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Lori & David Scott Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to distribute funds for charitable purposes in the areas of civic, cultural, health, education and social services

$767k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.0MHuman Services$717kHealth$592kRecreation & Sports$565kPhilanthropy$478kYouth Development$280kReligion$150kSocial Science$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $726,430, the rows itemized in this filing. The $766,930 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $40,500 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $226k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$42M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
QUALITY LIVING INC$500,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MID-AMERICA COUNCIL$45,930
BROWNELL TALBOT SCHOOL$40,000
OMAHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$28,000
THE DURHAM MUSEUM$27,500
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
PLATTE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH$20,000
NEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$10,000
SHARE GOOD$10,000
OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC$10,000
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$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 (FY19–25, $715k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SHARE GOOD: $25k → 12%VILLAGE NORTHWEST UNLIMITED: $505k → 8%SHARE GOOD: $25k → 12%SHARE GOOD: $10k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $60k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $60k → 12%CRCC: $10k → 12%CHILDRENS RESPITE CARE CENTER INC: $10k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $10k → 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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 14 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$2.5M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+5%

Still filing today

93%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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
    2× · 2019–2023 · $555k · revenue +39%
  • QL
    QUALITY LIVING INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $545k · revenue +12%
  • BS
    BROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOL
    7× · 2019–2025 · $452k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • VN
    VILLAGE NORTHWEST UNLIMITED
    one grant, 2019 · $505k · revenue +8%
  • HC
    HASTINGS COLLEGE
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue -15%
  • CC
    CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2023 · $150k
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
Omaha Parks Foundation

The mission of the omaha parks foundation is to improve, promote, preserve, protect, and support omaha's parks and recreation system. we engage in initiatives that make our parks system more accessible, inclusive, and beneficial to all…

Environment
2
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
3
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
4
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

To increase business, employment, and investment in the greater omaha area.

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5
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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6
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
7
Omaha Economic Development Corporation

The mission of oedc is to implement economic development projects, housing, and community revitalization programs that create jobs, business ownership opportunities and other economic benefits for area residents.

—
8
Nebraska Community Foundation

The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.

Philanthropy
9
Nebraska Pediatric Practice Inc

Provides a means whereby the resources, expertise, and knowledge of the pediatric specialty physicians can be marshaled to develop, promote, and make available to patients from omaha, ne and the surrounding area, pediatric, academic, and…

Health
10
Stand for Schools

Stand for schools supports nebraska's public schools, working to advance policies that make them stronger while opposing policies that would weaken them.

Education
11
Children's Physicians

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

Health
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 32 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $555,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDAT…NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $296,000 · EducationNORTHWESTERN COLLEGEHASTINGS COLLEGE: $150,000 · EducationHASTINGS COLLEGEMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE…+2 more: $40,000 · EducationBROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOL: $451,690 · OtherBROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOLCHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE: $150,000 · OtherCHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH OF…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 326 MID-AMERICA COUNCIL: $133,955 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 326 …THE SALVATION ARMY: $71,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $47,500 · Other+5 more: $95,000 · Other+5 moreVILLAGE NORTHWEST UNLIMITED: $505,000 · Human ServicesVILLAGE NORTHWEST U…YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $120,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER OMA…SHARE GOOD: $60,000 · Human ServicesSHARE GOOD+2 more: $30,000 · Human ServicesQUALITY LIVING INC: $545,000 · HealthQUALITY LIVING I…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Health+1 more: $7,000 · HealthOmaha Community Foundation: $363,000 · PhilanthropyOmaha Commun…NEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $55,000 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA PHI…SHARE OMAHA: $25,000 · PhilanthropySHARE OMAHATEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $25,700 · Youth DevelopmentPartnership 4 Kids Inc: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentPLATTE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC: $100,000 · Social Science
Education$1,101,000Other$949,645Human Services$715,000Health$582,000Philanthropy$443,000Youth Development$170,700Social Science$100,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $555,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetQUALITY LIVING INC: $545,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetVILLAGE NORTHWEST UNLIMITED: $505,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBROWNELL-TALBOT SCHOOL: $451,690 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetOmaha Community Foundation: $363,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $296,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHASTINGS COLLEGE: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 326 MID-AMERICA COUNCIL: $133,955 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $120,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $110,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPLATTE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC: $100,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSHARE GOOD: $60,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $55,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $47,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JET AWARD FOUNDATION & TRUST: $30,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $25,700 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSTRATEGIC AIR COMMAND & AEROSPACE MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOMAHA EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSHARE OMAHA: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPartnership 4 Kids Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYANNEY HERITAGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCity of Omaha Police Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $7,000 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.

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.

Suzanne & Walter Scot…Robert B Daugherty Fo…The Lozier FoundationThe Charles and Mary …Peter Kiewit Foundati…The Hawks FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…Leland J & Dorothy H …Richard Brooke Founda…Walter Scott Family F…Nebraska Community Fo…Adah K Millard Charit…
Suzanne & Walter Scott FoundationNE38.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Richard Brooke Foundation · Walter Scott Family Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Adah K Millard Charitable Trust

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 Lori & David Scott Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lori & David Scott Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 32 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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