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Lincoln Community Foundation Inc

Inspiring our community to give, act and lead.

$24M
Granted FY2024still arriving
379
Grants FY2024still arriving
28
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$34MReligion$20MHuman Services$14MHealth$11MArts & Culture$10MRecreation & Sports$7.4MHousing & Shelter$6.8MYouth Development$5.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 379 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 379 grants below total $21,923,709 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $23,759,618 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,835,909 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k69 grants · $484k
  • $10k–50k211 grants · $4.7M
  • $50k–250k87 grants · $9.7M
  • $250k+12 grants · $7.0M
$23,420
Median grant
28
States reached
$251M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Nebraska Foundation$1,585,362
The 1890 Foundation$1,000,000
St Joseph Catholic Church (Lincoln NE)$867,056
Food Bank of Lincoln$597,186
Sandhills Global Lincoln Youth Complex$551,675
Madonna Foundation$453,111
Center for People$416,971
CEDARS$373,878
Lincoln Parks Foundation$330,108
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach$314,001
University of Nebraska$279,800
South of Downtown Community Development$250,000
Wachiska Audubon Society$242,845
First Plymouth Congregational Church$242,048
People's City Mission$234,742
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $5.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Stanton County Veterans Memorial Park: $40k → 8%Hope 4 Liberia Inc: $115k → 13%American Red Cross of Southeast Nebraska: $40k → 12%THE SALVATION ARMY: $58k → 14%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $54k → 12%MATTERS ON TOMORROW: $46k → 13%MATTERS ON TOMORROW: $34k → 13%YWCA OF LINCOLN: $169k → 13%YWCA OF LINCOLN: $148k → 13%YWCA OF LINCOLN: $97k → 13%YWCA OF LINCOLN: $263k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $108k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $88k → 13%YMCA of Lincoln: $81k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $61k → 13%Family Service Lincoln: $117k → 13%EL CENTRO DE LAS AMERICAS: $102k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $95k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $84k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $82k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $65k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $60k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $53k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE LINCOLN: $48k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $42k → 13%CENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $37k → 13%Cultural Centers of Lincoln: $100k → 13%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $65k → 13%THE CHILDREN'S PLACE: $59k → 13%Good Neighbor Community Center: $53k → 13%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $37k → 13%CEDARS: $374k → 13%CEDARS: $270k → 13%CEDARS: $181k → 13%CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $62k → 13%CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $54k → 13%I've Got A Name - End Sex Trafficking: $53k → 13%I'VE GOT A NAME: $47k → 13%I'VE GOT A NAME: $42k → 13%CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $38k → 13%I'VE GOT A NAME: $36k → 13%Lighthouse: $180k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $124k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $88k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $75k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $56k → 13%Foster Care Closet of Nebraska: $40k → 13%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRASKA: $34k → 13%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

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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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$122M · 506 repeat orgs$7.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

506 repeat relationships — 306 still active in FY2024, 200 since wound down; 55 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

506
270

Total granted

$122M
$4.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+11%

Still filing today

65%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther

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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $15M · revenue +70%
  • NW
    NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +21%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • PM
    PCM MEDICAL CLINICgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $208k · revenue +340%
  • CO
    CITY OF LINCOLN - OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
    one grant, 2018 · $130k
  • CB
    CATHOLIC BISHOP OF LINCOLN INC
    one grant, 2019 · $125k

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
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
2
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Science & Tech
3
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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4
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

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5
Nebraska Vocational Agricultural Foundation

Nonprofit corporation which provides leadership development and enhancement through educational programs and opportunities for community involvement.

Youth Development
6
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation

To promote, facilitate and develop or co-develop affordable housing in lincoln county, nebraska.

Philanthropy
7
Leading Age Nebraska

The organization's mission is to expand the world of possibilities for aging through advocacy, collaboration, and education.

Housing & Shelter
8
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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9
Nebraska State Education Association

The mission of the nebraska state education association is to advocate for all education professionals, emplowering them to provide an excellent public education for every student.

Employment
10
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Community development in lincoln, ne

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11
Aclu Nebraska

For over 50 years in nebraska, the aclu has worked in courts, legislatures, and communities to protect the constitutional and individual rights of all people. with a nationwide network of offices and millions of members and supporters,…

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12
Nebraska State Afl-Cio

Labor relations

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nebraska Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Susan Laflesche Picotte Center. 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity Food PantriesFood Banks and PantriesLocal History MuseumsElementary Literacy TutoringAffordable Housing Construc…Community FoundationsSchool District FoundationsEnvironmental Conservation …Independent K-12 SchoolsVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Lgbtq+ Community SupportCommunity Arts CentersMilitary Veterans SupportYouth Mentoring ProgramsAddiction Recovery ServicesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Domestic Violence ServicesJewish Community Organizati…Animal Rescue and ShelterEquine Therapy ProgramsCancer Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsAffordable Housing Developm…Immigrant Worker SupportYouth Development ServicesSenior Support ServicesYmca Youth DevelopmentYouth Development CentersPolicy Research and AdvocacyLocal Food System Organizat…Pregnancy Support ServicesChristian Youth CampsChristian Missionary Organi…Community College Foundatio…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Health Access Advocacy and …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
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 36 years old; the field is 25. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number15%3%<5yr10%8%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr15%19%20–35yr17%24%35–55yr24%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value15%1%<5yr10%5%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr15%23%20–35yr17%28%35–55yr24%34%55yr+

The field is 15% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%12/764
the rest of the field
8%
1,057/13,348

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

559 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 559 of the 853 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.

49
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
151
Early backer (in before they grew)
534/559
Grantees still filing
387/559
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA — $3,728,264 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKATHE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN NEBRASKA — $1,795,387 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH OF LINCOLN — $1,778,817 · OtherFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC — $2,998,750 · OtherFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC+104 more — $41,006,933 · Other+104 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $15,223,228 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA F…NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY — $3,546,542 · EducationNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVER…LINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL — $978,989 · Education+15 more — $4,672,663 · Education+15 moreMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH — $1,511,792 · Human ServicesMATT TALB…THE CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION — $1,473,668 · Human ServicesTHE CEDAR…FRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC — $1,146,798 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHI…YWCA OF LINCOLN — $714,041 · Human ServicesYWCA OF L…LIGHTHOUSE — $640,150 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUS…YMCA OF LINCOLN — $620,336 · Human ServicesYMCA OF L…FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN — $499,853 · Human ServicesFAMILY SE…GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $312,270 · Human Services+13 more — $2,401,270 · Human Services+13 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $1,578,780 · HealthBryan Foundation — $1,469,945 · HealthCLINIC WITH A HEART INC — $891,691 · HealthThe Tabitha Foundation Inc — $709,434 · HealthCENTERPOINTE INC — $670,947 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $468,408 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC — $440,800 · HealthHOPESPOKE — $403,042 · HealthPREGNANCY CENTER INC — $395,204 · Health+7 more — $1,517,640 · HealthTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION — $1,936,670 · PhilanthropyUNF CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $1,574,200 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF LINCOLN AND LANCASTER COUNTY — $1,073,791 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $963,710 · PhilanthropyEASTMONT TOWERS FOUNDATION — $400,339 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $295,556 · Philanthropy+4 more — $699,395 · PhilanthropyTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $840,415 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $702,621 · Arts & CultureCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC — $623,728 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA ART ASSOCIATION — $448,794 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF LIED LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS- NEBRASKA — $419,671 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA HOUSING RESOURCE — $383,333 · Arts & CultureMOURNING HOPE — $382,902 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE — $370,345 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION — $319,883 · Arts & CultureLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $295,763 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $290,937 · Arts & CultureSUNRISE COMMUNICATIONS INC — $288,239 · Arts & CultureASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER — $272,373 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE ART FOR KIDS — $229,783 · Arts & Culture+5 more — $819,935 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED — $2,010,669 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $851,625 · Community ImprovementCITY IMPACT — $731,923 · Community ImprovementGREATER LINCOLN CHAMBER FOUNDATION — $291,833 · Community ImprovementFoundry Community Foundation — $285,529 · Community ImprovementLINCOLN BIKE KITCHEN — $241,852 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES — $200,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $146,638 · Community Improvement
Other$51,308,151Education$24,421,422Human Services$9,320,178Health$8,545,891Philanthropy$6,943,661Arts & Culture$6,688,722Community Improvement$4,760,069

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $15,223,228 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY — $3,546,542 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC — $2,998,750 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED — $2,010,669 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION — $1,936,670 over 8y, 18% of budgetPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION — $1,704,161 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $1,578,780 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNF CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $1,574,200 over 7y, 69% of budgetSOUTH OF DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION — $1,526,910 over 8y, 62% of budgetMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH — $1,511,792 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetTHE CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION — $1,473,668 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetBryan Foundation — $1,469,945 over 8y, 11% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO — $1,412,345 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetLINCOLN PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION — $1,179,153 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC — $1,146,798 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LINCOLN AND LANCASTER COUNTY — $1,073,791 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetThe 1890 Foundation — $1,000,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetLINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL — $978,989 over 8y, 18% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER — $975,308 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $963,710 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetCLINIC WITH A HEART INC — $891,691 over 8y, 24% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES — $879,440 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $851,625 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $840,415 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetCAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY — $838,007 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES — $797,307 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetSOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $768,867 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetLUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $764,344 over 8y, 11% of budgetCITY IMPACT — $731,923 over 8y, 13% of budgetYWCA OF LINCOLN — $714,041 over 6y, 100% of budgetThe Tabitha Foundation Inc — $709,434 over 8y, 9.6% of budgetLINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $702,621 over 8y, 11% of budgetNEIGHBORHOODS INC — $682,963 over 8y, 13% of budgetABENDMUSIK AT FIRST-PLYMOUTH INC — $673,864 over 8y, 63% of budgetCENTERPOINTE INC — $670,947 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE — $640,150 over 7y, 15% of budgetCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC — $623,728 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetLINCOLN YOUTH COMPLEX — $622,687 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetYMCA OF LINCOLN — $620,336 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER — $556,079 over 7y, 24% of budgetSOUTHEAST NEBRASKA YOUTH FOR CHRIST — $551,804 over 8y, 12% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN — $499,853 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUNION COLLEGE — $495,997 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST — $487,555 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $468,408 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetRABBLE MILL — $460,097 over 8y, 13% of budgetSEWARD COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP — $455,528 over 8y, 36% of budgetNEBRASKA ART ASSOCIATION — $448,794 over 8y, 24% 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 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED ↗
  • Who funds THE MADONNA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S CITY MISSION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds UNF CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds THE CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bryan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LINCOLN AND LANCASTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds The 1890 Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLINIC WITH A HEART INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF LINCOLN ↗
  • Who funds The Tabitha Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

Cooper FoundationAbel FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…United Way of Lincoln…Acklie Charitable Fou…D F Dillon FoundationAssurity Life Foundat…Spreetail FoundationBettenhausen Family F…Duncan Family TrustNebraska Community Fo…The Lozier Foundation
Cooper FoundationNE174.8× affinity96 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cooper Foundation · Abel Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County · Acklie Charitable Foundation · D F Dillon Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Spreetail Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Lozier 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 Lincoln Community Foundation Inc 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
1get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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.

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 853 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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