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Edson III and Tracy Bridges Family Foundation at a glance

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Edson III and Tracy Bridges Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$188kEducation$124kAnimals$63kYouth Development$35kArts & Culture$24kHealth$8kCommunity Improvement$6kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$6,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$582k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART$25,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE$8,000
NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY$6,500
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE$5,000
COMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC$1,000
SHALOM PROJECT INC$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FUR THE LOVE OF PAWS: $4k → 12%NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $15k → 12%MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $1k → 7%WAKE FOREST ATHLETICS: $10k → 15%FUR THE LOVE OF PAWS: $3k → 12%NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $7k → 12%SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE: $8k → 7%WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $10k → 15%FUR THE LOVE OF PAWS: $2k → 12%NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $6k → 12%SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE: $8k → 7%COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1k → 12%FUR THE LOVE OF PAWS: $1k → 12%NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 12%SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE: $8k → 7%NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 12%COMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 7%NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 12%COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $5k → 12%NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 12%COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $3k → 12%NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $4k → 12%COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $3k → 12%CUES FUND: $10k → 12%CUES FUND: $10k → 12%CUES FUND: $10k → 12%CUES FUND: $10k → 12%CUES FUND: $10k → 12%CUES FUND: $5k → 12%ABIDE: $3k → 12%ABIDE: $2k → 12%MISSION CHURCH: $5k → 12%MISSION CHURCH: $3k → 12%DUNDEE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $50k → 12%DUNDEE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $50k → 12%DUNDEE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $40k → 12%SAVING GRACE: $1k → 12%LAURITZEN GARDENS: $3k → 12%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MIDLANDS: $30k → 12%DUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART: $25k → 12%DUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART: $20k → 12%DUCHESNE ACADMEY OF THE SACRED HEART: $15k → 12%DUCHESNE ACADMEY OF THE SACRED HEART: $10k → 12%DUCHESNE ACADMEY OF THE SACRED HEART: $9k → 12%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MIDLANDS: $5k → 12%DUCHESNE ACADMEY OF THE SACRED HEART: $5k → 12%DUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART: $5k → 12%BUSINESS ETHICS ALLIANCE: $5k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$426k · 11 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
9

Total granted

$426k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+21%

Still filing today

55%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
EducationAnimalsReligionCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CF
    CUES FUND
    6× · 2019–2024 · $55k · revenue +117%
  • NH
    NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $52k · revenue +17%
  • SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $24k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +18%
  • GO
    GREATER OMAHA ALLIANCE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -37%
  • LG
    LAURITZEN GARDENS
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
2
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
3
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
4
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
5
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
6
Sound Credit Union

A member owned cooperative providing financial services, including loans and share deposits to its members.

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7
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
8
Northwestern Health Sciences University

Northwestern health sciences university prepares and serves the next generation of professionals and leaders to become vital contributors to the delivery and advancement of health care. our mission is accomplished through educational…

Education
9
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
10
Midlands Humane Society

To protect and nurture companion animals and enrich the lives of people who love them.

Animals
11
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
12
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nebraska Humane Society; 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.
04the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 23 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)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUNDEE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $140,000 · OtherDUNDEE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHDUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART: $89,000 · OtherDUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEARTIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+8 more: $26,800 · Other+8 moreNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $51,500 · AnimalsNEBRASKA HUMANE…FUR ANIMAL RESCUE: $10,000 · AnimalsFUR ANIMAL RESC…+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsCUES FUND: $55,000 · ReligionCUES FUND+1 more: $500 · ReligionSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $24,000 · EducationSUN VALLEY…WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationWAKE FORES…GREATER OMAHA ALLIANCE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS: $5,000 · EducationGREATER OM…COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $2,500 · EducationCOLLEGE OF…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Other$265,800Animals$62,500Religion$55,500Education$42,500Youth Development$35,000Community Improvement$1,000

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 budgetCUES FUND: $55,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $51,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER OMAHA ALLIANCE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetABIDE NETWORK INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Community Library Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHALOM PROJECT INC: $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.

  • Who funds CUES FUND ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER OMAHA ALLIANCE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS ↗
  • Who funds ABIDE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds The Community Library Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE SHALOM PROJECT INC ↗

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 Charles and Mary …The Lozier FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationNE17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Edson III and Tracy Bridges Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edson III and Tracy Bridges Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    2report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Edson III and Tracy Bridges Family 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.

    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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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