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Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$184k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.0MArts & Culture$1.7MYouth Development$1.4MHealth$1.0MHuman Services$977kHousing & Shelter$710kFood & Nutrition$585kReligion$550kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $867k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $649k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Brownell-Talbot School$184,000
Pottawattamie Conservation Foundation$115,000
Bellevue University$75,000
NorthStar Foundation$75,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust$50,000
Omaha Home for Boys$50,000
Quality Living Inc$50,000
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum$50,000
SienaFrancis House$40,000
Women's Center for Advancemenbt$30,000
Kevin O'Connor Scholarship Fund Inc$30,000
Omaha Conservatory of Music$30,000
Lauritzen Gardens$30,000
Nature Conservancy$25,000
Methodist Hospital Foundation$25,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 12%Kids Can Community Center: $15k → 12%Kids Can Community Center: $10k → 12%Kids Can Community Center: $10k → 12%Share a Fare Inc: $5k → 12%Kids Can Community Center: $10k → 12%Omaha Home for Boys: $50k → 12%Omaha Home for Boys: $50k → 12%Omaha Home for Boys: $50k → 12%Omaha Home for Boys: $40k → 12%Omaha Home for Boys: $40k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $40k → 12%Omaha Home for Boys: $35k → 12%Omaha Home for Boys: $30k → 12%inCommon Community Development: $20k → 12%inCommon Community Development: $20k → 12%inCommon Community Development: $20k → 12%Heartland Hope Mission: $30k → 12%CRCC: $20k → 12%Heartland Hope Mission: $15k → 12%Connected Roots Care Center: $10k → 12%inCOMMON Community Development: $50k → 12%inCOMMON Community Development: $45k → 12%inCOMMON Community Development: $25k → 12%Open Door Mission: $25k → 12%Open Door Mission: $20k → 12%INCOMMON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 12%Together Inc: $10k → 12%HomeWoven: $10k → 12%Women's Center for Advancemenbt: $30k → 12%Youth Emergency Services Inc: $20k → 12%Youth Emergency Services Inc: $20k → 12%Women's Center of Advancement: $20k → 12%Youth Emergency Services Inc: $10k → 12%Youth Emergency Services: $10k → 12%Women's Center for Advancement: $10k → 12%Youth Emergency Services Inc: $10k → 12%Youth Emergency Services Inc: $10k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $10k → 12%Heartland Hope Mission: $10k → 12%Heartland Hope Mission: $10k → 12%Heartland Hope Mission: $10k → 12%Child Saving Institute: $15k → 12%Child Saving Institute: $10k → 12%Child Saving Institute: $10k → 12%Child Saving Institute: $10k → 12%Kids Can Community Center: $20k → 12%Kids Can Community Center: $15k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.5M · 95 repeat orgs$622k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

95 repeat relationships: 61 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

95
39

Total granted

$9.5M
$457k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+12%

Still filing today

71%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthHousing & ShelterYouth 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

  • BS
    BROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $651k · revenue +20%
  • BU
    Bellevue University
    8× · 2017–2025 · $575k · revenue +98%
  • CK
    COMPLETELY KIDS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $540k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE FOREST LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $75k
  • NJ
    Nebraska Journalism Trust - Flatwater Free Press
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • TI
    The Island School Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -27%
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
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
2
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
3
Omaha Economic Development Corporation

The mission of oedc is to implement economic development projects, housing, and community revitalization programs that create jobs, business ownership opportunities and other economic benefits for area residents.

—
4
Omaha Sports Commission

The mission of the omaha sports commission is to foster a positive socio-economic impact on and a heightened awareness and image of omaha by attracting, hosting, & supporting amateur sporting events.

Recreation & Sports
5
Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc

Empowering under-resourced families to change their lives by discovering and overcoming barriers to success.

Human Services
6
Nebraska Organ Recovery System

We transform lives through organ and tissue donation.

Health
7
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

To increase business, employment, and investment in the greater omaha area.

—
8
Omaha 100

Our mission is to provide ownership opportunities through public and private partnerships, financing, and technical assistance. by working collaboratively, we aim to expand access to capital in underserved communities, empowering…

Housing & Shelter
9
Concord Mediation Center

Organized for the purpose of assisting individuals and groups in the resolution and management of conflicts, promoting public awareness and understanding of alternative dispute resolutions, providing educational materials, workshops and…

Crime & Legal
10
Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska

Justice for our neighbors-nebraska is a nonprofit organization welcoming immigrants into our communities by providing free, high-quality immigration legal services, education, and advocacy.

Human Services
11
Omaha Botanical Center Inc

We believe in thoughtful, ecologically-minded practices and the curation of accessible, educational, and inspirational experiences that enhance lives.

Environment
12
Museum of Nebraska Art

The museum of nebraska art (mona) celebrates the history of nebraska's visual art for diverse audiences. mona collects, preserves, researches, exhibits, and interprets the work of artists who were born, lived, trained, or worked in…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Omaha Children's Museum; the most unlike its peers is Hattie B Munroe Pavilion. 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

99 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. 99 of the 148 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/99
Grantees still filing
69/99
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOL: $650,785 · OtherBROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOLTrinity Cathedral: $325,000 · OtherTrinity CathedralPOTTAWATTAMIE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $280,000 · OtherPOTTAWATTAMIE CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONKEVIN O'CONNOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $255,000 · OtherKEVIN O'CONNOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND INCLauritzen Gardens: $220,000 · OtherKOUNTZE MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $175,000 · OtherONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $165,000 · Other+77 more: $2,547,450 · Other+77 moreNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $700,000 · Youth DevelopmentNORTHSTAR FOUN…COMPLETELY KIDS: $540,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPLETELY KID…+2 more: $75,000 · Youth Development+2 moreTHE OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $335,000 · Human ServicesTHE OMAHA HO…MOSAIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $210,000 · Human ServicesMOSAIC COMMU…KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesKIDS CAN COM…YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH EMERGE…HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $85,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND HO…WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $70,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENT…OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $45,000 · Human ServicesCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $45,000 · Human Services+9 more: $130,000 · Human Services+9 moreBellevue University: $575,000 · EducationBellevue Un…UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $193,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …AVENUE SCHOLARS: $62,500 · EducationAVENUE SCHO…CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA: $40,000 · Education+9 more: $187,500 · Education+9 moreJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $280,000 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN ART…OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $165,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA CONS…THE DURHAM MUSEUM: $162,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DURHAM…MEMPHIS MUSEUMS OF SCIENCE & HISTORY: $106,000 · Arts & CultureMEMPHIS MU…TABLE GRACE MINISTRIES: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTABLE GRAC…Omaha Children's Museum: $40,000 · Arts & CultureBlue Barn Theatre: $37,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $112,100 · Arts & Culture+8 moreNEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $330,000 · HealthQUALITY LIVING INC: $120,000 · HealthOUTLOOK ENRICHMENT: $105,000 · HealthJENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $62,500 · HealthRADIO TALKING BOOK SERVICE INC: $37,500 · HealthSANTA MONICA INC: $35,000 · HealthAssure Womens Center: $32,600 · Health+3 more: $17,500 · HealthSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $280,000 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $95,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $80,000 · Housing & ShelterMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$4,618,235Youth Development$1,315,000Human Services$1,105,000Education$1,058,000Arts & Culture$982,100Health$740,100Housing & Shelter$520,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $700,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetBROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOL: $650,785 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetBellevue University: $575,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS: $540,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTHE OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $335,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $330,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $280,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $280,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetPOTTAWATTAMIE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $280,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetKEVIN O'CONNOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $255,000 over 8y, 55% of budgetMOSAIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $210,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $193,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $165,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $165,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $162,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $145,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetQUALITY LIVING INC: $120,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEMPHIS MUSEUMS OF SCIENCE & HISTORY: $106,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetOUTLOOK ENRICHMENT: $105,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetNEBRASKA JOURNALISM TRUST: $105,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetKIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $100,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $100,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $95,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $85,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetHEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $85,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTABLE GRACE MINISTRIES: $80,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $70,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $65,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAVENUE SCHOLARS: $62,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $62,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $60,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $57,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION: $50,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNO MORE EMPTY POTS: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOmaha Children's Museum: $40,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA: $40,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRADIO TALKING BOOK SERVICE INC: $37,500 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetBlue Barn Theatre: $37,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOUTLOOK-NEBRASKA INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA MONICA INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% 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 NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Bellevue University ↗
  • Who funds COMPLETELY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds THE OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds POTTAWATTAMIE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KEVIN O'CONNOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DURHAM MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds QUALITY LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS MUSEUMS OF SCIENCE & HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds OUTLOOK ENRICHMENT ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA JOURNALISM TRUST ↗
  • Who funds KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds TABLE GRACE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds Omaha Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗

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 FoundationNE125.2× affinity61 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 · The Hawks Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · United Way of the Midlands

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 Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    42report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock 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 148 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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