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Front Porch Investments

Increase funding, innovation, and strategic partnerships in support of affordable housing across the Greater Omaha metro area.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$6.1MHuman Services$4.2MCommunity Improvement$1.9MEnvironment$973kCivil Rights$700kCrime & Legal$200kPublic Safety & Disaster$150kInternational$137kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k6 grants · $955k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.9M
$200,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$50M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Together Inc$1,627,367
Project Houseworks$580,000
Southside Redevelopment Corp$350,000
Metro Revamp Collective - ReI$324,000
RISE Academy$200,000
I Be Black Girl$200,000
Restoring Dignity$182,870
Omaha by Design$152,464
MAPA Foundation$150,000
Volunteers Assisting Seniors$69,480
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 (FY22–24, $6.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Metro Area Continuum of Care: $373k → 12%Metro Revamp Collective - ReI: $328k → 12%Intl Council for Refugees &: $137k → 12%Spark Capital: $149k → 12%Spark Capital: $144k → 12%Heartland Family Service: $200k → 12%Together Inc: $1.6M → 12%Together Inc: $1.0M → 12%Together Inc: $750k → 12%Project Houseworks: $580k → 12%Metro Revamp Collective - ReI: $324k → 12%Project Houseworks: $274k → 12%Project Houseworks: $201k → 12%Restoring Dignity: $235k → 12%Youth Emergency Services: $191k → 12%Restoring Dignity: $183k → 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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.4M · 9 repeat orgs$5.0M to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
21

Total granted

$9.4M
$4.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+21%

Still filing today

100%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $619k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.8M · revenue +7%
  • PH
    PROJECT HOUSEWORKS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +156%
  • OB
    OMAHA BY DESIGN
    3× · 2022–2024 · $366k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • ID
    IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $894k · revenue +171%
  • BLACK AND PINK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +153% · 27% of their budget
  • MH
    MERCY HOUSING MIDWESTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +996% · 33% of their budget
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
New Community Development Corporation

Provides safe, affordable and quality housing for low and moderate income families in Douglas & Sarpy NE & Pottawattamie County IA, with an emphasis in Omaha/Council Bluffs metropolitan area.

Housing & Shelter
2
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
3
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
4
Community Housing Initiatives Inc

The mission of community housing initiatives, inc. is to leverage and maximize opportunities for vibrant and resilient communities.

Housing & Shelter
5
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waco

Building stronger neighborhoods through homeownership, quality rental housing and community building initiatives.

Housing & Shelter
6
Housing Plus

Innovatively utilize resources to preserve & create quality affordable multi-family housing committed to fulfilling individual housing needs and stabilize neighborhoods.

Housing & Shelter
7
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

The neighborhood reinvestment corporation (d.b.a neighborworks america) is a congressionally chartered public non-profit corporation that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives, and strengthen…

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8
Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa Inc

Habitat for humanity of central iowa, inc. works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with god's people in need by building houses, so that there are decent houses in decent…

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9
Nebraska Housing Developers Association

To increase the availability of affordable housing in nebraska.

Community Improvement
10
Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta Inc

Habitat for humanity of northwest metro atlanta, inc. is an affiliate of the americus-based habitat for humanity international. habitat for humanity of northwest metro atlanta, inc. is an ecumenical, christian housing ministry dedicated to…

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11
Neighborhood Housing Services of Duluth One Roof Lending

To provide financing that will help people of lower income find, purchase, and fix their homes, for both single family homes as well as rental housing situations.

Community Improvement
12
Chn Housing Partners

Chn's mission is to leverage the power of affordable housing to improve lives and communities.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc; the most unlike its peers is Youth Emergency Services Inc. 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 35 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
19/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $3,377,367 · Human ServicesTOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHAPROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $1,054,924 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOUSEWORKSMetro Housing Collective: $652,192 · Human ServicesMetro Housing CollectiveRESTORING DIGNITY: $417,459 · Human ServicesRESTORING DIGNITYTHRESHOLD COC: $373,000 · Human ServicesTHRESHOLD COCSPARK CAPITAL: $292,790 · Human Services+4 more: $672,876 · Human Services+4 moreHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $1,793,321 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAH…IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND: $894,000 · Housing & ShelterIMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUNDMERCY HOUSING MIDWEST: $500,000 · Housing & ShelterMERCY HOUSING MIDWESTGESU HOUSING INC: $163,814 · Housing & Shelter+4 more: $266,354 · Housing & Shelter+4 moreBLACK AND PINK INC: $500,000 · OtherBLACK AND PIN…HOLY NAME HOUSING CORPORATION: $172,729 · OtherHOLY NAME HOU…MAPA FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherMAPA FOUNDATI…TALENTED 10TH GROUP INCORPORATED: $132,423 · OtherTALENTED 10TH…WORLD SPEAKS: $121,928 · OtherWORLD SPEAKSVolunteers Assisting Seniors: $69,480 · OtherOMAHA MUNICIPAL LAND BANK: $59,479 · OtherI BE BLACK GIRL: $200,000 · OtherI BE BLACK GI…Omaha Community Foundation: $150,000 · OtherOmaha Communi…Carole's House of Hope: $76,412 · Other+1 more: $50,000 · OtherSEVENTY-FIVE NORTH REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: $913,281 · EnvironmentSOUTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $488,400 · Community ImprovementSPARK: $243,750 · Community ImprovementOMAHA BY DESIGN: $366,464 · Arts & CultureCOMUNIDAD MAYA PIXAN IXIM: $196,270 · Arts & CultureRISE ACADEMY: $200,000 · Employment
Human Services$6,840,608Housing & Shelter$3,617,489Other$1,682,451Environment$913,281Community Improvement$732,150Arts & Culture$562,734Employment$200,000

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 budgetTOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $3,377,367 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $1,793,321 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetPROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $1,054,924 over 3y, 10% of budgetSEVENTY-FIVE NORTH REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: $913,281 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetIMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND: $894,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetMetro Housing Collective: $652,192 over 2y, 32% of budgetBLACK AND PINK INC: $500,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetMERCY HOUSING MIDWEST: $500,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetSOUTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $488,400 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetRESTORING DIGNITY: $417,459 over 2y, 20% of budgetTHRESHOLD COC: $373,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOMAHA BY DESIGN: $366,464 over 3y, 14% of budgetSPARK CAPITAL: $292,790 over 2y, 12% of budgetSPARK: $243,750 over 1y, 32% of budgetRISE ACADEMY: $200,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetI BE BLACK GIRL: $200,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $199,920 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOMUNIDAD MAYA PIXAN IXIM: $196,270 over 1y, 14% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $190,829 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHOLY NAME HOUSING CORPORATION: $172,729 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGESU HOUSING INC: $163,814 over 1y, 76% of budgetOmaha Community Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOSAIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $145,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $137,127 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetWORLD SPEAKS: $121,928 over 1y, 29% of budgetFAMILY HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICES: $105,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetINCOMMON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $88,171 over 1y, 33% of budgetCarole's House of Hope: $76,412 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetVolunteers Assisting Seniors: $69,480 over 1y, 20% of budgetAUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetOMAHA 100: $37,522 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSHELTERING TREE INC: $35,661 over 1y, 1.5% 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 Sherwood Foundati…Weitz Family Foundati…Nebraska Community Fo…Mutual of Omaha Found…Peter Kiewit Foundati…United Way of the Mid…The Hawks FoundationUnion Pacific Foundat…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Suzanne & Walter Scot…The Charles and Mary …
The Lozier FoundationNE62.8× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · The Hawks Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family 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 Front Porch Investments funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Front Porch Investments. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Front Porch Investments?

    Find your warmest path to Front Porch Investments 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 35 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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