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M Eighmy Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$143k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$237kArts & Culture$126kRecreation & Sports$101kFood & Nutrition$90kScience & Tech$79kHousing & Shelter$72kHuman Services$68kCommunity Improvement$61kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $111k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Making Lemon-Aid Refuge$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
Univ Of Ne Foundation-NCTA$20,000
Homeward trail Bible Camp$15,000
Custer Co Farm Bureau Scholarship F$12,000
NE Farm Bureau Foundation$12,000
Lincoln Children's Musuem$12,000
Navigators$6,000
Christian Heritage Home$5,000
Univ of NE Foundation -Lead$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Custer Co Foundation$3,000
Sync with God$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Broken Bow Prairie Center$1,000
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 (FY19–21, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Super Kids Club Inc: $5k → 11%Super Kids Club Inc: $5k → 11%Super Kids Club Inc: $1k → 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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$890k · 26 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
14

Total granted

$890k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+13%

Still filing today

27%
7%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
EducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterArts & CultureHealthReligionOther
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
    7× · 2017–2023 · $48k · revenue +70%
  • SW
    SYNC WITH GOD
    6× · 2019–2024 · $24k · revenue +119%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $21k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CC
    CUSTER CARE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • PP
    Pleasant Point Church
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
  • CF
    Christ for the City
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Educare of Lincoln Inc

To help young children thrive socially, emotionally and academically through high-quality early childhood education, and in partnership with their families and the community.

Education
2
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

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3
Tabitha Inc

Motivated by Christian compassion, Tabitha delivers a continuum of exceptional and innovative Elder care services that promote the dignity, independence, and well-being of older adults.

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4
Lincoln Land Community College Foundation

Cultivating and stewarding charitable gifts to support lincoln land community college students, programs and services.

Philanthropy
5
Concord Mediation Center

Organized for the purpose of assisting individuals and groups in the resolution and management of conflicts, promoting public awareness and understanding of alternative dispute resolutions, providing educational materials, workshops and…

Crime & Legal
6
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
7
Labette County Medical Center

We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.

Health
8
The Nebraska Land Trust Inc

To foster the protection of agricultural, historical and natural resources on land in nebraska through education, partnering and permanent conservation.

Environment
9
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Community development in lincoln, ne

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10
Cornerstone Christian Schools

Cornerstone christian school educates children to become learners-equipped with godly character and biblical truth.

Education
11
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc

Lutheran family services of nebraska, inc.'s (lfs) mission is to express god's love for all people by providing quality human care services that build and strengthen individual, family and community life. our vision is saftey, hope and…

Human Services
12
Webster City Day Care

Child day care center

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lincoln Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Custer Care. 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

9 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. 9 of the 45 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Homeward trail Bible Camp: $92,100 · OtherHomeward trail Bible CampCuster Co Farm Bureau Scholarship F: $82,000 · OtherCuster Co Farm Bureau Scholarship FNE School of Technical Ag: $79,000 · OtherNE School of Technical AgChristian Heritage Home: $71,500 · OtherChristian Heritage HomeNE Farm Bureau Foundation: $68,900 · OtherNE Farm Bureau FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $41,000 · OtherNe Lead Program: $35,000 · OtherBroken Bow Prairie Center: $32,000 · Other+30 more: $280,500 · Other+30 moreLINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $83,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN C…UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $48,400 · EducationBLUE OAK CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $3,045 · EducationThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $26,000 · HealthSYNC WITH GOD: $24,000 · ReligionFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $21,000 · Food & NutritionSUPER KIDS CLUB INC: $11,000 · Human Services
Other$782,000Arts & Culture$83,000Education$51,445Health$26,000Religion$24,000Food & Nutrition$21,000Human Services$11,000

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 budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $83,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $48,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $26,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSYNC WITH GOD: $24,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSUPER KIDS CLUB INC: $11,000 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetBLUE OAK CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $3,045 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $2,000 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.

  • Who funds LINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Tabitha Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SYNC WITH GOD ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds SUPER KIDS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds CUSTER CARE ↗
  • Who funds BLUE OAK CHARTER SCHOOL INC ↗

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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to M Eighmy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to M Eighmy 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 45 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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