Nebraska · Public charity
Howard County Foundation Inc
The mission of the Howard County Foundation is to encourage charitable giving that promotes the prosperity of the communites of Howard County through the inspiration and generosity of donors
- $221k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $216k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Howard County Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHealthOther
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $216k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $261k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $61k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $159k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $58k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $212k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $79k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $124k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Health$377kEducation$217kArts & Culture$170kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kRecreation & Sports$89kFood & Nutrition$81kHuman Services$39kMembership Benefit$33kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard County Medical Center Foundation | $377,100 | 4 | 26% |
| St Paul EMTS | $157,671 | 4 | n/a |
| St Paul Library-Civic Center fund | $101,739 | 3 | n/a |
| St Paul School Art Program | $99,512 | 5 | n/a |
| Centura Public School | $79,910 | 5 | n/a |
| Howard County Senior Center Inc | $47,230 | 2 | n/a |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $43,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Paul Early Childhood Foundation Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Howard Co Ag Society | $26,245 | 2 | n/a |
| American Legion Post 119 | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 47 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard County Medical Center Foundation | $377,100 | 4 | 26% |
| St Paul EMTS | $157,671 | 4 | n/a |
| St Paul Library-Civic Center fund | $101,739 | 3 | n/a |
| St Paul School Art Program | $99,512 | 5 | n/a |
| Centura Public School | $79,910 | 5 | n/a |
| Howard County Senior Center Inc | $47,230 | 2 | n/a |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $43,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Paul Early Childhood Foundation Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Howard Co Ag Society | $26,245 | 2 | n/a |
| American Legion Post 119 | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rotary International | $20,000 | 2 | 31% |
| St Libory Fire | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dannevirke Lutheran Church | $14,475 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Howard Nebraska | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Community College | $13,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Doane University | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Paul Youth Sports Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Paplin Inc | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Peru State College | $6,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Dannebrog Area Booster | $5,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Legion | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Howard County Historical Society | $3,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Ck# 1143 Loup Valley 4-H Conference | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeast Community College | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa Western CC for Sam Wells | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Community College Foundation | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bryan Medical Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centura Educational Foundation | $1,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Howard Greeley Food Pantry | $1,385 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Commission | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Platte Community College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Hays State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bryan College of Health Science | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chadron State for Graci Ackles | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Creighton University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wyoming Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Drake University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Cats Youth Football Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Community College of Nebraska | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Joseph's Cosmetology College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Loup Valley 4-H | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Howard County Foundation Inc | $495 | 1 | 0% |
| Elba School | $240 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Howard County Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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 13.
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.
Tulsa Community FoundationOK13.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Tulsa Community Foundation · Educationquest Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc
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.
About Howard County Foundation Inc
- How much does Howard County Foundation Inc give?
- Howard County Foundation Inc reported 37 itemized grants totaling $216,000, out of $221,132 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Howard County Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Howard County Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Howard County Medical Center Foundation ($377k), St Paul EMTS ($158k), St Paul Library-Civic Center fund ($102k).
- Does Howard County Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Howard County Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, Educationquest Foundation Inc, National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- Where is Howard County Foundation Inc based?
- Howard County Foundation Inc is based in NE.
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