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Creighton University

Creighton University is a Catholic and Jesuit comprehensive university committed to excellence in its selected undergraduate, graduate and professional programs.

$151M
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$448kPhilanthropy$265kCommunity Improvement$263kHealth$208kArts & Culture$168kRecreation & Sports$92kHuman Services$49kReligion$43kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $362,750, the rows itemized in this filing. The $151,004,811 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $150,642,061 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 $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $191k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way of the Midlands$150,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation$35,000
Greater Omaha Alliance for Business Ethics$30,000
YFC Inc dba Maha Music Festival$25,000
Film Streams Inc$25,000
Creighton Preparatory School$21,250
Valleywise Health Foundation$15,000
St Joseph's Foundation$10,000
School of Hope Foundation$10,000
Nebraska Legal Diversity Council$10,000
National Kidney Foundation of Arizona$10,000
The National Catholic College Admission Association$8,000
Partnership 4 Kids$7,500
Children's Hospital & Medical Center$6,000
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 (FY18–25, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%American Red Cross: $25k → 14%St Joseph's Foundation: $10k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
OH
NE
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 19 repeat orgs$411k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
18

Total granted

$1.2M
$200k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-20%
+9%

Still filing today

68%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $211k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • GO
    GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $243k · revenue +6%
  • NL
    NEBRASKA LEGAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +80%
  • MA
    MIDLANDS AFRICAN CHAMBER INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $20k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +9%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • JI
    Jesuit International Missions
    one grant, 2020 · $17k
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
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
2
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
3
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
4
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
5
Nebraska Pediatric Practice Inc

Provides a means whereby the resources, expertise, and knowledge of the pediatric specialty physicians can be marshaled to develop, promote, and make available to patients from omaha, ne and the surrounding area, pediatric, academic, and…

Health
6
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
7
Children's Physicians

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

Health
8
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
9
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

—
10
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
11
Nebraska Cancer Coalition

Mission: connecting people and resources to strengthen cancer prevention, detection and quality of life in nebraska. vision: conquering cancer together.

—
12
Physicians Clinic Inc

Methodist physicians clinic provides accessible, quality medical care through its integrated team of health professionals, including specialists in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Support Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is Symphony Workforce 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

32 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. 32 of the 44 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
14/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $242,500 · OtherGREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATIONCREIGHTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $108,720 · OtherCREIGHTON PREPARATORY SCHOOLTHE SALVATION ARMY: $37,500 · OtherAMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION ACADEMY OF STUDENT PHARMACISTS: $30,600 · OtherFILM STREAMS INC: $25,000 · Other+23 more: $260,626 · Other+23 moreUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $150,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE MIDL…Support Nebraska: $115,000 · PhilanthropySupport NebraskaPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY F…GREATER OMAHA ALLIANCE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS: $258,000 · EducationGREATER OMAHA ALLIANC…NEBRASKA LEGAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL: $40,000 · EducationNEBRASKA LEGAL DIVERS…+1 more: $9,990 · EducationYFC INC DBA MAHA MUSIC FESTIVAL: $115,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN'S INTERCULTURAL CENTER: $14,125 · Arts & CultureVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $18,403 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $16,000 · HealthThe Nebraska Medical Center: $12,045 · HealthKICKS FOR A CURE INC: $10,000 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $24,500 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesOMAHA EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $32,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$704,946Philanthropy$325,000Education$307,990Arts & Culture$129,125Health$116,448Human Services$34,500Recreation & Sports$32,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER OMAHA ALLIANCE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS: $258,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetGREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $242,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYFC INC DBA MAHA MUSIC FESTIVAL: $115,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetSupport Nebraska: $115,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEBRASKA LEGAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL: $40,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetOMAHA EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $24,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation of Arizona: $21,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMIDLANDS AFRICAN CHAMBER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $18,403 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $14,640 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S INTERCULTURAL CENTER: $14,125 over 2y, 33% of budgetCOUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT NEBRASKA COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Nebraska Medical Center: $12,045 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Climate Covenant: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSCHOOL OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetKICKS FOR A CURE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 326 MID-AMERICA COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JOSEPH'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO OMAHA MEDICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSYMPHONY WORKFORCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $9,990 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CATHOLIC COLLEGE ADMISSION ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCASA ROMERO RENEWAL CENTER INC: $6,400 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $5,500 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.

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 McGowan Family Fo…The Charles and Mary …Weitz Family Foundati…The Sherwood Foundati…Harley and Beth Schra…Dr C C and Mabel L Cr…Woodmen of the World …Dixon Family Foundati…The Holland FoundationMoglia Family Foundat…The Hawks Foundation
The Lozier FoundationNE17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The McGowan Family Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Harley and Beth Schrager Foundation · Dr C C and Mabel L Criss Memorial · Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society · Dixon Family Foundation · The Holland Foundation · Moglia Family Foundation · The Hawks 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 Creighton University funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Creighton University. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 44 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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