· Private foundation
Bill and Elaine Biggs Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k10 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $117k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HARBOR MINISTRIES INC | $70,000 |
| GLOBAL ASSIST | $35,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN | $30,000 |
| HOPE VENTURE | $20,000 |
| HARTLAND BIBLE CHURCH | $12,000 |
| DARE2SHARE MINISTRIES INTL | $10,000 |
| NAVIGATORS | $10,000 |
| MIDDLE EAST MINISTRIES | $9,000 |
| LINCOLN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $8,000 |
| COUNTRY BIBLE CHURCH | $5,000 |
| WOMEN'S CARE CENTER | $4,000 |
| PRISON FELLOWSHIP | $4,000 |
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $3,394 |
| NETWORK MINISTRIES | $2,000 |
| BIBLE LEAGUE | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2021, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HMHARBOR MINISTRIES INC4× · 2017–2021 · $263k · revenue +105%
- HVHOPE VENTURE2× · 2020–2021 · $110k · revenue +242%
- CECHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC2× · 2017–2020 · $42k · revenue +30%
Funded once
- CCBMCone grant, 2020 · $18k
- CCCORNHUSKER COUNCIL 324 BOY SCOUTS AMERICA INCone grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue -34%
- CMCAPITOL MINISTRIESone grant, 2020 · $11k
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.
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.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Dualreach furthers the worldwide efforts of the christian church by partnering with other ministries & churches in evangelism ministries.
International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures
Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
Bring connection to churches for ministry and education in local and global mission
Harvest evangelism was established for the purpose of evangelism and pastoral training internationaly
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.
Advancing the kingdom of god through prayer,preaching and teaching.
Interdenomination ministry dedicated to bringing youth into a growing relationship with jesus christ.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HARBOR MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE VENTURE ↗
- Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL ASSIST ↗
- Who funds Dare 2 Share Ministries ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
- Who funds Lincoln Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Middle East Ministries ↗
- Who funds CORNHUSKER COUNCIL 324 BOY SCOUTS AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds SYNC WITH GOD ↗
- Who funds ANTIOCH NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds OMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
- Who funds THE RANCH MINISTIRES ↗
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN HERITAGE CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · American Gift Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bill and Elaine Biggs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bill and Elaine Biggs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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