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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 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

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 379 grants below total $21,923,709, the rows itemized in this filing. The $23,759,618 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,835,909 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized 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
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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 its 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
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

WA
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WI
MI
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MA
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IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
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VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +11% for those 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%
54%

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
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

  • 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
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
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Science & Tech
2
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
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
Leading Age Nebraska

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

Housing & Shelter
5
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

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6
Nebraska Vocational Agricultural Foundation

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

Youth Development
7
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. our values are (1)…

Philanthropy
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
Nebraska Votes

The organization's purpose is to ensure a fair and modern democracy in nebraska through research, education, and advocacy for policies and practices that promote participation in democracy.

Civil Rights
11
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The nebraska chamber of commerce & industry (the chamber) is a statewide business organization established to maintain and improve the economic progress and business climate of the state of nebraska. the chamber was organized to promote,…

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12
Nebraska Wesleyan University

Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Aid of Nebraska; 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.
04the grantee network

559 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. 559 of the 853 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.

49
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
152
Early backer (in before they grew)
535/559
Grantees still filing
391/559
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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
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 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 ↗

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.

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

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 Lincoln Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lincoln Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
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 853 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home