· Private foundation
Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $57k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIRST CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL | $10,500 |
| OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $9,205 |
| OPERA OMAHA | $8,000 |
| LAURITZEN GARDENS | $7,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| BLUEBARN THEATRE | $5,000 |
| FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND | $4,500 |
| METRO COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $4,000 |
| COMPLETELY KIDS | $3,000 |
| SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| NE HUMANE SOCIETY | $2,000 |
| CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE | $2,000 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BBBlue Barn Theatre7× · 2017–2024 · $43k · revenue +85%
- OOOPERA OMAHA INC6× · 2018–2024 · $41k · revenue +19%
- SFSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE8× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- NFNEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE INCone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -75%
- MCMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $9k
MOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INCone grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +2%
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.
One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.
Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.
We believe in thoughtful, ecologically-minded practices and the curation of accessible, educational, and inspirational experiences that enhance lives.
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.
The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.
Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.
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…
Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.
We transform lives through organ and tissue donation.
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.
The omaha zoological society's mission is to inspire, educate, and engage people to serve as life-long stewards for animals, their habitats, and their conservation.
To inspire young people and their families to discover the magic of theater, find their voices, and enrich their communities. theater is utilized as a tool in the educational and social development of young people to provide formal…
How this is measured
38 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. 38 of the 71 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.
- Who funds Blue Barn Theatre ↗
- Who funds OPERA OMAHA INC ↗
- Who funds SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE ↗
- Who funds COMPLETELY KIDS ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
- Who funds OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FONTENELLE FOREST ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE INC ↗
- Who funds Omaha Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds South Carolina Aquarium ↗
- Who funds THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC ↗
- Who funds CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds MOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds HEALTH BRIDGES INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds FILM STREAMS INC ↗
- Who funds KEEP OMAHA BEAUTIFUL INC ↗
- Who funds OMAHA AREA YOUTH ORCHESTRAS ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Holland Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · The Claire M Hubbard Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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