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Eagle 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.

$41M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
65
Grants FY2024
63
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$200,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$6,000,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 63
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
21
Total assets, FY2024
$991M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Eagle Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving65$41M43%
FY202363$36M46%
FY202257$32M40%
FY202142$22M14%
FY202037$10M16%
FY201938$7.8M45%
FY201827$7.0M33%
FY201719$4.7Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$83MEducation$29MPublic Safety & Disaster$21MReligion$11MHuman Services$10MHealth$8.8MEnvironment$800kPhilanthropy$395kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
KS
AR
DC
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Catholic Relief Services$20,750,0007n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$12,500,00072%
Root Capital Inc$7,350,00076%
Mercy Corps$5,700,00051%
Heifer Project International$5,500,00042%
Water for People$4,000,00064%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$3,400,0006n/a
Givedirectly Inc$3,050,00081%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,900,00060%
Living Goods$2,600,00063%
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All grantees of Eagle Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Catholic Relief Services$20,750,0007n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$12,500,00072%
Root Capital Inc$7,350,00076%
Mercy Corps$5,700,00051%
Heifer Project International$5,500,00042%
Water for People$4,000,00064%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$3,400,0006n/a
Givedirectly Inc$3,050,00081%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,900,00060%
Living Goods$2,600,00063%
Unbound$2,000,00050%
Educate Uganda$1,950,000825%
Cure International Inc$1,750,00032%
Children's Scholarship Fund of Omaha$1,485,000519%
Engineers Without Borders-Usainc$1,400,00047%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,350,00020%
Catholic Bishop of Lincoln Inc$1,300,0005n/a
Society of the Sacred Heart United States Canada Province Inc$1,300,0008n/a
Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc$1,250,00030%
Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc$1,250,0003n/a
Creighton University$1,050,00050%
Faith in Practice$1,000,00062%
Johns Hopkins University$950,00040%
Semilla Nueva$750,000211%
Global Spine Outreach$700,000463%
Floresta USA Incorporated$700,00022%
Nursing Heart Inc$610,000658%
Pencils of Promise Incorporated$550,00044%
Amigos de Santa Cruz Foundation$500,000625%
Lifenet International Corporation$500,00016%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc$415,00046%
Lalmba Association$400,000320%
Aqua-Africa Inc$350,000616%
Siena Francis House$350,00071%
Water4 Inc$300,00022%
Family of the Americas Foundation Inc$300,000448%
The Digdeep Right to Water Project$300,00022%
Jardin de Amor$275,000773%
Cues Fund$270,00072%
Support Our Aging Religious Inc$250,00051%
Mater Dei USA$250,000547%
Seed Effect$250,000213%
Village Enterprise Fund$250,00011%
Vida De Guatemala USA Inc$200,0003n/a
Compassion International Incorporated$200,0001n/a
Redeem International$200,00024%
Common Hope$200,00022%
Dig Deep$200,0001n/a
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach$175,00061%
People for Guatemala Inc$155,00049%
Omaha Catholic School Consortium$135,0003n/a
Jesuit Academy$95,0005n/a
Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc$90,00024%
Haven of Hope$75,00032%
Flatwater Collective$60,000226%
The One Thread Project Inc$50,000130%
Reeds of Hope$50,000131%
Omaha Welcomes the Stranger Inc$32,000118%
Eps Essential Pregnancy Services Inc$30,00021%
Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska$30,00010%
Order of St Benedict Inc$25,0001n/a
St Philomena & St Rita Oblation Fund$25,0001n/a
Mater Filius of Nebraska Inc$20,00018%
People's City Mission$20,00010%
Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons$20,00020%
Mary's Meals USA Inc$20,00010%
Northstar Foundation$20,00010%
Partnership 4 Kids Inc$15,00011%
Bethany Relief & Rehabilitation$15,00011%
Rise Academy$12,50010%
Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim$10,00022%
Children's Heartlink$5,00010%
Maya Economic Development Corporation$5,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($65M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Eagle Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $12,500,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetRoot Capital Inc: $7,350,000 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetMercy Corps: $5,700,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetHeifer Project International: $5,500,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetWater for People: $4,000,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $3,050,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,900,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLiving Goods: $2,600,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetUnbound: $2,000,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEducate Uganda: $1,950,000 over 8y, 25% of budgetCure International Inc: $1,750,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetChildren's Scholarship Fund of Omaha: $1,485,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetEngineers Without Borders-Usainc: $1,400,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,350,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Medical Mission Board Inc: $1,250,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCreighton University: $1,050,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFaith in Practice: $1,000,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $950,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSemilla Nueva: $750,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetGlobal Spine Outreach: $700,000 over 4y, 63% of budgetFloresta USA Incorporated: $700,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNursing Heart Inc: $610,000 over 6y, 58% of budgetPencils of Promise Incorporated: $550,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetAmigos de Santa Cruz Foundation: $500,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetLifenet International Corporation: $500,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc: $415,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetLalmba Association: $400,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetAqua-Africa Inc: $350,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetSiena Francis House: $350,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetWater4 Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFamily of the Americas Foundation Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 48% of budgetThe Digdeep Right to Water Project: $300,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetJardin de Amor: $275,000 over 7y, 73% of budgetCues Fund: $270,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetSupport Our Aging Religious Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMater Dei USA: $250,000 over 5y, 47% of budgetSeed Effect: $250,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetVillage Enterprise Fund: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRedeem International: $200,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCommon Hope: $200,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMatt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach: $175,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetPeople for Guatemala Inc: $155,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetOmaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetHaven of Hope: $75,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetFlatwater Collective: $60,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetThe One Thread Project Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetReeds of Hope: $50,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetOmaha Welcomes the Stranger Inc: $32,000 over 1y, 18% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 61.

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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 FoundationNE23.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Dovetail Impact Foundation (Fka David Weekley Family Foundation) · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Keith Margareth and Sandra Smith Foundation · Greater Omaha Packing Co Foundation · Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation · Jc & Jessie Seacrest Family Fndtn First Nebraska Trust Co Trustee

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.

Compare Eagle Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Eagle Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Eagle Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Eagle Foundation

How much does Eagle Foundation give?
Eagle Foundation reported 65 grants totaling $41,301,025 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 63 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Eagle Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (49%), Education (17%), Public Safety & Disaster (12%).
Who are Eagle Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Catholic Relief Services ($21M), Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($13M), Root Capital Inc ($7.3M).
Does Eagle Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Eagle Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Eagle Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lozier Foundation, The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation.
Where is Eagle Foundation based?
Eagle Foundation is based in NE.

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 138 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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