How much does Hastings Community Foundation Inc give?

Hastings Community Foundation Inc reported 78 itemized grants totaling $2,203,164, out of $4,356,939 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Hastings Community Foundation Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Human Services (14%), Religion (13%).

Who are Hastings Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hastings College Foundation ($1.4M), The Young Men's Christian Association of Hastings Nebraska ($870k), Hastings Catholic Schools Foundation ($839k).

Does Hastings Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Hastings Community Foundation Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L Foundation, Johnson-Wissing Family Foundation Inc, The Spotts Trust Charles Hermes Trustee.

Where is Hastings Community Foundation Inc based?

Hastings Community Foundation Inc is based in NE.

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Nebraska · Community foundation

Hastings Community Foundation Inc

The hastings community foundation works to perpetuate and enrich the quality of life in hastings and the surrounding area through the prudent investment and management of philanthropic donations.

$4.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 78
Itemized grants FY2025: 64
Organizations funded FY2024: 13%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $2.2M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $12,005
Largest grant, FY2025: $323,414
Organizations funded a year: 39 to 64; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $19M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Hastings Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthHousing & ShelterOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	71	$2.1M	15%
FY2024	64	$1.8M	13%
FY2023	61	$2.2M	10%
FY2022	61	$2.5M	13%
FY2021	58	$2.0M	22%
FY2020	44	$2.1M	16%
FY2019	39	$739k	13%
FY2018	50	$1.2M	14%

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What it funded, over time

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

Education$4.2MHuman Services$1.9MReligion$1.8MArts & Culture$1.4MYouth Development$1.0MHealth$746kHousing & Shelter$605kPhilanthropy$520kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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
Hastings College Foundation	$1,420,631	9	n/a
The Young Men's Christian Association of Hastings Nebraska	$869,586	9	4%
Hastings Catholic Schools Foundation	$839,027	5	10%
Hastings Public Schools Foundation	$767,816	9	94%
Prairie Loft Center	$674,611	9	47%
Casa of South Central Nebraska	$663,089	9	25%
Doane University	$650,513	2	1%
St Cecilia Church	$625,080	9	n/a
First Presbyterian Church Foundation	$608,206	8	75%
Cleveland Museum of Art	$476,780	8	0%

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All grantees of Hastings Community Foundation Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Hastings College Foundation	$1,420,631	9	n/a
The Young Men's Christian Association of Hastings Nebraska	$869,586	9	4%
Hastings Catholic Schools Foundation	$839,027	5	10%
Hastings Public Schools Foundation	$767,816	9	94%
Prairie Loft Center	$674,611	9	47%
Casa of South Central Nebraska	$663,089	9	25%
Doane University	$650,513	2	1%
St Cecilia Church	$625,080	9	n/a
First Presbyterian Church Foundation	$608,206	8	75%
Cleveland Museum of Art	$476,780	8	0%
Hastings Museum Foundation Inc	$423,039	9	57%
Central Community College Foundation Inc	$394,808	9	2%
First United Methodist Church	$361,442	8	n/a
Crossroads Center Inc	$294,714	9	2%
Hastings Public Library	$279,726	9	n/a
United Way of South Central Nebraska Inc	$247,451	9	4%
Mary Lanning Healthcare Foundation	$240,205	9	4%
Start Over Rover	$240,201	8	14%
Catholic Social Services	$240,014	8	1%
Hastings Symphony Orchestra	$238,459	9	44%
University of Nebraska Foundation	$211,250	6	0%
Hastings Catholic Schools Trust	$204,418	4	85%
Revive Inc	$202,732	8	12%
The Listening Room Inc Dba - the Lark & the Listening Room	$194,999	7	36%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc	$182,275	4	0%
The Salvation Army	$179,099	5	n/a
Roseland Community Club Inc	$176,071	7	n/a
Young Womens Christian Association	$171,232	8	5%
Hastings Animal Shelter Association Inc Dba Heartland Pet Connection	$167,460	8	18%
Platte Valley Area Youth for Christ	$154,033	8	13%
Hastings Area Habitat for Humanity	$146,097	5	22%
Wellspring Pregnancy Health Center Inc	$142,822	8	19%
Hearts & Hands Against Hunger of Hastings	$142,185	9	36%
Teammates Mentoring Program	$138,906	4	2%
Second Presbyterian Church	$134,117	9	n/a
First Presbyterian Church	$133,440	1	n/a
Fillmore County Hospital Foundation	$100,000	1	10%
Team American Freedom Corp	$100,000	2	14%
The Musical Arts Association	$100,000	8	0%
Hastings Food Pantry Inc	$93,262	7	47%
The Salvation Army	$93,001	4	n/a
Hastings Scottish Rite Foundation	$89,948	9	23%
Hastings Community Theatre Inc	$83,536	5	13%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$82,772	6	0%
Mentoring Works	$82,730	9	13%
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society	$71,700	9	0%
Grace United Methodist Church	$70,240	5	n/a
Hastings College	$67,568	8	0%
Catholic Bishop of Lincoln Inc	$60,000	2	n/a
Childrens Museum of Central Nebraska	$59,885	6	16%
Hastings Literacy Program Inc	$55,171	7	10%
Head Start Child & Family Development Pr	$54,957	4	0%
Kenesaw Community Development Corporation	$53,741	3	10%
Spouse Abusesexual Assault Crisis Center	$53,302	5	3%
St Pauls Community Church	$50,000	5	n/a
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc	$50,000	5	0%
Our Place After School Care Inc	$48,324	5	24%
Senior Action Inc	$47,452	5	2%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes	$41,925	5	0%
Adams Central Schools Foundation	$41,718	2	4%
Special Scoops	$41,380	3	n/a
Hastings Museum	$40,003	3	1%
Teammates Foundation	$40,000	4	7%
Fractured Atlas Inc	$38,000	3	0%
Teammates Mentoring Program	$36,635	5	n/a
Faith Lutheran Church	$32,000	4	n/a
Open Table	$31,157	3	n/a
South Central Behavioral Services	$30,000	3	0%
Our Little Angels Inc	$26,236	3	27%
Brookss Bookshelf Inc	$25,605	4	n/a
Nebraska Wesleyan University	$25,300	1	0%
St Christophers Catholic Church	$25,000	1	n/a
The Bridge Inc	$22,775	4	0%
Christian Heritage Children's Home	$22,000	3	0%
Child Development Council of Adams County	$21,423	3	1%
Nebraska 4-H Foundation	$21,200	2	2%
Lutheran Church of the Good Shephard	$21,025	3	n/a
Hastings Library Foundation	$20,011	3	8%
St Marks Pro Cathedral	$19,573	3	n/a
Royal Family Kids Camp	$18,107	2	n/a
Kenesaw United Child Care Coalition Inc	$18,025	3	1%
First Baptist Church	$16,207	1	n/a
Zion Classical Academy	$15,956	2	n/a
First St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church	$15,886	1	n/a
Case Western Reserve University	$15,000	3	0%
Ideastream	$15,000	3	0%
Blue Valley Cemetery Association	$14,167	1	n/a
Quilts of Valor Foundation	$13,061	2	0%
Immanuel Lutheran Church	$12,500	2	n/a
Special Childrens Fund Inc	$11,514	2	n/a
Family Advocacy Network	$10,512	1	2%
Kiwanis Club of Hastings Foundation	$10,436	1	n/a
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation	$10,000	2	0%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy	$10,000	1	0%
Wills Eye Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Hastings Community Arts Council Inc	$9,047	1	n/a
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Roseland	$9,000	1	n/a
Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc	$8,800	1	0%
St Paul Episcopal Church	$8,500	1	n/a
The Evangelical Free Church of Stromsburg Nebraska	$7,701	1	n/a
Kenesaw Heritage Museum	$6,490	1	n/a
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	$6,000	1	n/a
Mount Michael Benedictine School	$6,000	1	n/a
The Willa Cather Foundation	$5,950	1	0%
Silver Lake Public Schools Foundation Inc	$5,808	1	n/a
Nuckolls County Historical Society	$5,496	1	n/a
Hastings Community Music Academy	$5,464	1	n/a
Adams County Historical Society	$5,432	1	n/a
Midland Area Agency on Aging	$5,267	1	0%
St Michael Catholic Church of Hastings	$5,250	1	n/a
Combined Health Agencies Drive	$5,000	1	0%
Sea Turtle Preservation Society Inc	$5,000	1	2%

Hastings Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 72.

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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.

LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L FoundationNE44.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L Foundation · Johnson-Wissing Family Foundation Inc · The Spotts Trust Charles Hermes Trustee · United Way of South Central Nebraska Inc · Sunnyside Inc · Snow Redfern Memorial Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Hirschfeld Family Foundation Inc · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Kitty M Perkins Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · The Graff Charitable Foundation Inc Co P Mark Graff

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.

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About Hastings Community Foundation Inc

How much does Hastings Community Foundation Inc give?: Hastings Community Foundation Inc reported 78 itemized grants totaling $2,203,164, out of $4,356,939 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hastings Community Foundation Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Human Services (14%), Religion (13%).
Who are Hastings Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hastings College Foundation ($1.4M), The Young Men's Christian Association of Hastings Nebraska ($870k), Hastings Catholic Schools Foundation ($839k).
Does Hastings Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hastings Community Foundation Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include LeRoy Thom Jean Thom and T-L Foundation, Johnson-Wissing Family Foundation Inc, The Spotts Trust Charles Hermes Trustee.
Where is Hastings Community Foundation Inc based?: Hastings Community Foundation Inc is based in NE.