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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 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.

Religion$87kHuman Services$18kEducation$3kArts & Culture$3kPhilanthropy$3kYouth Development$2kMembership Benefit$2kHealth$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$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
WE TEACH THINK$250
DIOCESE OF LINCOLN BISHOP FUND$250
WOMEN'S CARE CENTER$250
EWTN$250
CATHOLIC SPORTS$150
SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION$100
RAILS TO TRAILS$100
Individual grant recipient$100
PLATTE INSTITUTE$100
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES$100
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$100
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 (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. Its 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
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

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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%
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
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).

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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…

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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.

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope of the Poor Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

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

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 2025, 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
19/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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 budgetASHLAND AREA FOUNDATION: $150 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWESSELS LIVING HISTORY FARM: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE OF THE POOR INC: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYORK ADOPT- A- PET: $150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARANATHA BIBLE CAMP INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP LINCOLN INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $50 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 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 ASHLAND AREA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESSELS LIVING HISTORY FARM ↗
  • Who funds HOPE OF THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds YORK ADOPT- A- PET ↗

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.

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

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 Larry and Maggie Kopsa Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Larry and Maggie Kopsa Charitable Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% 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, 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.
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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 88 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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