Nebraska · Community foundation
Hamilton Community Foundation Inc
The mission of the foundation is to receive, administer, and disburse funds for the charitable or educational purposes as will, in the discretion of the board of directors, make for the mental, moral, intellectual, and physical improvement, assistance and relief of the inhabitants of hamilton county, nebraska.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $678k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $19,469
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $113,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Hamilton Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $678k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $660k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $896k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $887k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $434k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $426k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $241k | 47% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $176k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Foundation Inc | $725,921 | 7 | 35% |
| Heartland United Way Inc | $420,093 | 6 | 6% |
| Hamilton Recreation Inc | $412,128 | 5 | 37% |
| Aurora Housing Development Corp | $370,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Bremer Community Center Inc | $302,260 | 3 | 21% |
| Village of Hordville | $257,408 | 4 | n/a |
| Hamilton County Historical Society | $205,500 | 8 | 22% |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | $202,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Center of Hamilton County | $144,517 | 7 | 15% |
| United Methodist Church - Aurora | $138,970 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Foundation Inc | $725,921 | 7 | 35% |
| Heartland United Way Inc | $420,093 | 6 | 6% |
| Hamilton Recreation Inc | $412,128 | 5 | 37% |
| Aurora Housing Development Corp | $370,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Bremer Community Center Inc | $302,260 | 3 | 21% |
| Village of Hordville | $257,408 | 4 | n/a |
| Hamilton County Historical Society | $205,500 | 8 | 22% |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | $202,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Center of Hamilton County | $144,517 | 7 | 15% |
| United Methodist Church - Aurora | $138,970 | 7 | n/a |
| Giltner Alumni & Community Foundation | $112,929 | 2 | n/a |
| Hastings College Foundation | $112,508 | 7 | n/a |
| Edgerton Education Foundation | $92,609 | 4 | 7% |
| Aurora Library Foundation | $91,975 | 7 | n/a |
| St Mary Catholic Church of Aurora | $65,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Phillips Cemetery Association | $56,646 | 2 | 44% |
| Hampton Public Schools Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teammates Mentoring Program | $46,636 | 5 | n/a |
| Aurora Humane Society Inc | $44,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $42,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Hamilton County | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | $37,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska State Chamber Foundation | $35,250 | 2 | 8% |
| Giltner Public Schools | $31,260 | 3 | n/a |
| Giltner Rural Fire Protection Dist | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion | $29,444 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Aurora | $27,125 | 2 | n/a |
| Prairie Plains Resource Inst | $27,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Aurora Sports Park Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hamilton Co Ministerial Assoc | $22,571 | 2 | n/a |
| Hamilton County Youth Center | $21,816 | 1 | 33% |
| Three Pillars Initiative | $21,500 | 2 | 9% |
| Phillips Community Foundation Inc | $20,543 | 1 | n/a |
| Marquette Rural Volunteer Fireresc | $17,034 | 2 | n/a |
| Hamilton County Ag Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Marquette | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Platte Peer Group | $7,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Aurora Child Care Inc | $7,440 | 1 | 1% |
| Giltner Area Development Corporatio | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aurora Dog Park Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 322 Overland Trails Council Boy Scouts of America | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church | $6,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Messiah Lutheran Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hamilton County Food Pantry Inc | $5,238 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hamilton Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Bernard K and Norma F Heuermann Foundation · Frank M & Alice M Farr Trust · Robert & Bethel Kolar Charitable Trust · Wortman Family Charitable Trust · Myrl S & Bessie Evans Mather Foundation Inc · Dr James M Woodard and Mabel Woodard Trust · Heuermann Family Charitable Trust · Saint Francis Medical Center Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Hamilton Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Hamilton Community Foundation Inc give?
- Hamilton Community Foundation Inc reported 19 itemized grants totaling $678,090, out of $1,411,321 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hamilton Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (16%), Health (15%), Education (15%).
- Who are Hamilton Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Memorial Foundation Inc ($726k), Heartland United Way Inc ($420k), Hamilton Recreation Inc ($412k).
- Does Hamilton Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hamilton Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bernard K and Norma F Heuermann Foundation, Frank M & Alice M Farr Trust, Robert & Bethel Kolar Charitable Trust.
- Where is Hamilton Community Foundation Inc based?
- Hamilton Community Foundation Inc is based in NE.
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