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Pace Woods Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$267k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$556kEducation$362kYouth Development$114kHuman Services$87kCommunity Improvement$70kHealth$48kPublic Benefit$45kCrime & Legal$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $207k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEBRASKA REPERTORY THEATER$20,000
NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$19,875
FRIENDS OF LIED - BIG RED LIED$15,000
MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC$15,000
BRAVEBE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$15,000
CIVIC NEBRASKA$12,500
VISIONARY YOUTH$12,500
YMCA OF LINCOLN$12,000
YOUTH ACTORS ACADEMY OF LINCOLN$10,500
THE MALONE CENTER$10,000
NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES INC$10,000
MADELINE ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS$10,000
FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $10k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $10k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $10k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $12k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $10k → 13%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $10k → 13%VISIONARY YOUTH: $13k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 33 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
8

Total granted

$1.2M
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
-21%

Still filing today

58%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $120k · revenue +31%
  • NW
    NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $110k · revenue +11%
  • MC
    MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $72k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • NR
    NEBRASKA REPERTORY THEATRE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • LA
    LINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -39%
  • MI
    MADELINE ISLAND MUSEUM
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
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 University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
2
Educare of Lincoln Inc

To help young children thrive socially, emotionally and academically through high-quality early childhood education, and in partnership with their families and the community.

Education
3
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Science & Tech
4
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center

To strengthen the cultural, educational, and economic vitality of the communities we serve by making high-quality arts and education programs available, accessible, and affordable for everyone.

Arts & Culture
5
Lincoln University

To provide traditional educational programs in diverse fields of study, delivered by experienced educators, and leading to outstanding employment opportunities for American and international students

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6
Lincoln Land Community College Foundation

Cultivating and stewarding charitable gifts to support lincoln land community college students, programs and services.

Philanthropy
7
Lincoln University

Lincoln university is a public, historically black university (hbcu) that provides a liberal arts based, undergraduate education on its main residential campus in chester county, pennsylvania; and professional programs on its urban campus…

Education
8
Lincoln City Cultural Center

Lccc's mission is to enrich it's community through art and cultural events in the historic delake school building and to support community economic development by promoting a successful center for the visual and performing arts.

Arts & Culture
9
Lincoln Medical Education Partnership

To provide family practice training and, in support of that end, relevant healthcare education and services.

—
10
Lawrence Arts Center Inc

The mission of the lawrence arts center is to create meaningful arts experiences with and for the community through education, exhibitions, and performances.

Arts & Culture
11
Museum of Nebraska Art

The museum of nebraska art (mona) celebrates the history of nebraska's visual art for diverse audiences. mona collects, preserves, researches, exhibits, and interprets the work of artists who were born, lived, trained, or worked in…

Arts & Culture
12
Lawrence University of Wisconsin

Lawrence university of wisconsin, through its undergraduate residential college and conservatory of music, educates students in the liberal arts and sciences. the university is devoted to excellence and integrity in all of its activities…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Civic Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is La Pointe Center Inc. 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

24 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. 24 of the 46 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
13/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF LIED ARTS: $66,200 · OtherFRIENDS OF LIED ARTSNEBRASKA REPERTORY THEATER: $60,000 · OtherNEBRASKA REPERTORY THEATERMADELINE ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY: $60,000 · OtherMADELINE ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARYISLAND ASSOCIATION INC: $49,500 · OtherISLAND ASSOCIATION INCMADELINE ISLAND MUSIC CAMP: $37,500 · OtherMADELINE ISLAND MUSIC CAMPFRIENDS OF LIED - LIED CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $25,800 · OtherNEBRASKA REPERTORY THEATRE: $25,000 · OtherWOODS HALL GALLERY & STUDIOS: $23,070 · OtherLAPOINTE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $22,500 · OtherBRYAN FOUNDATION: $21,600 · OtherTHE MALONE CENTER: $20,000 · OtherAPOSTLE ISLANDS and CHEQUAMEGON BAY AREA COMMUNITY: $20,000 · Other+14 more: $130,800 · Other+14 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $120,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA…NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $110,290 · EducationNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIV…HASTINGS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $12,000 · EducationBRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $9,500 · EducationMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $72,000 · Arts & CultureMACPHAIL CENTER FOR …LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $45,000 · Arts & CultureLUX CENTER FOR THE A…FRIENDS OF LIED LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS- NEBRASKA: $45,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF LIED LIED…NEBRASKA ART ASSOCIATION: $25,750 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA ART ASSOCIA…THE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $22,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDATION FOR L…MOURNING HOPE: $15,200 · Arts & CultureMOURNING HOPELINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $11,500 · Arts & CultureJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH ACTORS ACADEMY OF LINCOLN INC: $24,100 · Youth DevelopmentYMCA OF LINCOLN: $62,000 · Human ServicesVISIONARY YOUTH: $12,500 · Human ServicesBryan Foundation: $48,000 · HealthCIVIC NEBRASKA: $44,500 · Civil RightsLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $28,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$561,970Education$261,790Arts & Culture$236,950Youth Development$79,100Human Services$74,500Health$48,000Civil Rights$44,500Crime & Legal$28,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $110,290 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $72,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA OF LINCOLN: $62,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC: $55,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetBryan Foundation: $48,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $45,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF LIED LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS- NEBRASKA: $45,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCIVIC NEBRASKA: $44,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $28,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEBRASKA ART ASSOCIATION: $25,750 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetYOUTH ACTORS ACADEMY OF LINCOLN INC: $24,100 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $22,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMOURNING HOPE: $15,200 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLINCOLN MIDWEST BALLET COMPANY: $15,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetVISIONARY YOUTH: $12,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHASTINGS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $11,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLA POINTE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetLINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCORNHUSKER COUNCIL 324 BOY SCOUTS AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDIMENSIONS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Hamilton Humanities: $4,500 over 1y, 6.7% 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 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF LINCOLN ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds Bryan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF LIED LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS- NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA ART ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ACTORS ACADEMY OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds MOURNING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN MIDWEST BALLET COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds VISIONARY YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds HASTINGS COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds LA POINTE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT LIGHTS 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.

Lincoln Community Fou…Dolezal Family Founda…Cooper FoundationRogers FoundationAssurity Life Foundat…Hugo a and Thelma Asp…Kinder Porter Scott F…Lee and Debbie Stuart…Bettenhausen Family F…Acklie Charitable Fou…D F Dillon FoundationThe Sunderland Founda…
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE37.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Dolezal Family Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Hugo a and Thelma Aspegren Charitable Trust · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Acklie Charitable Foundation · D F Dillon Foundation · The Sunderland 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 Pace Woods Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pace Woods Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pace Woods Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Pace Woods Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 46 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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