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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.

$19M
Granted FY2025still arriving
409
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$957k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$20MEducation$20MArts & Culture$14MHousing & Shelter$13MHuman Services$9.4MRecreation & Sports$8.5MHealth$7.8MPhilanthropy$4.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 409 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 409 grants below total $16,696,853, the rows itemized in this filing. The $18,789,751 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,092,898 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

  • Under $10k90 grants · $628k
  • $10k–50k259 grants · $5.2M
  • $50k–250k45 grants · $4.0M
  • $250k+15 grants · $6.9M
$17,139
Median grant
16
States reached
$278M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC$956,500
Individual grant recipient$767,694
OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY$575,000
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM$560,000
CHEYENNE COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION$505,000
HERITAGE SERVICES$500,000
OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST$500,000
DISCOVERY CENTER OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA$394,051
WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION$383,868
YMCA OF MCCOOK$345,960
SHERIDAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$338,636
GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION$305,000
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART$260,000
PENDER PUBLIC SCHOOL$257,481
RALSTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$250,000
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 (FY17–25, $6.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FRIEND LEARNING CENTER: $168k → 9%BERTRAND YOUNG AT HEART SENIOR CENTER: $157k → 10%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $50k → 12%FRIENDS OF CEDAR RIVER RASCALS INC: $80k → 15%TRUMBULL COMMUNITY CENTER: $69k → 10%REPUBLICAN VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1.1M → 11%YMCA OF MCCOOK: $346k → 12%TRUMBULL COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 10%REPUBLICAN VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $430k → 11%MOSAIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DBA INCOMMON COMM DEV: $30k → 12%NORFOLK AREA CHILDCARE COLLABORATIVE: $126k → 13%NORFOLK AREA YMCA: $90k → 13%VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $75k → 11%VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $54k → 11%YMCA OF MCCOOK: $40k → 12%VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $36k → 11%YMCA OF MCCOOK: $37k → 12%CHEYENNE COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $79k → 12%BRAIN BUILDERS EARLY CHILDHOOD & FAMILY DEV INC: $300k → 13%YMCA OF MCCOOK: $34k → 12%REBUILDING TOGETHER OMAHA: $50k → 12%BRAIN BUILDERS EARLY CHILDHOOD & FAMILY DEV INC: $31k → 13%REBUILDING TOGETHER OMAHA: $40k → 12%COMMUNITY CONCERN OF NORFOLK INC: $30k → 13%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $40k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $40k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $40k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $40k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $35k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $30k → 12%OPTION SCHOOL INC: $104k → 12%OPTION SCHOOL INC: $104k → 12%OPTION SCHOOL INC: $104k → 12%AKSARBEN FOUNDATION: $75k → 12%AKSARBEN FOUNDATION: $70k → 12%AKSARBEN FOUNDATION: $55k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $50k → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NE: $40k → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NE: $40k → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NE: $40k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $50k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $45k → 12%CREDIT ADVISORS FOUNDATION: $40k → 12%CREDIT ADVISORS FOUNDATION: $40k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $38k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES (YES): $70k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $45k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $40k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
WY
SD
IA
IN
CO
NE
MO
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
SC
DC
TX
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$99M · 537 repeat orgs$14M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

537 repeat relationships: 304 still active in FY2025, 233 since wound down; 94 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

537
390

Total granted

$99M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+3%

Still filing today

58%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M 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
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TW
    THE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +57% · 48% of their budget
  • HS
    HERITAGE SERVICES
    4× · 2022–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +24% · 47% of their budget
  • CU
    Creighton University
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.9M · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • OC
    OTOE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2022 · $2.0M
  • RC
    RALSTON COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2023 · $1.5M
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $1.2M
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
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
2
Southwest Nebraska Community Betterment Corporation

Creating and improving housing to open doors for economic opportunities.

Human Services
3
Nebraska Housing Resource

To assist in enabling builders to serve first-time homebuyers through creative use of all available resources, public and private.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
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.

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6
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The nebraska chamber of commerce & industry (the chamber) is a statewide business organization established to maintain and improve the economic progress and business climate of the state of nebraska. the chamber was organized to promote,…

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7
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
8
Community Justice Center

A restorative justice agency committed to habilitating justice in nebraska.

Crime & Legal
9
Nebraska Community College Assoc

Support for community colleges

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10
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

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

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11
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

—
12
Nebraska Safety Council

Provide education and leadership to empower people to live safe and healthy.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership; the most unlike its peers is Seward Arts Council. 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

535 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. 535 of the 1,033 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.

52
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
136
Early backer (in before they grew)
522/535
Grantees still filing
296/535
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $4,138,423 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOTOE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT: $1,967,314 · OtherCITY OF SIDNEY: $1,713,438 · OtherLEWISTON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $1,532,175 · Other+107 more: $36,296,818 · Other+107 moreTHE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $2,578,694 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLA CATHE…HERITAGE SERVICES: $2,300,000 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE SERVIC…OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $1,975,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA PERFORMIN…JOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $1,485,000 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN ART MUSE…MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART: $760,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF NEBRA…SYRACUSE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $746,648 · Arts & CultureSYRACUSE LIBRAR…VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS THEATER INC: $553,449 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $2,060,835 · Arts & Culture+8 moreCreighton University: $1,905,000 · EducationCreighton Uni…OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST: $1,800,000 · EducationOMAHA DISCOVE…UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $1,300,325 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…BOONE BEGINNINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,078,606 · EducationBOONE BEGINNI…THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,050,000 · EducationTHE CENTRAL H…SCHOOL DISTRICT OF COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $604,000 · EducationSCHOOL DISTRI…NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $588,285 · EducationNORFOLK PUBLI…NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE INC: $500,809 · EducationBLOOMFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $357,224 · Education+7 more: $1,481,084 · Education+7 morePENDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,475,262 · Housing & ShelterPENDER COM…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $1,182,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FO…KEITH COUNTY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $322,500 · Housing & Shelter+10 more: $1,340,116 · Housing & Shelter+10 moreTHE VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,757,640 · Human ServicesYMCA OF MCCOOK: $566,519 · Human ServicesBrain Builders Early Childhood And Family Development Inc: $373,000 · Human ServicesOption Schools Inc co Angeal Boone: $312,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $300,000 · Human ServicesKNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION: $283,500 · Human ServicesFRIEND LEARNING CENTER: $185,000 · Human Services+12 more: $1,608,291 · Human ServicesRALSTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $1,750,000 · Community ImprovementKEITH COUNTY AREA DEVELOPMENT INC: $243,156 · Community ImprovementSPARK: $220,000 · Community ImprovementDREAMSPRING: $216,000 · Community ImprovementNEBRASKA STATE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $200,909 · Community ImprovementROCKY MOUNTAIN INNOVATION INITIATIVE: $165,000 · Community ImprovementSpencer Community Economic Development Inc: $158,000 · Community ImprovementNEBRASKA HOUSING DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION: $153,000 · Community ImprovementYANKTON THRIVE FOUNDATION INC: $144,000 · Community ImprovementCOLORADO ENTERPRISE FUND: $140,000 · Community ImprovementNORTH CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $137,985 · Community Improvement+3 more: $350,000 · Community ImprovementUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $1,352,962 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $565,753 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA ENTERPRISE FUND: $350,000 · PhilanthropyMIDWEST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $230,000 · PhilanthropyWEBSTER COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $212,500 · PhilanthropyLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $163,484 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS AREA UNITED WAY INC: $140,881 · PhilanthropyNorfolk Family Coalition Inc: $136,000 · PhilanthropyFREMONT AREA UNITED WAY: $131,445 · Philanthropy+3 more: $335,000 · Philanthropy
Other$45,648,168Arts & Culture$12,459,626Education$10,665,333Housing & Shelter$8,319,878Human Services$5,385,950Community Improvement$3,878,050Philanthropy$3,618,025

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetPENDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,475,262 over 9y, 66% of budgetTHE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $2,578,694 over 9y, 48% of budgetHERITAGE SERVICES: $2,300,000 over 4y, 47% of budgetOMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $1,975,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCreighton University: $1,905,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST: $1,800,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetTHE VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,757,640 over 9y, 22% of budgetRALSTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $1,750,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetCOLUMBUS LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,493,500 over 3y, 86% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $1,485,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $1,352,962 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $1,300,325 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $1,182,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCHEYENNE COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,127,340 over 7y, 23% of budgetGREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $1,105,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetBOONE BEGINNINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,078,606 over 5y, 52% of budgetTHE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,050,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetVALLEY COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDAT: $915,700 over 3y, 20% of budgetTHE JOHN & MARIE UKENA CHARITABLE TRUST: $878,428 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART: $760,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetSYRACUSE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $746,648 over 8y, 45% of budgetSCHOOL DISTRICT OF COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $604,000 over 7y, 33% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $602,126 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetNORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $588,285 over 9y, 33% of budgetYMCA OF MCCOOK: $566,519 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $565,753 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY PERFORMING ARTS THEATER INC: $553,449 over 9y, 59% of budgetSYNOVATION VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $541,187 over 9y, 55% of budgetNEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE INC: $500,809 over 4y, 28% of budgetThe Zone Afterschool Program: $458,655 over 9y, 35% of budgetThe Norris Institute: $402,777 over 6y, 92% of budgetDiscovery Center of Southwest Nebraska: $399,218 over 2y, 99% of budgetOMAHA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $380,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetBrain Builders Early Childhood And Family Development Inc: $373,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetBLOOMFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $357,224 over 9y, 88% of budgetMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetNEBRASKA ENTERPRISE FUND: $350,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetKEITH COUNTY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $322,500 over 6y, 15% of budgetOption Schools Inc co Angeal Boone: $312,000 over 3y, 84% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OMAHA INC: $305,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $300,000 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA: $300,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetKNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION: $283,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetNORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $277,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetHOLY NAME HOUSING CORPORATION: $245,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetKEITH COUNTY AREA DEVELOPMENT INC: $243,156 over 5y, 21% of budgetMIDWEST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $230,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetFRIEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $225,142 over 6y, 42% 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 PENDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Creighton University ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RALSTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHEYENNE COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOONE BEGINNINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN & MARIE UKENA CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART ↗
  • Who funds SYRACUSE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL DISTRICT OF COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF MCCOOK ↗
  • Who funds Renaissance Charitable Foundation 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.

The Sherwood Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…The Lozier FoundationPeter Kiewit Foundati…Weitz Family Foundati…Mutual of Omaha Found…United Way of the Mid…The Hawks FoundationSuzanne & Walter Scot…Nebraska Children & F…Lincoln Community Fou…The Charles and Mary …
The Sherwood FoundationNE157.8× affinity138 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · The Hawks Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · The Charles and Mary Heider Family 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 Nebraska Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nebraska Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    74report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 1033 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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