· Public charity
Noel Cover Foundation Inc C0 Jerry Macken
To provide scholarships.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- $50k–250k8 grants · $692k
- $250k+12 grants · $8.9M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH | $900,000 |
| COZAD CAMPING MINISTRY | $900,000 |
| COZAD CREATES CARING | $900,000 |
| CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH | $900,000 |
| CENTRAL COLLEGE DISTRIBUTION | $875,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DENVER DISTRIBUTION | $875,000 |
| HASTING COLLEGE DISTRIBUTION | $875,000 |
| ST OLAF COLLEGE DISTRIBUTION | $875,000 |
| TRINITY CLASSICAL ACADEMY | $735,000 |
| YMCA OF LINCOLN | $360,000 |
| COZAD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $350,000 |
| NE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC | $310,000 |
| AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH | $160,000 |
| AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH | $108,500 |
| ST MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH | $100,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY26–26, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those 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.
4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2026, 4 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHASTING COLLEGE DISTRIBUTION6× · 2020–2025 · $325k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF DENVER DISTRIBUTION6× · 2020–2025 · $325k
- CCCENTRAL COLLEGE DISTRIBUTION6× · 2020–2025 · $325k
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF DENVERgraduatedone grant, 2026 · $943k · revenue +33%
- HCHASTINGS COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2026 · $943k · revenue ×31
- CCCENTRAL COLLEGEone grant, 2026 · $943k · revenue +7%
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.
Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…
K-8 school
The mission of providence christian college is to equip students to be firmly grounded in biblical truth, thoroughly educated in the liberal arts, and fully engaged in their church, community, and the world, for the glory of god and for…
Encourage students to learn and apply god's truth while promoting academic excellence in a christian environment.
Central christian college of kansas is a four-year, non-profit liberal arts college with the primary mission of offering a christ-centered education for character.
Christian institution of higher learning dedicated to the exploration, discernment, sustentation, and dissemination of god's truth. midwest is committed to excellence in education encouraging students to comprehensively consider god's word…
The christian academy provides christian education to 300 students from kindergarten to 12th grade. the christian academy is a college-preparatory school.
Provide a catholic liberal arts education at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The college is a four year coeducational liberal arts college affiliated with the churches of christ
North central university is a christian university with a commitment to academic excellence.
Columbia christian schools seeks to provide a christ-centered education focused on excellence in faith, character and academics to students in preschool through 12th grade.
The mission of lincoln christian school is to teach the truth by studying god's world in light of god's word, presenting the gospel of jesus christ, providing mental growth through sound basic academic disciplines, stimulating spiritual…
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 20 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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Noel Cover Foundation Inc C0 Jerry Macken funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Noel Cover Foundation Inc C0 Jerry Macken. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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