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Oregon Trail Community Foundation

Community betterment

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$97k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$907kEducation$686kHealth$527kAnimals$407kYouth Development$374kArts & Culture$374kCommunity Improvement$300kEnvironment$202kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $716,051, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,419,629 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $703,578 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $300k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $395k
$16,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIVERSIDE DISCOVERY CENTER$96,500
NORTHFIELD HAVEN$75,000
CIRRUS HOUSE$59,100
COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES$58,000
CAPWN$54,900
SCOTTSBLUFF SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$51,000
SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY VOLUNTEER CENTER$47,919
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$33,000
HEMINGFORD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$23,580
CASA OF SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY$20,200
BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION$20,000
11 13 MINISTRIES$19,200
HORIZON MUSIC FESTIVAL$16,500
THE DOVES PROGRAM$15,190
POTTER'S WHEEL MINISTRIES$15,000
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 (FY17–24, $303k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%CAPWN: $55k → 15%CASA OF SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY: $20k → 15%CARPENTER CENTER: $18k → 15%COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES: $58k → 16%I'VE GOT A NAME: $10k → 13%CARPENTER CENTER: $15k → 15%COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES COUNCIL: $16k → 16%THE DOVES PROGRAM: $15k → 16%COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES COUNCIL: $13k → 16%OPTIONS PREGNANCY CENTER OF WEST NE: $9k → 16%CASA OF SCOTTSBLUFF COUNTY: $8k → 16%SCOTTSBLUFF FAMILY YMCA: $8k → 16%COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES COUNCIL: $7k → 16%YMCA OF SCOTTSBLUFF: $7k → 16%YMCA OF SCOTTSBLUFF: $6k → 16%COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES COUNCIL: $6k → 16%SCOTTSBLUFF FAMILY YMCA: $6k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC: $6k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC: $6k → 16%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

WY
CA
CO
NE
MO
KS
TN
OK
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 27 repeat orgs$745k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
21

Total granted

$3.3M
$443k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+19%

Still filing today

89%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $303k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • WN
    WEST NEBRASKA ARTS CENTER
    2× · 2017–2020 · $824k · revenue +27%
  • RZ
    RIVERSIDE ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $332k · revenue +29%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $286k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • RW
    REGIONAL WEST HEALTH SERVICES
    one grant, 2018 · $148k · revenue -33%
  • BP
    BAYARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • CS
    CREATIVE SITES LLC
    one grant, 2018 · $46k
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
Southwest Nebraska Community Betterment Corporation

Creating and improving housing to open doors for economic opportunities.

Human Services
2
Northland Health Partners Community Health Center

Northland community health center is committed to providing access to affordable and quality health services.

Health
3
Nebraska Youth Center

The center operates a group home for troubled youth, ages 12-18, in western nebraska.

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4
Central Wyoming Hospice & Transitions

To companion the end of life journey with skill and compassion.

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5
Skagit Hospice Foundation

To fund the program and services of hospice of the nothwest to ensure dignified and compassionate care is available to anyone coping with a life-limiting diagnosis.one size doesn't always fit all, especially when it comes to quality of…

Health
6
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Ne Kansas Inc

To provide lodging to families of hospitalized children at an affordable cost, or no cost, based on need through operation of the ronald mcdonald house.

Health
7
The Nebraska Land Trust Inc

To foster the protection of agricultural, historical and natural resources on land in nebraska through education, partnering and permanent conservation.

Environment
8
Omaha Parks Foundation

The mission of the omaha parks foundation is to improve, promote, preserve, protect, and support omaha's parks and recreation system. we engage in initiatives that make our parks system more accessible, inclusive, and beneficial to all…

Environment
9
Horizon Health Care Inc

Horizon health care, inc. provides rural communities with access to high-quality, affordable primary healthcare services.

Health
10
Western Nebraska Housing Opportunit

Coordinate and participate in fostering, promoting, encouraging, developing, and assisting with affordable housing and economic development in scotts bluff county nebraska and surrounding areas.

Housing & Shelter
11
Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation

The organization is focused on the future of parks, wildlife management and conservation of nebraska.

Environment
12
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. our values are (1)…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is 11 13 Ministries. 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

43 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. 43 of the 62 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
24/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST NEBRASKA ARTS CENTER: $823,867 · Arts & CultureWEST NEBRASKA ARTS CENTERFRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER: $245,533 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATERNEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $58,944 · Arts & CultureLEGACY OF THE PLAINS MUSEUM INC: $47,135 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $11,500 · Arts & CultureCIRRUS HOUSE INC: $85,924 · OtherCIRRUS HOUSE INCSCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $80,498 · OtherSCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLSFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $75,600 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHNORTHFIELD HAVEN: $75,000 · OtherNORTHFIELD HAVENTHE SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $74,613 · OtherTHE SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOU…BAYARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $50,000 · OtherVOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER: $47,919 · OtherCREATIVE SITES LLC: $46,139 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $154,752 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESPLATTE RIVER BASIN ENVIRONMENTS IN: $163,188 · OtherPLATTE RIVER BASIN ENVIRONMENTS INNORTHFIELD HAVEN INC: $86,826 · OtherNORTHFIELD HAVEN INC11 13 MINISTRIES: $56,900 · Other+25 more: $360,445 · Other+25 moreREGIONAL WEST FOUNDATION: $249,162 · HealthREGIONAL WE…REGIONAL WEST HEALTH SERVICES: $147,500 · HealthREGIONAL WE…BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthBRENT ELEY …FESTIVAL OF HOPE: $24,306 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $285,900 · EducationUNIVERSITY…WESTERN NEBRASKA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $113,105 · EducationWESTERN NE…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationOREGON TRAIL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $405,893 · PhilanthropyOREGON TRA…RIVERSIDE ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $331,915 · Animals+1 more: $10,000 · AnimalsCOOPERATIVE MINISTRIES COUNCIL: $99,721 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN NEBRASKA: $54,900 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SCOTTSBLUFF: $38,587 · Human ServicesTERRY & HAZELDEAN CARPENTER INTL CENTER: $32,849 · Human ServicesCASA OF SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY: $28,050 · Human ServicesTHE DOVES PROGRAM: $15,190 · Human ServicesROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $18,574 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$1,186,979Other$1,357,804Health$465,968Education$409,005Philanthropy$405,893Animals$341,915Human Services$302,871

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 budgetWEST NEBRASKA ARTS CENTER: $823,867 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetOREGON TRAIL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $405,893 over 3y, 17% of budgetRIVERSIDE ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $331,915 over 6y, 10% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $285,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL WEST FOUNDATION: $249,162 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER: $245,533 over 6y, 13% of budgetPLATTE RIVER BASIN ENVIRONMENTS IN: $163,188 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $154,752 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL WEST HEALTH SERVICES: $147,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWESTERN NEBRASKA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $113,105 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetCOOPERATIVE MINISTRIES COUNCIL: $99,721 over 5y, 22% of budgetCIRRUS HOUSE INC: $85,924 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetTHE SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $74,613 over 4y, 12% of budgetNEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $58,944 over 3y, 1.2% of budget11 13 MINISTRIES: $56,900 over 3y, 35% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN NEBRASKA: $54,900 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER: $47,919 over 1y, 43% of budgetLEGACY OF THE PLAINS MUSEUM INC: $47,135 over 3y, 2.3% of budget23 CLUB INC: $40,000 over 2y, 62% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SCOTTSBLUFF: $38,587 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTERRY & HAZELDEAN CARPENTER INTL CENTER: $32,849 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetCASA OF SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY: $28,050 over 2y, 16% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA: $27,590 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCHADRON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CORPORATION: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFESTIVAL OF HOPE: $24,306 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetADVENTURE WEST COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $17,291 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHorizon To Horizon: $16,500 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE DOVES PROGRAM: $15,190 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPotters Wheel Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetNEBRASKA 4-H FOUNDATION: $12,722 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPOST PLAYHOUSE: $11,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY: $11,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetSCRATCH MY BELLY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalled to Compete Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetIVE GOT A NAME: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetOPTIONS PREGNANCY CENTER: $8,574 over 1y, 4.9% 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.

The Fliesbach Family …United Way of Western…Reardon - Mohr Founda…Quivey-Bay State Foun…Cw Yount Foundation I…Lockwood FoundationG a Fliesbach Foundat…Nebraska Children & F…Snow Redfern Memorial…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Lincoln Community Fou…
The Fliesbach Family FoundationNE26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Fliesbach Family Foundation · United Way of Western Nebraska · Reardon - Mohr Foundation · Quivey-Bay State Foundation · Cw Yount Foundation Inc · Lockwood Foundation · G a Fliesbach Foundation · Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Snow Redfern Memorial Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc

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 Oregon Trail Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oregon Trail Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%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
    1get no government money at all
    10report 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 62 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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