — $90,375 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS — $90,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE — $90,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetA TIME TO HEAL INC — $80,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetSHELTERING TREE INC — $75,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS — $70,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER — $70,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY — $46,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetXANDER COMMUNITY — $45,700 over 1y, 35% of budgetWHISPERING ROOTS INC — $45,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE VISITING NURSE HEALTH SERVICES — $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOSTER HEART & HOPE — $35,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC — $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLEADERSHIP LINCOLN INC — $30,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FAMILY RESOURCE CONNECTOR NETWORK (FKA BUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES) — $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM — $25,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLES HEALING NEST — $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOMAHA EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY — $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetOmaha Children's Museum — $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNEBRASKA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC — $20,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTYROME WILLIAMS FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetKIM FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetINITIATIVE FOUNDATION — $16,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEBRASKA DIAPER BANK — $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetNOTRE DAME HOUSING INC — $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Lozier FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…The Hawks FoundationRobert B Daugherty Fo…Parker Family Foundat…The Holland FoundationSuzanne & Walter Scot…Leland J & Dorothy H …Dixon Family Foundati…The Charles and Mary …Weitz Family Foundati…Gilbert M and Martha …
The Lozier FoundationNE84.1× affinity39 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 · Parker Family Foundation · The Holland Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Dixon Family Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Amy L Scott Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your 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
    26report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Amy L Scott Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Amy L Scott Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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