Nebraska · Public charity
Gage County Foundation Inc
The foundation exists for the purpose of raising and providing funds to gage county, ne organizations engaged in providing the educational, cultural, recreational, historical, health and all meaningful needs of the citizens of gage county ne.
- $695k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,003
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $124,233
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Gage County Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $129k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 41 | $676k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $443k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $509k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $287k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $352k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $185k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $38k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc | $228,130 | 6 | 1% |
| Youth Recreation Inc | $163,658 | 1 | n/a |
| Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation Inc | $158,457 | 7 | 4% |
| Food4hope of Nebraska Inc | $130,963 | 6 | 40% |
| Community Pantry & Emerg Srvc Inc | $124,109 | 7 | 22% |
| Beatrice Humane Society Inc | $90,288 | 7 | 3% |
| Southeast Nebraska YMCA Foundation | $82,783 | 3 | 3% |
| Hope Crisis Center | $81,044 | 6 | 2% |
| The Pregnancy Resource Center of Beatrice | $80,441 | 6 | 16% |
| 4-H Building Inc | $68,195 | 5 | 45% |
Show all 44 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc | $228,130 | 6 | 1% |
| Youth Recreation Inc | $163,658 | 1 | n/a |
| Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation Inc | $158,457 | 7 | 4% |
| Food4hope of Nebraska Inc | $130,963 | 6 | 40% |
| Community Pantry & Emerg Srvc Inc | $124,109 | 7 | 22% |
| Beatrice Humane Society Inc | $90,288 | 7 | 3% |
| Southeast Nebraska YMCA Foundation | $82,783 | 3 | 3% |
| Hope Crisis Center | $81,044 | 6 | 2% |
| The Pregnancy Resource Center of Beatrice | $80,441 | 6 | 16% |
| 4-H Building Inc | $68,195 | 5 | 45% |
| Community Players Inc | $58,384 | 6 | 6% |
| Adams Community Foundation | $55,198 | 5 | n/a |
| Saint Paul Lutheran Church | $53,627 | 6 | n/a |
| Blue Springs Ball Diamond Association | $53,151 | 5 | n/a |
| One Property at a Time | $42,684 | 2 | n/a |
| Gage County Agricultural Society Inc | $42,430 | 3 | 2% |
| The Southern Public Schools Foundation | $41,619 | 3 | n/a |
| Gage County Historical Society | $37,294 | 4 | 9% |
| Odell Nebraska Public Library | $29,517 | 2 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Church of Beatrice | $25,598 | 4 | n/a |
| Beatrice Educational Foundation Inc | $23,730 | 3 | 1% |
| Mother to Mother Ministry of the Beatrice Area Inc | $23,257 | 3 | 15% |
| Barneston Community Center Foundation | $22,998 | 3 | n/a |
| Southern Youth Sports | $21,203 | 2 | n/a |
| Cortland Museum | $19,742 | 3 | n/a |
| Cottonwood Hospice Charitable Foundation | $19,413 | 3 | 37% |
| Beatrice Cemetery Association | $17,342 | 3 | 2% |
| Welsh Heritage & Culture Centre Inc | $16,684 | 1 | 10% |
| Rita's Cat Rescue | $16,174 | 3 | n/a |
| Casa of Gage County | $15,845 | 2 | 20% |
| Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging | $15,256 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Savior Lutheran Church | $11,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherds Rest Goat and Sheep Rescue | $9,043 | 1 | n/a |
| First Christian Church | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Whispering Acres Tail and Treasures | $8,516 | 1 | n/a |
| Stake Your Claim Foundation Inc | $6,991 | 1 | n/a |
| Homestead Conservation Trails Association | $6,908 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion 27 Bitting-Norman | $6,560 | 1 | 2% |
| Special Olympics Nebraska Inc | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Beatrice Public Library Foundation Inc | $5,699 | 1 | 5% |
| Beatrice Chamber of Commerce Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Blue River Loss Team | $5,266 | 1 | n/a |
| Mary YMCA of Beatrice Ne | $5,066 | 1 | 0% |
| Beatrice Senior Citizen Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($674k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gage County Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Leigh F Coffin Jane M Coffin & Leigh M Coffin Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Sherwood Foundation · Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation Inc · Margaret & Martha Thomas Foundation · Herbert T Weston Jr and Marian S Weston Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gage County Foundation Inc
- How much does Gage County Foundation Inc give?
- Gage County Foundation Inc reported 42 grants totaling $694,784 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gage County Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (15%), Education (12%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Gage County Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc ($228k), Youth Recreation Inc ($164k), Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation Inc ($158k).
- Does Gage County Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gage County Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Leigh F Coffin Jane M Coffin & Leigh M Coffin Foundation, Land O'Lakes Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gage County Foundation Inc based?
- Gage County Foundation Inc is based in NE.
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