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Arram Family Foundation

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.

$91k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$198kEducation$156kArts & Culture$139kHealth$43kCommunity Improvement$26kReligion$17kRecreation & Sports$13kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $34k
$1,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KCHS FOUNDATION$13,500
CRANE RIVER THEATER$10,000
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART (MONA)$10,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
GREEK ORTHODOX COLLEGE$4,000
SISTERS OF NAZARETH HS$4,000
BUFFALO COUNTY COMMUNITY PARTNERS$4,000
BUFFALO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$3,500
SAFE CENTER$3,000
CHI GSH FOUNDATION$3,000
HELPCARE CLINIC$1,500
EAST LAWN FOOD PANTRY$1,500
MERRYMAN PERFORMING ARTS$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SAFE CENTER: $4k → 13%SAFE CENTER: $3k → 13%SAFE CENTER: $3k → 13%SAFE CENTER: $3k → 13%SAFE CENTER: $3k → 13%FAMILY ADVOCACY NETWORK: $3k → 13%SAFE CENTER: $3k → 13%COMPASS: $2k → 13%HOT MEALS USA: $2k → 13%SAFE CENTER: $2k → 13%SAFE CENTER: $2k → 13%SAFE CENTER: $2k → 13%FAMILY ADVOCACY NETWORK: $1k → 13%FAMILY ADVOCACY NETWORK: $1k → 13%FAMILY ADVOCACY NETWORK: $1k → 13%FAMILY ADVOCACY NETWORK: $1k → 13%FAMILY ADVOCACY NETWORK: $1k → 13%SAFE CENTER: $500 → 13%FAMILY ADVOCACY NETWORK: $1k → 13%HOT MEALS USA: $1k → 13%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$706k · 55 repeat orgs$91k to everyone else

55 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
36

Total granted

$706k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+68%

Still filing today

22%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterReligionFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART
    7× · 2017–2024 · $33k · revenue +211%
  • TS
    THE SPOUSE SEXUAL ABUSE FAMILY EDUCATION CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +26%
  • BC
    BUFFALO COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • KP
    KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SPECIAL BUILDING FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
  • KA
    KEARNEY AREA CHILDREN'S MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +68%
  • CN
    CENTRAL NEBRASKA VETERANS MEMORIAL
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
Kearney Jubilee Center

Kearney Jubilee Center is a non profit, ecumenical, community-based organization aimed at providing the most basic of human needs while advocating for social justice. We strive to maintain client dignity while offering supportive services…

Human Services
2
Kearney Area Community Foundation

Provide support for various programs and charitable activities for communities in the area of buffalo county, nebraska

Philanthropy
3
Community Justice Center

A restorative justice agency committed to habilitating justice in nebraska.

Crime & Legal
4
Kearney County Community Foundation

The foundation's purpose is to establish a charitable foundation for charitable, civic, educational and scientific purposes for the use and benefit of persons of kearney county, nebraska.

Philanthropy
5
Kearney Housing Development Corporation

This organization provides services to kearney area individuals in need.

Housing & Shelter
6
Buffalo County Agricultural Association

To provide a variety of events including the county fair and other educational, agricultural, and entertainment events.

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7
Health Center Association of Nebraska

Support the state's federally qualified health centers in providing accessible and quality health care.

Health
8
Kearney Buffalo County Casa

The mission of the national court appointed special advocate (casa) association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court appointed volunteer advocacy so that every abused and neglected child can be safe,…

Human Services
9
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
10
Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership Inc

Partnering with individuals and families to encourage economic stability to gain independence through community-based solutions.

—
11
Kenosha Community Health Center Inc

Kenosha community health center, inc.'s purpose is to provide primary care and referral health services to disadvantaged and underserved populations and promote and ensure that basic primary health services are accessible to uninsured and…

Health
12
Kearney Area Habitat for Humanity

To provide simple, decent housing for god's people in need.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kearney Community Theatre; the most unlike its peers is Crane River Theater Company 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

22 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. 22 of the 103 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $67,500 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONKCHS FOUNDATION: $65,225 · OtherKCHS FOUNDATIONYMCA: $50,000 · OtherYMCACRANE RIVER THEATRE: $49,374 · OtherCRANE RIVER THEATRECENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $33,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherKEARNEY CATHOLIC FOUNDATION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: $30,000 · OtherKPS: $29,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherMERRYMAN PERFORMING ARTS: $22,000 · Other+74 more: $249,625 · Other+74 moreMUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART: $32,500 · Arts & CultureKEARNEY COMMUNITY THEATRE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureKEARNEY AREA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS INC: $23,000 · HealthHELPCARE CLINIC: $16,500 · HealthLYONHEART EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING: $4,000 · Health+1 more: $150 · HealthTHE SPOUSE SEXUAL ABUSE FAMILY EDUCATION CENTER INC: $23,414 · Human ServicesFamily Advocacy Network: $8,500 · Human ServicesHOT MEALS USA: $3,000 · Human ServicesCOMPASS: $2,000 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS CENTER INC: $7,960 · Housing & ShelterKearney Community Sustainable Housing: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterARC OF BUFFALO COUNTY: $500 · Housing & ShelterTHE FAMILY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERDINC: $3,000 · ReligionFOOD RECOVERY NETWORK INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionKEARNEY RESCUE CATS: $150 · Animals
Other$650,974Arts & Culture$51,500Health$43,650Human Services$36,914Housing & Shelter$9,460Religion$3,000Food & Nutrition$1,000Animals$150

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART: $32,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SPOUSE SEXUAL ABUSE FAMILY EDUCATION CENTER INC: $23,414 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBUFFALO COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS INC: $23,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHELPCARE CLINIC: $16,500 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetBUFFALO COUNTY GOODFELLOWS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetKEARNEY COMMUNITY THEATRE: $10,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetFamily Advocacy Network: $8,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCROSSROADS CENTER INC: $7,960 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKEARNEY AREA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLYONHEART EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING: $4,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetBUFFALO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FAMILY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERDINC: $3,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetHOT MEALS USA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMPASS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL NE AGENCY ON AGING: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD RECOVERY NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARC OF BUFFALO COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWORLD THEATRE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLAGE CENTER: $150 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART ↗
  • Who funds THE SPOUSE SEXUAL ABUSE FAMILY EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPCARE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO COUNTY GOODFELLOWS INC ↗
  • Who funds KEARNEY COMMUNITY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds CRANE RIVER THEATER COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds Family Advocacy Network ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KEARNEY AREA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds LYONHEART EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING ↗

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.

Kearney Area Communit…Cope Ron & Carol Foun…Hirschfeld Family Fou…The Bokenkamp Family …The Sherwood Foundati…First Interstate Banc…Renaissance Charitabl…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Kearney Area Community FoundationNE34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kearney Area Community Foundation · Cope Ron & Carol Foundation Trust · Hirschfeld Family Foundation Inc · The Bokenkamp Family Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Arram Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arram Family Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 103 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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