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Children's Hospital & Medical Center

To improve the life of every child - through exceptional care, advocacy, research and education.

$20M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$24MEducation$5.9MYouth Development$166kHuman Services$135kArts & Culture$110kFood & Nutrition$35kCrime & Legal$25k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 11 grants below total $3,150,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $20,133,355 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $16,983,355 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.0M
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$3,000,000
THE VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER$15,000
COMPLETELY KIDS$15,000
LENDING LINK$15,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIDLANDS$15,000
FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS$15,000
LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA$15,000
NEBRASKA DIAPER BANK$15,000
RESTORING DIGNITY$15,000
NELSON MANDELA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC$15,000
CEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $135k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HASTINGS FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 11%THE VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $15k → 11%HASTINGS FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 11%THE VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 11%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $10k → 13%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $15k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $10k → 12%RESTORING DIGNITY: $15k → 12%RESTORING DIGNITY: $10k → 12%LENDING LINK: $15k → 12%LENDING LINK: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$30M · 19 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
6

Total granted

$30M
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+50%

Still filing today

95%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NP
    NEBRASKA PEDIATRIC PRACTICE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $9.6M · revenue +53%
  • CY
    CEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +55%
  • CK
    COMPLETELY KIDS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • NF
    NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $56k · revenue -14%
  • SH
    SARPYCASS HEALTH DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • HC
    Harrison County Home and Public Hea
    one grant, 2020 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
2
Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative

The nebraska early childhood collaborative harnesses the potential of providers to deliver high-quality early learning opportunities through access to business resources, innovative partnerships, and educational support.

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3
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc

Lutheran family services of nebraska, inc.'s (lfs) mission is to express god's love for all people by providing quality human care services that build and strengthen individual, family and community life. our vision is saftey, hope and…

Human Services
4
Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children Inc

Promote professional development activities; advocate for issues relating to children and families; serve as a resource for local affiliates and for other agencies involved in working with and for children & families; disseminate…

Youth Development
5
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers

To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
6
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
7
Voices for Children in Nebraska

Voices for children in nebraska is the independent voice building pathways to opportunity for all children and families through research, policy and community engagement.

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8
Omaha Early Learning Centers Inc

To provide safe, nurturing, and high-quality child care for infants and toddlers.

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9
Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership

Encap provides high-impact programs to help people get ahead.

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10
Lincoln Total Community Action Inc

Early childhood development.

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11
Nebraska Safety Council

Provide education and leadership to empower people to live safe and healthy.

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12
Lincoln Medical Education Partnership

To provide family practice training and, in support of that end, relevant healthcare education and services.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Service Association of Lincoln and the most unlike its peers is Interfaith Health Service. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%10%5–10yr17%33%10–20yr15%5%20–35yr19%29%35–55yr18%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr17%32%10–20yr15%0%20–35yr19%67%35–55yr18%0%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
9%
552/6,077

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA — $20,125,628 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA+4 more — $80,000 · OtherNEBRASKA PEDIATRIC PRACTICE INC — $9,591,215 · HealthNEBRASKA PEDIATRIC PRACTICE INC+2 more — $45,000 · HealthNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION — $56,192 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPLETELY KIDS — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentYMCA OF GREATER OMAHA — $25,000 · Human ServicesRESTORING DIGNITY — $25,000 · Human ServicesEconomic Empowerment Center — $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA — $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN — $10,000 · Human ServicesCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC — $60,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $50,000 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST — $35,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA — $25,000 · Crime & LegalNELSON MANDELA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC — $25,000 · EducationEDUCARE OF LINCOLN INC — $25,000 · EducationNEBRASKA DIAPER BANK — $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$20,205,628Health$9,636,215Youth Development$141,192Human Services$135,000Arts & Culture$110,000Crime & Legal$60,000Education$50,000Food & Nutrition$25,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNEBRASKA PEDIATRIC PRACTICE INC — $9,591,215 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC — $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION — $56,192 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS — $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC — $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST — $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC — $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA DIAPER BANK — $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER OMAHA — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESTORING DIGNITY — $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetEconomic Empowerment Center — $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA — $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNELSON MANDELA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEDUCARE OF LINCOLN INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS — $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $25,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetINTERFAITH HEALTH SERVICE — $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Sherwood Foundati…The Lozier FoundationImmanuel Community Vi…Mutual of Omaha Found…Nebraska Community Fo…United Way of the Mid…Leland J & Dorothy H …Peter Kiewit Foundati…Lincoln Community Fou…Suzanne & Walter Scot…Cooper FoundationThe Hawks Foundation
The Sherwood FoundationNE31.8× affinity13 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 · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Cooper Foundation · The Hawks Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Children's Hospital & Medical Center funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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