· Private foundation
McNamee-Simmons 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| KIOS Omaha Public Radio | $1,000 |
| Flat Water free Press Nebraska Journalism Trust | $1,000 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | $500 |
| Center for Great Plains Studies | $250 |
| National Willa Cather Center | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| Orphan Grain Train | $250 |
| Charity Navigator | $100 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $100 |
| Douglas County Historical Society | $100 |
| Town and Country Humane Society | $100 |
| Humane Society of Missouri | $100 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SPSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC5× · 2020–2024 · $2k · revenue +13%
- NANORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +221%
- OGORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC4× · 2021–2024 · $1k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2020 · $100 · revenue +13%
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.
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.
The nebraska humane society protects, saves and enriches the lives of animals in the communities we serve. we do this by providing a broad spectrum of services for the greater omaha area. program offerings include adoption, animal foster…
The nebraska state historical society foundation's mission is to support the preservation, interpretation and appreciation of nebraska history.
To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.
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,…
To foster the protection of agricultural, historical and natural resources on land in nebraska through education, partnering and permanent conservation.
The unf charitable gift fund was established to enable donors to make charitable donations to multiple organizations, including the university of nebraska.
Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members
Nebraska methodist hospital (commonly know as "methodist hospital") is an acute care facility dedicated to bringing high quality care for the mind, body and spirit of every person. we provide community-based health care, health education…
Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.
The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Town and Country Humane Society ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Charity Navigator ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McNamee-Simmons Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McNamee-Simmons Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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