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Moeller Charitable Trust at a glance

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Moeller Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$196k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$240kHuman Services$222kHousing & Shelter$199kHealth$140kYouth Development$132kArts & Culture$90kCommunity Improvement$67kAnimals$65kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLYDE MALONE COMMUNITY CENTER$25,000
FRESH START HOME$21,000
TABITHA FOUNDATION$20,000
HEARTLAND CANCER FOUNDATION$15,000
LINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$15,000
FAMILY SERVICE LINCOLN$10,000
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION FOR FAM$10,000
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP$10,000
FOOD FORT$10,000
FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN$10,000
MILKWORKS$10,000
WHITE CANE FOUNDATION$10,000
EDUCARE OF LINCOLN$10,000
NEBRASKA LUTHERAN OUTDOOR MIN$10,000
BRAVEBE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $10k → 13%MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $10k → 13%MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $10k → 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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 18 repeat orgs$216k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
10

Total granted

$1.2M
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
0%

Still filing today

78%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +25%
  • LC
    LINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    6× · 2019–2025 · $90k · revenue +25%
  • LC
    LINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO
    5× · 2018–2024 · $65k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • OY
    OMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +10%
  • WC
    WILLARD COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $27k · revenue -1%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation

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

Philanthropy
2
Lincoln Central Neighborhood Family Center

To provide programs for the residents in the lincoln/central school area.

Community Improvement
3
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
4
Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries Inc

To empower people with special needs to become self-sufficient through the power of work.

Employment
5
Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service Inc

Providing advanced life service level support for nine local communities in lincoln county including damariscotta, newcastle, bremen, bristol, south bristol, nobleboro, jefferson and edgecomb

Health
6
Food Bank of Lincoln Foundation

The foundation is dedicated to the development and implementation of the food bank, an organization exempt under code section 501(c)(3).

Food & Nutrition
7
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
8
Lincoln Total Community Action Inc

Early childhood development.

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9
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Community development in lincoln, ne

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10
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
11
Lincoln County Community Health Center Northwest Community Health Center

Building strong communities through access to quality affordable patient centered healthcare to the medically underserved population of Lincoln County, Montana in accordance with requirements set forth in 42 U.S.C. 254C(C)(3)(G).

Health
12
Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership

Encap provides high-impact programs to help people get ahead.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friendship Home of Lincoln Inc; the most unlike its peers is Down Syndrome Association for Families. 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

26 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. 26 of the 35 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
13/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRESH START INC: $110,000 · OtherFRESH START INCCEDARS: $75,000 · OtherCEDARSCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $67,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIPTabitha Inc: $60,000 · OtherTabitha IncIndividual grant recipient: $55,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $30,000 · OtherWILLARD COMMUNITY CENTER: $26,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 · OtherLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $40,000 · OtherLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTEROMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $30,000 · Other+8 more: $92,500 · Other+8 moreFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $225,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF LINCO…CITY IMPACT: $70,000 · Community ImprovementCITY IMPACTCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $70,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR …LINCOLN BIKE KITCHEN: $5,000 · Community ImprovementThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $60,000 · HealthThe Tabitha…MILKWORKS INC: $28,500 · HealthMILKWORKS I…HEARTLAND CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthHEARTLAND C…DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION FOR FAMILIES: $10,000 · HealthDOWN SYNDRO…ANGELS AMONG US: $6,000 · HealthCLINIC WITH A HEART INC: $5,800 · HealthBryan Foundation: $5,000 · HealthFRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC: $63,368 · Human ServicesMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $30,000 · Human ServicesGOOD LIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $5,000 · Human ServicesLINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $90,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $65,000 · Animals
Other$636,000Food & Nutrition$225,000Community Improvement$145,000Health$140,300Human Services$98,368Arts & Culture$90,000Animals$65,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $225,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFRESH START INC: $110,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $90,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetCITY IMPACT: $70,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $70,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $65,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC: $63,368 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTabitha Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMILKWORKS INC: $28,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWILLARD COMMUNITY CENTER: $26,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHEARTLAND CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFITTING FUTURES: $20,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetEDUCARE OF LINCOLN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANGELS AMONG US: $6,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCLINIC WITH A HEART INC: $5,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLINCOLN BIKE KITCHEN: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBryan Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD LIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetBRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Lincoln Community Fou…Abel FoundationD F Dillon FoundationCooper FoundationRogers FoundationSpreetail FoundationBettenhausen Family F…Lienemann Charitable …Olsson Family Foundat…The Hampton Family Fo…Jc & Jessie Seacrest …Assurity Life Foundat…
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE50.1× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Abel Foundation · D F Dillon Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Spreetail Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Lienemann Charitable Foundation Inc · Olsson Family Foundation · The Hampton Family Foundation · Jc & Jessie Seacrest Family Fndtn First Nebraska Trust Co Trustee · Assurity Life 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 Moeller Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Moeller Charitable Trust. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 35 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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