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Boyd Family Foundation at a glance

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Boyd Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.0MEducation$421kHuman Services$36kHousing & Shelter$16kReligion$16kFood & Nutrition$15kHealth$13kCivil Rights$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION$1,000,000
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 (FY18–22, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BELLEVUE TOGETHER: $13k → 6%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $2k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $2k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $2k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $2k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $2k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $2k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $2k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $1k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 15 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
14

Total granted

$1.5M
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+28%

Still filing today

60%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationArts & CultureHealthReligionOther
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

  • KS
    KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $408k · revenue +78%
  • NF
    NET FOUNDATION FOR TELEVISION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $11k · revenue +2%
  • CS
    CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $8k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • BT
    BELLEVUE TOGETHER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue +19%
  • BF
    BELLEVUE FOODBANK
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • AI
    ALS IN THE HEARTLAND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +28%
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
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. our values are (1)…

Philanthropy
2
Nebraska Family Support Network

To provide support and advocacy to families of children. build confidence in parents by providing the necessary tools for appropriate decisions and actions. informing parents of their rights and to assist in problem resolution.

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3
Lutheran Family Services Foundation Inc

To educate, inspire, motivate and assist stakeholders in developing gifts supporting the human care provided by lutheran family services of nebraska, inc.

Human Services
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
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers

To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
6
Spouse Abusesexual Assault Crisis Center

To provide support, guidance and education to men, women and children to promote a life free of domestic and sexual violence.

Human Services
7
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
8
Safehouse Crisis Center Inc

To provide shelter and advocacy services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the 11 counties of southeast kansas.

Human Services
9
Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund

Ensure every Nebraskans' voice is heard in public decision making processes, whether that is in the halls of legislative bodies or at the ballot box.

Civil Rights
10
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
11
Bellevue University Foundation

To support the activities of bellevue university.

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12
Stanley-University of Iowa Foundation Support Organization

Provide grants to the state university of iowa foundation in accordance with exempt purpose, which in turn grants funds to the state university of iowa.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heartland Family Service; the most unlike its peers is Bellevue Little Theatre. 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

18 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. 18 of the 30 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,011,000 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INCKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $408,266 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDA…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationNET FOUNDATION FOR TELEVISION: $11,000 · OtherBELLEVUE FOODBANK: $10,000 · OtherCOOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $5,000 · OtherELCA CHURCH OF AMERICA: $4,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $4,000 · OtherCENTRO LATINO DE SALUD: $4,000 · OtherRACE MATTERS FRIENDS COMMUNITY: $4,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $3,000 · OtherNEBRASKA INDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherMissouri Faith Voices Inc: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherHEARTLAND UNITED FOR ANIMALS: $2,500 · OtherANGELS & SPARROWS SOUP KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · OtherMIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Other+3 more: $6,000 · OtherBELLEVUE TOGETHER INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $9,500 · Human ServicesCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $6,000 · Human ServicesSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterALS IN THE HEARTLAND INC: $5,000 · HealthThe Storehouse: $5,000 · Religion
Arts & Culture$1,011,000Education$413,266Other$74,500Human Services$36,000Housing & Shelter$16,000Health$5,000Religion$5,000

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 budgetNEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,011,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $408,266 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBELLEVUE TOGETHER INC: $12,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetNET FOUNDATION FOR TELEVISION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALS IN THE HEARTLAND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetANGELS & SPARROWS SOUP KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBELLEVUE LITTLE THEATRE: $2,000 over 4y, 1.8% 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 NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BELLEVUE TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds NET FOUNDATION FOR TELEVISION ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALS IN THE HEARTLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Storehouse ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS & SPARROWS SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Missouri Faith Voices Inc ↗
  • Who funds BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BELLEVUE LITTLE THEATRE ↗

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…Lincoln Financial Fou…Immanuel Community Vi…Midlands Community Fo…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Weitz Family Foundati…Nebraska Community Fo…First Interstate Banc…The Faith Charitable …American Charitable F…Oliver & Ferrol Barkl…
The Lozier FoundationNE19.7× affinity7 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 · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Midlands Community Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Faith Charitable Trust · American Charitable Foundation · Oliver & Ferrol Barklage 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 Boyd Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boyd Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%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 · 0–25%
    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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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