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Kenneth (Kim) & Karen Hawkins Foundation at a glance

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Kenneth (Kim) & Karen Hawkins Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$718k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$158k
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.

Youth Development$1.8MReligion$1.3MEducation$536kAnimals$241kArts & Culture$237kPhilanthropy$184kHealth$113kRecreation & Sports$61kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $173k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $517k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$441k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB MIDLANDS$158,250
MORNING STAR LUTHERAN CHURCH$126,907
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$113,500
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM$68,500
BROWNELL TALBOT SCHOOL$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION (UNMC)$34,738
WESTSIDE FOUNDATION$27,000
UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS$25,000
CHILDREN'S NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$19,700
OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE$15,500
THE DURHAM MUSEUM$11,000
COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY$10,000
JESUIT ACADEMY$10,000
LAURITZEN GARDENS$10,000
TEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $8k) 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%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $500 → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $250 → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $100 → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $100 → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $700 → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $350 → 12%CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY: $300 → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $250 → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $250 → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES: $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

MN
NV
NE
MO
KS
GA
TX
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 38 repeat orgs$141k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
55

Total granted

$4.4M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+29%

Still filing today

55%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHousing & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $246k · revenue +67%
  • JA
    JOSLYN ART MUSEUM
    7× · 2019–2025 · $125k · revenue +174%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $123k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE ROSE THEATRE
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • T
    TEAMMATES
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Children's Physicians

Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.

Health
2
Omaha Sports Commission

The mission of the omaha sports commission is to foster a positive socio-economic impact on and a heightened awareness and image of omaha by attracting, hosting, & supporting amateur sporting events.

Recreation & Sports
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
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
5
Nebraska Organ Recovery System

We transform lives through organ and tissue donation.

Health
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
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
8
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
9
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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10
Jefferson Community Health Center Inc

Inspiring healthy living by providing exceptional health and life services for every person, every time.

Health
11
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc; the most unlike its peers is Learning for All. 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

50 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. 50 of the 104 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/50
Grantees still filing
31/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boys and Girls Club Midlands: $1,835,484 · OtherBoys and Girls Club MidlandsMORNING STAR LUTHERAN CHURCH: $1,276,699 · OtherMORNING STAR LUTHERAN CHURCH+70 more: $500,003 · Other+70 moreCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $246,000 · EducationCOLLEGE O…UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $123,250 · EducationUNIVERSIT…+4 more: $6,500 · EducationOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION: $240,345 · AnimalsJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $124,500 · Arts & CultureTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $19,000 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN CASTLE TRUST INC: $6,545 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,600 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $78,080 · PhilanthropyOmaha Community Foundation: $10,550 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA CULTURAL ENDOWMENT: $6,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $44,950 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $23,600 · HealthTHE SIMON KEITH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Health+10 more: $11,900 · HealthOMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $15,500 · Community ImprovementJUNIOR LEAGUE OF OMAHA INC: $11,456 · Community Improvement
Other$3,612,186Education$375,750Animals$240,345Arts & Culture$151,645Philanthropy$105,330Health$85,450Community Improvement$26,956

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 budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $246,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION: $240,345 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $124,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $123,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOL: $110,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $78,080 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $44,950 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $23,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $19,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $15,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF OMAHA INC: $11,456 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetOmaha Community Foundation: $10,550 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $6,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOSLYN CASTLE TRUST INC: $6,545 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNEBRASKA CULTURAL ENDOWMENT: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEARNING FOR ALL: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERRYMAKERS ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSPASTIC PARAPLEGIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRELEASE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAITH PARTNERS: $2,500 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLILY HAVEN: $2,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA GOLF FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCreighton University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTLOOK-NEBRASKA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTAKE FLIGHT FARMS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF OMAHA NEBRASKA: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM JACK FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERING TREE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $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 COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE DURHAM MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds Omaha Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN CASTLE TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA CULTURAL ENDOWMENT ↗
  • Who funds HEART MINISTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE SIMON KEITH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING FOR ALL ↗

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 Lozier FoundationThe Charles and Mary …The Sherwood Foundati…The Hawks FoundationRobert B Daugherty Fo…Weitz Family Foundati…Gilbert M and Martha …Suzanne & Walter Scot…Dr C C and Mabel L Cr…Amy L Scott Family Fo…Dixon Family Foundati…The Holland Foundation
The Lozier FoundationNE50.1× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Dr C C and Mabel L Criss Memorial · Amy L Scott Family Foundation · Dixon Family Foundation · The Holland 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 Kenneth (Kim) & Karen Hawkins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenneth (Kim) & Karen Hawkins 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 104 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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