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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 FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$124k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$313kEducation$261kHuman Services$239kPhilanthropy$239kYouth Development$237kFood & Nutrition$221kRecreation & Sports$172kArts & Culture$153kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $140k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $443k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $124k
$10,003
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIOUS$124,233
BEATRICE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FDN$49,601
BLUE SPRINGS CEMETERY ASSN$38,110
SHEEPGATE WOMENS CENTER$37,366
WYMORE BLUE SPRINGS AREA FUND$30,276
BEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY$28,822
BLUE SPRINGS FIREMENS MEMORIAL BLDG$24,874
COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$23,075
WYMORE COUNTRY CLUB$20,000
HOPE CRISIS CENTER$19,755
BLUE SPRINGS UNITED METHODIST CHURC$19,180
FOOD 4 HOPE NEBRASKA INC$18,840
ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME$18,560
GREAT PLAINS WELSH HERITAGE PROJECT$16,684
WILLOW CENTER$15,064
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 (FY19–25, $188k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA YMCA FDN: $48k → 10%SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA YMCA FDN: $29k → 10%WILLOW CENTER: $23k → 10%WILLOW CENTER: $15k → 10%WILLOW CENTER: $11k → 10%WILLOW CENTER: $11k → 10%WILLOW CENTER: $11k → 10%WILLOW CENTER: $9k → 10%COTTONWOOD HOSPICE CHARITABLE FDN: $8k → 10%COTTONWOOD HOSPICE CHARITABLE FDN: $6k → 10%COTTONWOOD HOSPICE CHARITABLE FND: $6k → 10%SOUTHEAST NE YMCA FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%BEATRICE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER INC: $5k → 10%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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 36 repeat orgs$756k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
22

Total granted

$1.9M
$421k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+14%

Still filing today

50%
9%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $335k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • TC
    TEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MIDLANDS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $228k · revenue +23%
  • FO
    FOOD4HOPE OF NEBRASKA INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $131k · revenue +56% · 40% of their budget
  • CP
    COMMUNITY PANTRY & EMERG SRVC INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $124k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • YR
    YOUTH RECREATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $164k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • OP
    ODELL PUBLIC LIBRARY
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska Foundation
Human Services
2
Beatrice Humane Society Foundation

The organization's mission is to support the beatrice humane society, inc., whose mission is to shelter, protect and place lost and homeless companion animals in gage county, nebraska and to be an educational resource to the community.

Animals
3
Becker County Food Pantry Inc

To serve becker county residents in need with programs that provide food, promote the value of nutrition and connects to community resources to ensure a meaningful impact to our community's well-being.

Food & Nutrition
4
Becker County Historical Society

Operation of a county historical society and museum which produces exhibits promoting local history; manages a library relating to local history

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5
Gage County United Way Inc

United way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.

Philanthropy
6
Benton County Historical Society

To provide education and preservation of the history of benton county

Arts & Culture
7
Buffalo County Agricultural Association

To provide a variety of events including the county fair and other educational, agricultural, and entertainment events.

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8
Adams County Historical Society

Services include providing public with educational resources including research, maps, photos, and historical news of adams county, nebraska.

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9
Beacon Ridge a Choice Community Inc
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10
Osage County Historical Society & Museum

Operate museum

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11
Bellevue Little Theatre

Promote live theater in bellvue nebraska

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12
Tonganoxie Senior Citizens Donna Wiley
Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Odell Nebraska Public Library. 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

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 76 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
13/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH RECREATION INC: $163,658 · OtherYOUTH RECREATION INCVARIOUS: $124,233 · OtherVARIOUSADAMS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $55,198 · OtherSAINT PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $53,627 · OtherBLUE SPRINGS BALL DIAMOND ASSOCIATION: $53,151 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherBEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $90,288 · OtherBEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY INC+53 more: $907,818 · Other+53 moreTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MIDLANDS INC: $228,130 · HealthTEEN CHALLENGE OF …BEATRICE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $158,457 · HealthBEATRICE COMMUNITY…HOPE CRISIS CENTER: $81,044 · HealthHOPE CRISIS CENTERCOMMUNITY PANTRY & EMERG SRVC INC: $124,109 · EducationCOMMUNITY…4-H BUILDING INC: $68,195 · Education4-H BUILD…ODELL NEBRASKA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $29,517 · EducationODELL NEB…+1 more: $5,699 · EducationNEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $221,193 · PhilanthropySOUTHEAST NEBRASKA YMCA FOUNDATION: $82,783 · Human ServicesTHE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF BEATRICE: $80,441 · Human ServicesCOTTONWOOD HOSPICE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $19,413 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesFOOD4HOPE OF NEBRASKA INC: $130,963 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY PLAYERS INC: $58,384 · Arts & CultureGAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $37,294 · Arts & CultureWELSH HERITAGE & CULTURE CENTRE INC: $16,684 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,497,973Health$467,631Education$227,520Philanthropy$221,193Human Services$187,637Food & Nutrition$130,963Arts & Culture$112,362

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MIDLANDS INC: $228,130 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetNEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $221,193 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBEATRICE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $158,457 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetFOOD4HOPE OF NEBRASKA INC: $130,963 over 6y, 40% of budgetCOMMUNITY PANTRY & EMERG SRVC INC: $124,109 over 7y, 22% of budgetBEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $90,288 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetSOUTHEAST NEBRASKA YMCA FOUNDATION: $82,783 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetHOPE CRISIS CENTER: $81,044 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTHE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF BEATRICE: $80,441 over 6y, 16% of budget4-H BUILDING INC: $68,195 over 5y, 45% of budgetCOMMUNITY PLAYERS INC: $58,384 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetGAGE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC: $42,430 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetGAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $37,294 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetBEATRICE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $23,730 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMOTHER TO MOTHER MINISTRY OF THE BEATRICE AREA INC: $23,257 over 3y, 15% of budgetCOTTONWOOD HOSPICE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $19,413 over 3y, 37% of budgetBEATRICE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $17,342 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetWELSH HERITAGE & CULTURE CENTRE INC: $16,684 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetCasa of Gage County: $15,845 over 2y, 20% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN: $6,560 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INC: $6,002 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEATRICE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $5,699 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBEATRICE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $5,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMARY YMCA OF BEATRICE NE: $5,066 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 TEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MIDLANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEATRICE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD4HOPE OF NEBRASKA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PANTRY & EMERG SRVC INC ↗
  • Who funds BEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA YMCA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF BEATRICE ↗
  • Who funds 4-H BUILDING INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GAGE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds GAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ODELL NEBRASKA PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds BEATRICE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOTHER TO MOTHER MINISTRY OF THE BEATRICE AREA INC ↗
  • Who funds COTTONWOOD HOSPICE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Leigh F Coffin Jane M…Land O'Lakes Foundati…First Interstate Banc…The Sherwood Foundati…Beatrice Community Ho…Margaret & Martha Tho…Herbert T Weston Jr a…Lincoln Community Fou…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Leigh F Coffin Jane M Coffin & Leigh M Coffin FoundationNE22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Gage County Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gage County Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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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    How do I get to Gage County Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Gage County Foundation Inc 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 76 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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