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Becker 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.

$100k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$303kArts & Culture$233kEducation$100kHuman Services$50kHealth$20kFood & Nutrition$20kYouth Development$20kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF NE FOUNDATION$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $20k) 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%COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $10k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE: $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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$503k · 8 repeat orgs$316k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +154% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
28

Total granted

$503k
$266k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+154%
+6%

Still filing today

38%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF LAKESIDE LAB INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $190k · revenue +176%
  • TD
    THE DURHAM MUSEUM
    2× · 2020–2022 · $125k · revenue +36%
  • IN
    IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2025 · $100k · revenue +154%

Funded once

  • LF
    LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRAKSA
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • SM
    SAC MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • OF
    OST FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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
Dubuque County Historical Society

To inspire stewardship by creating educational experiences where history and rivers come alive.

Arts & Culture
2
Omaha Botanical Center Inc

We believe in thoughtful, ecologically-minded practices and the curation of accessible, educational, and inspirational experiences that enhance lives.

Environment
3
Iowa City Unesco City of Literature

To build and support diverse communities of writers and audiences through the transformative power of story. We lead by inclusion and collaboration, celebrating the emotions, discovery and connections inspired by the written word in all…

Education
4
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
5
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

—
6
Lincoln Children's Museum

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

Arts & Culture
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
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
9
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
10
The Nebraska Land Trust Inc

To foster the protection of agricultural, historical and natural resources on land in nebraska through education, partnering and permanent conservation.

Environment
11
Linn County Historical Society

The history center engages people of all ages and backgrounds by preserving and telling stories of linn county's past and connecting the past to the present and future of linn county

Arts & Culture
12
Dubuque Museum of Art

To excite, engage & educate constituents through the presentation of collections, exhibitions, and programming; to form mutually beneficial partnerships that will enhance the role of the arts within the community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Okoboji Foundation. 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

14 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. 14 of the 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS: $50,000 · OtherOMAHA PERFORMING ARTSLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRAKSA: $20,000 · OtherLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRAKSASAC MUSEUM: $20,000 · OtherSAC MUSEUMIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOST FUND: $20,000 · OtherOST FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherNO MORE EMPTY POTS FOOD BANK: $10,000 · OtherLAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE: $10,000 · OtherOMAHA SYMPHONY: $10,000 · OtherMILFORD IOWA MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $10,000 · OtherOKOBOJI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherWOMENS FUND OF OMAHA: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF SCOTTSDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 · OtherSPIRIT LAKE IOWA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherLAKE PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 · OtherOMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherOKOBOJI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $23,500 · Other+6 moreFRIENDS OF LAKESIDE LAB INC: $190,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF LAKESIDE LAB INCUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $125,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DURHAM MUSEUMTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,800 · Arts & CultureIOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentIOWA NATURAL HE…CONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY: $10,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION FO…LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $10,000 · Human ServicesCITY SPROUTS INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · HealthSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$283,500Education$240,000Arts & Culture$134,800Environment$110,000Human Services$20,000Community Improvement$10,000Health$10,000Housing & Shelter$10,000

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 budgetFRIENDS OF LAKESIDE LAB INC: $190,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $125,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetIOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY SPROUTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPEARSON LAKES ART CENTER: $2,300 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FRIENDS OF LAKESIDE LAB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DURHAM MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY SPROUTS INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC ↗
  • Who funds DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PEARSON LAKES ART CENTER ↗

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 Sherwood Foundati…The Lozier FoundationUnion Pacific Foundat…The Claire M Hubbard …Community Fdn of Grea…Dixon Family Foundati…Richard Brooke Founda…Krause Gentle Foundat…Gilbert M and Martha …Mutual of Omaha Found…The Hawks FoundationLeland J & Dorothy H …
The Sherwood FoundationNE25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · The Claire M Hubbard Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Dixon Family Foundation · Richard Brooke Foundation · Krause Gentle Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable 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 Becker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Becker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Becker Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Becker 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 37 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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