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Growing Good Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$3k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$127kReligion$30kFood & Nutrition$12kHuman Services$11kEducation$10kHousing & Shelter$8kYouth Development$7kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$742k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THICH NHAT HANH FOUNDATION$3,000
WISDOM HOUSE COLLABORATIVE$2,000
MORNING SUN MINDFULNESS CENTER$1,000
SANTA MONICA INC$1,000
METRO OMAHA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION$1,000
NEBRASKA CANCER COALITION$1,000
OMAHA COMMUNITY OF MINDFUL LIVING HONEY LOCUST SANGHA$1,000
NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION$500
12 STEP HOUSE INC$500
AVENUE SCHOLARS$500
DR SUSAN LA FLESCHE PICOTTE CENTER$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $1k → 6%FREEDOM HUNTERS: $500 → 6%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $500 → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $500 → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $500 → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $250 → 6%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $500 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $500 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $500 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $500 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $500 → 12%PROJECT HOPE: $500 → 12%PROJECT HOPE INC: $250 → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $250 → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $250 → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $500 → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $500 → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $250 → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $250 → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA: $250 → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC: $250 → 12%MINDFULNESS OUTREACH INITIATIVE INC: $500 → 12%MINDFULNESS OUTREACH INITIATIVE INC: $500 → 12%MINDFULNESS OUTREACH INITIATIVE INC: $500 → 12%MINDFULNESS OUTREACH INITIATIVE INC: $250 → 12%NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $250 → 12%MINDFULNESS OUTREACH INITIATIVE INC: $250 → 12%NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $250 → 12%COMMUNITY BICYCLE SHOP OF OMAHA: $250 → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $250 → 12%COMMUNITY BICYCLE SHOP OF OMAHA: $250 → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $500 → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $500 → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $250 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
WI
NY
IA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
VA
GA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$211k · 54 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

54 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 44 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
22

Total granted

$211k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+41%

Still filing today

80%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • NC
    NEBRASKA CANCER COALITION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $48k · revenue +85%
  • SM
    SANTA MONICA INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +138%
  • NM
    NEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $5k · revenue +293%

Funded once

  • BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $750 · revenue +169%
  • BH
    Beacon House
    one grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue -99%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +16%
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
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
3
Nebraska Methodist Hospital

Nebraska methodist hospital (commonly know as "methodist hospital") is an acute care facility dedicated to bringing high quality care for the mind, body and spirit of every person. we provide community-based health care, health education…

Health
4
Nebraska Community Foundation

The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.

Philanthropy
5
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
6
Methodist Fremont Health

The mission of methodist fremont health is to improve the quality of life by caring for the body and mind. methodist fremont health supports its mission of caring for people through the provision of inpatient and outpatient hospital…

Health
7
Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc

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

Human Services
8
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
9
Physicians Clinic Inc

Methodist physicians clinic provides accessible, quality medical care through its integrated team of health professionals, including specialists in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery,…

Health
10
Nebraska Organ Recovery System

We transform lives through organ and tissue donation.

Health
11
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

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12
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Immanuel Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Freedom Hunters. 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

64 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. 64 of the 79 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)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
63/64
Grantees still filing
42/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEBRASKA CANCER COALITION: $48,000 · OtherNEBRASKA CANCER COALITIONACMS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherACMS FOUNDATIONPLUM VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF ENGAGED BUDDHISM INC: $22,000 · OtherPLUM VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF ENGAGED BUDDHISM INC+42 more: $49,750 · Other+42 moreWisdom House Collaborative: $7,500 · HealthWisdom House Col…SANTA MONICA INC: $7,000 · HealthSANTA MONICA INCNEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthNEBRASKA MEDICAL…HEALING GIFT FREE CLINIC: $4,000 · HealthHEALING GIFT FRE…AIM AT MELANOMA: $3,500 · HealthAIM AT MELANOMAALCOHOL RESOCIAL COND HELP INC: $2,500 · HealthALCOHOL RESOCIAL…+5 more: $2,000 · Health+5 moreHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $2,750 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $2,500 · Human ServicesMINDFULNESS OUTREACH INITIATIVE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $1,500 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $1,250 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOPE INC: $750 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC: $500 · Human ServicesCommunity Bicycle Shop of Omaha: $500 · Human ServicesTHE OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $500 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $500 · Human ServicesFREEDOM HUNTERS: $500 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $3,750 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPLETELY KIDS: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $500 · Youth DevelopmentHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $500 · Youth DevelopmentMETRO OMAHA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $6,500 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR FUND: $500 · PhilanthropyCUES FUND: $3,500 · ReligionMINDFUL LIVING INITIATIVE: $2,500 · ReligionFASHION ARTS COLLECTIVE CO MICHAEL SCHILKEN DVORAK LAW GROUP: $3,500 · Arts & CultureTABLE GRACE MINISTRIES: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$149,750Health$31,500Human Services$14,000Youth Development$7,250Philanthropy$7,000Religion$6,000Arts & Culture$5,500

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 budgetNEBRASKA CANCER COALITION: $48,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetWisdom House Collaborative: $7,500 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetSANTA MONICA INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO OMAHA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetNEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $4,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING GIFT FREE CLINIC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $3,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAIM AT MELANOMA: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCUES FUND: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFASHION ARTS COLLECTIVE CO MICHAEL SCHILKEN DVORAK LAW GROUP: $3,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetLAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $2,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALCOHOL RESOCIAL COND HELP INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINDFUL LIVING INITIATIVE: $2,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY SPROUTS INC: $2,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTABLE GRACE MINISTRIES: $2,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMINDFULNESS OUTREACH INITIATIVE INC: $2,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEBRASKA INC: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFILM STREAMS INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Medical Association Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeacon House: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVING GRACE PERISHABLE FOOD RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICES: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetABIDE NETWORK INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAssure Womens Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVENUE SCHOLARS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM HUNTERS: $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 NEBRASKA CANCER COALITION ↗
  • Who funds Wisdom House Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MONICA INC ↗
  • Who funds METRO OMAHA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEART MINISTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HEALING GIFT FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AIM AT MELANOMA ↗
  • Who funds CUES FUND ↗
  • Who funds FASHION ARTS COLLECTIVE CO MICHAEL SCHILKEN DVORAK LAW GROUP ↗
  • Who funds LAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds ALCOHOL RESOCIAL COND HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds MINDFUL LIVING INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds COMPLETELY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds CITY SPROUTS INC ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TABLE GRACE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds MINDFULNESS OUTREACH INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEBRASKA INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds FILM STREAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds American Medical Association Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HARMONY ↗

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 Sherwood Foundati…The Lozier FoundationMutual of Omaha Found…Robert B Daugherty Fo…United Way of the Mid…The Charles and Mary …Leland J & Dorothy H …Immanuel Community Vi…The Hawks FoundationGilbert M and Martha …Weitz Family Foundati…Suzanne & Walter Scot…
The Sherwood FoundationNE58.1× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott 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 Growing Good Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Growing Good Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    18report 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

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    How do I get to Growing Good Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Growing Good 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 79 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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