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Bridges Philanthropic Fund

Empower individuals or families to align their charitable goals with lasting contributions, creating meaningful change in the communities they care about most.

$7.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
80
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 80 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 80 grants below total $7,597,134, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,764,797 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $167,663 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k45 grants · $786k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+7 grants · $5.0M
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$107M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$1,702,000
COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE$1,000,000
YOUTH FOR CHRIST USA INC$600,000
OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION$527,000
UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION$500,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA$356,500
NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY$271,000
OMAHA MARKET TRUST$200,000
COMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST$158,333
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY$155,000
OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY$150,003
OMAHA CATHOLIC SCHOOL CONSORTIUM$150,000
1890 FOUNDATION$120,300
MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL$115,340
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$112,500
02The need
02

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 (FY25–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EPS ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES INC: $10k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $27k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 12%COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $1.0M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $10k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $50k → 12%SENIOR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $8k → 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 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
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
2
One Omaha

One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
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
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
5
Nebraska Methodist Hospital

Nebraska methodist hospital (commonly know as "methodist hospital") is an acute care facility dedicated to bringing high quality care for the mind, body and spirit of every person. we provide community-based health care, health education…

Health
6
Children's Physicians

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

Health
7
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
8
Nebraska Realtors Association

Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members

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9
Methodist Fremont Health

The mission of methodist fremont health is to improve the quality of life by caring for the body and mind. methodist fremont health supports its mission of caring for people through the provision of inpatient and outpatient hospital…

Health
10
Nebraska Organ Recovery System

We transform lives through organ and tissue donation.

Health
11
Catholic Charities Foundation

Support the mission and social services programs of catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha, inc.

Religion
12
Nebraska Medicine

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for individuals and committees through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heritage Services; the most unlike its peers is Fur Animal Rescue. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

61 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 79 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/61
Grantees still filing
17/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $1,702,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATI…COMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST: $158,333 · EducationCOMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUSTCreighton University: $155,000 · EducationCreighton University+5 more: $90,500 · EducationGRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesGRIEF'S JOURNEY …TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $50,000 · Human Services+5 more: $64,740 · Human Services+5 moreOMAHA MARKET TRUST: $200,000 · OtherOMAHA MARKET TRUSTOMAHA CATHOLIC SCHOOL CONSORTIUM: $150,000 · OtherOMAHA CATHOLIC SCHOOL CONSORT…The 1890 Foundation: $120,300 · OtherThe 1890 FoundationMARIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $115,340 · OtherMARIAN HIGH SCHOOLGRACEHILL CHURCH: $110,000 · OtherGRACEHILL CHURCHOMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $200,003 · OtherOMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETYOMAHA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $100,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $112,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL…+45 more: $883,918 · Other+45 moreOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION: $527,000 · AnimalsOMAHA ZOO FO…NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $271,000 · AnimalsNEBRASKA HUM…+1 more: $8,000 · AnimalsOMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $600,000 · Youth DevelopmentOMAHA YOU…+1 more: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION: $500,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $356,500 · Housing & ShelterSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $52,500 · Housing & ShelterMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION: $40,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $11,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$2,105,833Human Services$1,114,740Other$1,992,061Animals$806,000Youth Development$612,500Recreation & Sports$506,000Housing & Shelter$460,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $1,702,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $1,000,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetOMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $600,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $356,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $200,003 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCreighton University: $155,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe 1890 Foundation: $120,300 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetEDUCATE UGANDA: $51,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPITTSBURG UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 250 FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $27,240 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMYBRIDGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOR HIS CHILDREN: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE REHABILITATION SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUES FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACCELERATED SCHOOLS OF OVERLAND PARK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEPS ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRIVER CITY MIXED CHORUS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSAVING GRACE PERISHABLE FOOD RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWEST YELLOWSTONE FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHARLIE RUSSELL RIDERS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTUITION SUPPORT FUND INC: $6,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN SPORT CLUBS COUNCIL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

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 79 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 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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