Skip to content
Plinth

· Private foundation

Paideia Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$582k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$240k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Education$1.3MReligion$1.1MHealth$448kRecreation & Sports$125kHousing & Shelter$111kPublic Safety & Disaster$53kYouth Development$52kFood & Nutrition$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $281k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $240k
$8,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRIST CHURCH OMAHA$240,000
TRINITY CLASSICAL ACADEMY$47,000
ASSURE WOMEN'S CENTER$33,500
NEW SAINT ANDREWS CHURCH$25,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OMAHA$25,000
OMAHA ROADRUNNERS$25,000
BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY$25,000
CHRIST CHURCH MOSCOW$15,000
LOGOS SCHOOL$15,000
NEW SAINT ANDREWS COLLEGE$10,000
FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND$10,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
GREATER OMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST$10,000
COVENANT BIBLE CHURCH$10,000
AVENUE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE SPERAVITA INSTITUTE: $5k → 12%THE SPERAVITA INSTITUTE: $5k → 12%KNIGHTS OF AKSARBEN FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%Open Door Mission: $500 → 12%Open Door Mission: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

AK
NH
ID
ND
MN
IL
NY
NJ
CA
CO
NE
VA
AZ
AR
TN
AL
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.0M · 38 repeat orgs$392k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

38 repeat relationships — 30 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
29

Total granted

$3.0M
$356k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+15%

Still filing today

55%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TC
    TRINITY CLASSICAL ACADEMY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $733k · revenue +221%
  • AW
    Assure Womens Center
    5× · 2020–2024 · $397k · revenue +106%
  • NS
    NEW SAINT ANDREWS COLLEGE INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $150k · revenue +176%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHRIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $65k
  • CC
    Christ Church Idaho
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • CD
    CORAM DEO CHURCH COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2023 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Nebraska Realtors Association

Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members

2
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

3
Stand for Schools

Stand for schools supports nebraska's public schools, working to advance policies that make them stronger while opposing policies that would weaken them.

Education
4
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Science & Tech
5
Council of Independent Nebraska Colleges Foundation

The council of indepependent nebraska colleges foundation exists to provide operating funds and scholarship support for students attending nebraska's independent institutions of excellence.

6
Union College

Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.

Education
7
Nebraska State Bar Association

The mission of the nebraska state bar association (nsba) is "helping lawyers help people." the nebraska state bar association works for nebraska lawyers to help them achieve the highest standards of competence, ethics and professionalism…

8
Nebraska Methodist Hospital

Nebraska methodist hospital (commonly know as "methodist hospital") is an acute care facility dedicated to bringing high quality care for the mind, body and spirit of every person. we provide community-based health care, health education…

Health
9
Nebraska Educational Biomedical

The associations mission is to advance medical research and education to benefit veterans and the general public.

Health
10
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
11
Omaha Sports Commission

The mission of the omaha sports commission is to foster a positive socio-economic impact on and a heightened awareness and image of omaha by attracting, hosting, & supporting amateur sporting events.

Recreation & Sports
12
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation and the most unlike its peers is The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesPolicy Research and AdvocacyYouth Development CentersYouth Sports ProgramsAnimal Rescue and ShelterFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Affordable Housing Construc…Pregnancy Support ServicesIndependent K-12 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 25. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number15%6%<5yr10%3%5–10yr19%25%10–20yr15%28%20–35yr17%19%35–55yr24%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value15%2%<5yr10%1%5–10yr19%60%10–20yr15%6%20–35yr17%26%35–55yr24%5%55yr+

The field is 15% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 3% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/38
the rest of the field
8%
1,066/14,074

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 72 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Christ Church Omaha — $731,178 · OtherChrist Church OmahaLOGOS SCHOOL — $240,000 · OtherLOGOS SCHOOLChrist Church Moscow — $90,000 · OtherNEW SAINT ANDREWS CHURCH — $85,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH — $65,000 · Other+48 more — $615,100 · Other+48 moreTRINITY CLASSICAL ACADEMY — $733,100 · EducationTRINITY CLASSICAL ACADEMYNEW SAINT ANDREWS COLLEGE INC — $150,000 · EducationNEW SAINT ANDREWS COLLEGE INCBellevue University — $65,000 · EducationBellevue UniversityAVENUE SCHOLARS — $40,000 · Education+4 more — $62,250 · Education+4 moreAssure Womens Center — $397,000 · HealthAssure Womens…CITYCARE COUNSELING INC — $18,000 · Health+3 more — $5,450 · HealthColumbus Rescue Mission — $32,500 · Public Safety & DisasterOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE — $10,500 · Human ServicesSPERAVITA INSTITUTE — $10,000 · Human ServicesKNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Human ServicesHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC — $25,000 · Housing & ShelterOmaha Roadrunners Athletics — $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,826,278Education$1,050,350Health$420,450Public Safety & Disaster$32,500Human Services$25,500Housing & Shelter$25,000Recreation & Sports$25,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTRINITY CLASSICAL ACADEMY — $733,100 over 5y, 15% of budgetAssure Womens Center — $397,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetNEW SAINT ANDREWS COLLEGE INC — $150,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetBellevue University — $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA GREATS FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetAVENUE SCHOLARS — $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetColumbus Rescue Mission — $32,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOmaha Roadrunners Athletics — $25,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetABIDE NETWORK INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCITYCARE COUNSELING INC — $18,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM — $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE — $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPERAVITA INSTITUTE — $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEBRASKA INC — $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCASTLE PINES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS — $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM — $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STATE OF ALABAMA ENGINEERING HALL OF FAME — $2,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM WALKER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATIONAL TRUST — $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAPILLION AREA LIONS FOUNDATION INC — $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATTLEMEN'S BALL OF NEBRASKA INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds TRINITY CLASSICAL ACADEMY
  • Who funds Assure Womens Center
  • Who funds NEW SAINT ANDREWS COLLEGE INC
  • Who funds Bellevue University
  • Who funds NEBRASKA GREATS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds AVENUE SCHOLARS
  • Who funds Columbus Rescue Mission
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC
  • Who funds Omaha Roadrunners Athletics
  • Who funds KNOX CLASSICAL ACADEMY
  • Who funds ABIDE NETWORK INC
  • Who funds CITYCARE COUNSELING INC
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
  • Who funds SEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE
  • Who funds NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationNE17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Midlands Community Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Servant Foundation · Clifton B & Anne S Batchelder Foundation · William and Ruth Scott Family Foundation · Growing Good Foundation · John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation · The Holland Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Paideia Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 68%
  • Team Walker Inc68% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Paideia Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Paideia 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 72 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph