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Larry and Maggie Kopsa Charitable 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.

$7k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 92% of LARRY AND MAGGIE KOPSA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$100
Median grant
7
States reached
$25k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MICHAELS$2,650
CLOISTERS ON THE PLATTE$1,740
MARY GATE OF HEAVEN$500
SPIRIT CATHOLIC RADIO NETWORK$360
EWTN$250
WOMEN'S CARE CENTER$250
WE TEACH THINK$250
DIOCESE OF LINCOLN BISHOP FUND$250
CATHOLIC SPORTS$150
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$100
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$100
RAILS TO TRAILS$100
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES$100
Individual grant recipient$100
PLATTE INSTITUTE$100
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–21, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $100 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MI
NY
CO
NE
MO
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
AL
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$115k · 37 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
45

Total granted

$115k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+106%

Still filing today

27%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300 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
ReligionEducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitInternationalAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • EW
    ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2k · revenue +75%
  • W
    WETEACHTHINK
    4× · 2021–2025 · $2k · revenue +19%
  • CS
    CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • NF
    NSCPA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • FF
    FRANCISCAN FRIARS
    one grant, 2021 · $400
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $225 · revenue +36%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Catholic Charities Foundation

Support the mission and social services programs of catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha, inc.

Religion
2
The York School

York school is an award-winning, private, coed college-prep school for grades 8-12, that develops confident and authentic leaders. we offer an academically challenging experiential program for bright, kind, and driven students in an…

Education
3
Good Shepherd Hospice Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

4
Kingdom Capital Fund

People desire to make a real difference in the world, but it's hard to know how. kingdom capital fund brings people together to use their time, talent, and treasure for a kingdom impact. we do this in two ways: 1) multiply gifts through an…

Religion
5
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

6
The Christ Lutheran Foundation

Organized for charitable, religious, and educational purposes; the foundation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for the benefit of christ lincoln church in lincoln, nebraska (a nebraska non-profit religious corporation).

7
New York Theological Seminary

New york theological seminary is a diverse and inclusive community of learning grounded in biblical witness and christian tradition, with a historic urban focus. the seminary prepares women and men for faith-based ministries in the city…

8
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
9
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
10
Wsnchs North Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
11
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

12
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope of the Poor Inc and the most unlike its peers is Ashland Area Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyChristian Missionary Organi…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Government Accountability R…Public University Foundatio…Animal Rescue and AdoptionCommunity Arts OrganizationsChristian Youth CampsCommunity Health Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 25. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number15%5%<5yr10%5%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr15%24%20–35yr17%29%35–55yr24%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value15%0%<5yr10%1%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr15%6%20–35yr17%20%35–55yr24%67%55yr+

The field is 15% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
8%
1,067/14,087

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 88 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
19/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH — $38,057 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LINCOLN — $18,001 · OtherCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LINCOLNST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH OF LINCOLN — $15,000 · OtherST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH OF LINCOLNCLOISTERS ON THE PLATTE — $10,140 · OtherCLOISTERS ON THE PLATTEST MICHAELS — $8,015 · OtherST MICHAELS+67 more — $23,117 · Other+67 moreYORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,550 · PhilanthropyASHLAND AREA FOUNDATION — $150 · PhilanthropyETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC — $1,950 · ReligionCATHOLIC SPORTS — $350 · ReligionChrist in the City — $200 · ReligionHOPE OF THE POOR INC — $150 · Religion+1 more — $50 · ReligionWETEACHTHINK — $1,700 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $600 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $225 · EducationWESSELS LIVING HISTORY FARM — $150 · EducationTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION — $1,025 · Arts & CultureFRIEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $100 · Arts & CultureTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $400 · Public BenefitLEADERSHIP LINCOLN INC — $50 · Public BenefitYORK ADOPT- A- PET — $150 · Animals
Other$112,330Philanthropy$2,700Religion$2,700Education$2,675Arts & Culture$1,125Public Benefit$450Animals$150

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,550 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC — $1,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWETEACHTHINK — $1,700 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES — $1,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION — $1,025 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC SPORTS — $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChrist in the City — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESSELS LIVING HISTORY FARM — $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND AREA FOUNDATION — $150 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYORK ADOPT- A- PET — $150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE OF THE POOR INC — $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARANATHA BIBLE CAMP INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP LINCOLN INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC
  • Who funds WETEACHTHINK
  • Who funds CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
  • Who funds THE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CATHOLIC SPORTS
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Christ in the City
  • Who funds WESSELS LIVING HISTORY FARM
  • Who funds ASHLAND AREA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds YORK ADOPT- A- PET
  • Who funds HOPE OF THE POOR INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Larry and Maggie Kopsa Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Larry and Maggie Kopsa Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Larry and Maggie Kopsa Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 88 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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