· Private foundation
Myrl S & Bessie Evans Mather Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EDGERTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| AURORA ADOPT A PET | $20,000 |
| GILTNER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| HAMILTON CO AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY | $10,900 |
| BREMER CENTER | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 1% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2026, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HRHAMILTON RECREATION INC5× · 2017–2024 · $68k · revenue +18%
- BCBREMER CENTER3× · 2024–2026 · $65k
- AHAURORA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP2× · 2021–2023 · $65k · revenue -95%
Funded once
- PPPRAIRIE PLAINS RESOURCE INSTgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +35%
- GPGILTNER PUBLIC SCHOOLSone grant, 2021 · $15k
- GRGILTNER RURAL FIRE PROTECTIONone grant, 2020 · $10k
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.
To educate the public about the history of hamilton county, indiana and to preserve historic structures in hamlton county, indiana
Improve community apprearance through purchasing vacant properties
To promote the hamilton area for economic development and business purposes.
To promote and enjoy rod and gun sporting activities
Community development and industrial recruiting
To provide detailed and coordinated guidelines to the decision making process that will shape hamilton's future growth and the development of both natural and built environments.
Maintain the area's historical data and the museum.
Performance of theatrical productions using local talent and providing educational opportunities for the community. putting the spotlight on education, inspiration, and community through the performing arts.
Improving the hartington community.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 27 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 HAMILTON RECREATION INC ↗
- Who funds AURORA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
- Who funds HAMILTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PRAIRIE PLAINS RESOURCE INST ↗
- Who funds EDGERTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GILTNER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AURORA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Hamilton Community Foundation Inc · Bernard K and Norma F Heuermann Foundation · Dr James M Woodard and Mabel Woodard Trust · Robert & Bethel Kolar Charitable Trust · Frank M & Alice M Farr Trust · Wortman Family Charitable Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Myrl S & Bessie Evans Mather Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Myrl S & Bessie Evans Mather Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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