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Hawkins Charitable Trust at a glance

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Hawkins Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$424k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$968kPhilanthropy$333kYouth Development$283kRecreation & Sports$272kCommunity Improvement$217kCrime & Legal$163kHealth$161kEnvironment$139kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $222k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $165k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bellevue University$105,000
Westside Foundation$60,000
United Way of the Midlands$32,097
Nebraska Greats Foundation$25,000
University of Nebraska Foundation$25,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Midlands$25,000
Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation$25,000
Seal Family Foundation$20,000
PACE$20,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation$20,000
Keep Omaha Beautiful$20,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
College World Series of Omaha Inc$7,500
Omaha Sports Commission$5,000
Platte Institute for Economic Research$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $2k) 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%Urban League of Nebraska: $2k → 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 36 repeat orgs$311k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
28

Total granted

$2.5M
$249k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

64%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k 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
EducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHealthReligionOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $549k · revenue +70%
  • BU
    Bellevue University
    5× · 2017–2025 · $300k · revenue +98%
  • GO
    GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $175k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Nebraska Foundation Athletic Facilities
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • T1
    The 1890 Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue -100%
  • DU
    DOANE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue -4%
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
Nebraska Realtors Association

Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members

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2
Council of Independent Nebraska Colleges Foundation

The council of indepependent nebraska colleges foundation exists to provide operating funds and scholarship support for students attending nebraska's independent institutions of excellence.

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3
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
4
The Nebraska Land Trust Inc

To foster the protection of agricultural, historical and natural resources on land in nebraska through education, partnering and permanent conservation.

Environment
5
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
6
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
7
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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8
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.

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9
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

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10
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
11
Nebraska Golf Association

The objective of the nebraska golf association is to foster, promote, and advance the interest and the true spirit of amateur golf throughout the state of nebraska, to lend its cooperation and assistance to the united states golf…

Recreation & Sports
12
Unf Charitable Gift Fund

The unf charitable gift fund was established to enable donors to make charitable donations to multiple organizations, including the university of nebraska.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Nebraska Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hastings College. 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

37 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. 37 of the 72 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
21/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $175,000 · OtherGREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATIONJUVENILE JUSTIC ASSOCIATION: $163,000 · OtherJUVENILE JUSTIC ASSOCIATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MIDLANDS: $160,150 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MIDLANDSWestside Foundation: $125,950 · OtherWestside FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $120,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNITED WAY OF MIDLANDS: $110,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF MIDLANDSUniversity of Nebraska Foundation Athletic Facilities: $100,000 · OtherUniversity of Nebraska Foundation Athletic FacilitiesPACE: $70,000 · OtherCOLLEGE WORLD SERIES OF OMAHA INC: $61,265 · OtherSt Columbkille Catholic Church: $60,000 · OtherThe 1890 Foundation: $50,000 · Other+43 more: $247,040 · Other+43 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $548,666 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONBellevue University: $299,999 · EducationBellevue University+4 more: $69,900 · Education+4 moreAUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $150,000 · PhilanthropyAUTISM ACT…UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $94,797 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…THE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $350 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $113,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EnvironmentKEEP OMAHA BEAUTIFUL INC: $29,000 · Environment+1 more: $2,500 · EnvironmentPolice Athletics for Community Engagement: $25,500 · Recreation & SportsOMAHA SPORTS COMMISSION: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,442,405Education$918,565Philanthropy$255,147Youth Development$113,000Environment$101,500Recreation & Sports$33,000Public Benefit$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $548,666 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBellevue University: $299,999 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetAUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $150,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $113,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $94,797 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCOLLEGE WORLD SERIES OF OMAHA INC: $61,265 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe 1890 Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDOANE UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHASTINGS COLLEGE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $29,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP OMAHA BEAUTIFUL INC: $29,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPolice Athletics for Community Engagement: $25,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNEBRASKA GREATS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TRI-FAITH INITIATIVE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $9,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA SPORTS COMMISSION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 326 MID-AMERICA COUNCIL: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLATTE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKEVIN O'CONNOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $3,200 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCity of Omaha Police Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMON FUND OF THE HEARTLAND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARBOR HOUSE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREMONT AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bellevue University ↗
  • Who funds GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE WORLD SERIES OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds The 1890 Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds DOANE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HASTINGS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds KEEP OMAHA BEAUTIFUL INC ↗
  • Who funds Police Athletics for Community Engagement ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA GREATS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRI-FAITH INITIATIVE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds THE MADONNA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA SPORTS COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 326 MID-AMERICA COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds PLATTE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC ↗

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.

Robert B Daugherty Fo…The Lozier FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…Peter Kiewit Foundati…The Charles and Mary …Suzanne & Walter Scot…Jewish Federation of …The Hawks FoundationDr C C and Mabel L Cr…Nebraska Community Fo…Woodmen of the World …Seline Family Foundat…
Robert B Daugherty FoundationNE32.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Dr C C and Mabel L Criss Memorial · Nebraska Community Foundation · Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society · Seline Family 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 Hawkins Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hawkins Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 72 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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