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Phillip and Terri Schrager Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$548k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$4.8MArts & Culture$2.7MPhilanthropy$2.6MYouth Development$1.6MReligion$795kCrime & Legal$370kHuman Services$199kFood & Nutrition$180kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $229k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.3M
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$565k
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 98% of reported assets are held in Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA$548,323
CHABAD HOUSE$503,197
WESTSIDE FOUNDATION$274,967
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$166,799
COMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST$62,344
GIRLS INC OF OMAHA$25,000
OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC$25,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS$25,000
PROJECT HARMONY$25,000
FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND$20,000
CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE$15,000
CASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY$15,000
TEMPLE ISREAL$10,035
PHOENIX ACADEMY$10,000
BEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $258k) 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.

area typical 11%FULFILLMENT FUND: $5k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $5k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $1k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $15k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $15k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $15k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $15k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $15k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $15k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $10k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $10k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $10k → 12%YOUTH CARE AND BEYOND: $10k → 12%YOUTH CARE AND BEYOND: $10k → 12%YOUTH CARE AND BEYOND: $10k → 12%YOUTH CARE AND BEYOND: $10k → 12%YOUTH CARE AND BEYOND: $10k → 12%YOUTH CARE AND BEYOND: $10k → 12%TOGETHER: $10k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $10k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $5k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $5k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $1k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $500 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $500 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $500 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $275 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $269 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $108 → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 12%KAVOD: $1k → 12%KAVOD: $500 → 12%KAVOD: $500 → 12%KAVOD: $250 → 12%KAVOD: $100 → 12%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

IA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
DC
GA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 48 repeat orgs$168k to everyone else

48 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
26

Total granted

$12M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+27%

Still filing today

65%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • JA
    JOSLYN ART MUSEUM
    2× · 2019–2021 · $2.0M · revenue +174%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $990k · revenue +70%
  • OC
    OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $485k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • TJ
    THE JEWISH FEDERATION
    one grant, 2020 · $76k
  • WC
    WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue -2%
  • TI
    TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +519%
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
Midwest Dairy Association

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.

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2
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
3
One Omaha

One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
4
Nebraska Community Foundation

The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.

Philanthropy
5
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
6
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
7
Kansas City Ballet Association

To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance

Arts & Culture
8
Aclu Nebraska

For over 50 years in nebraska, the aclu has worked in courts, legislatures, and communities to protect the constitutional and individual rights of all people. with a nationwide network of offices and millions of members and supporters,…

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9
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

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10
Omaha Zoological Society

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.

Animals
11
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
12
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.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northstar Foundation; the most unlike its peers is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 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

49 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. 49 of the 77 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/49
Grantees still filing
29/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · EducationTHE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $990,390 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST: $188,398 · Education+5 more: $39,600 · EducationWESTSIDE FOUNDATION: $932,255 · OtherWESTSIDE FOUNDATIONCHABAD HOUSE: $510,197 · OtherCHABAD HOUSEUNIVERISTY OF NEBRAKSA FOUNDATION: $254,601 · OtherUNIVERISTY OF NEBRAKSA …BETH EL SYNAGOGUE: $200,000 · OtherBETH EL SYNAGOGUEFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $180,000 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR THE HEART…UNIVERISTY OF NEBRASKA OMAHA: $165,441 · OtherUNIVERISTY OF NEBRASKA …BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS: $105,000 · Other+37 more: $443,576 · Other+37 moreJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $2,000,040 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN ART MUSEUMOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $485,100 · Arts & CultureOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF M…BEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC: $140,555 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $98,645 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC: $1,457,067 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDER…+1 more: $50,000 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $1,224,657 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $225,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORP…+2 more: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT HARMONY: $225,000 · Crime & LegalCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $145,000 · Crime & LegalCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesYouth Care Inc: $60,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $23,152 · Human ServicesFULFILLMENT FUND: $12,000 · Human ServicesTOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $7,350 · Human Services
Education$4,218,388Other$2,791,070Arts & Culture$2,724,340Philanthropy$1,507,067Youth Development$1,489,657Crime & Legal$370,000Human Services$257,502

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $2,000,040 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC: $1,457,067 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $1,224,657 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $990,390 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $485,100 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $225,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $225,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST: $188,398 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $180,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $145,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetBEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC: $140,555 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $120,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS: $105,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetYouth Care Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $30,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $23,152 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKANEKO: $12,545 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFULFILLMENT FUND: $12,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION: $5,617 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIBS for Kids: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFILM STREAMS INC: $4,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET NEBRASKA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKAVOD: $2,350 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetCreighton University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBellevue University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB INC: $625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HARMONY ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds CASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds Youth Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE ASPEN ↗
  • Who funds KANEKO ↗
  • Who funds FULFILLMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA ↗
  • Who funds COMPLETELY KIDS ↗

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 Sherwood Foundati…The Lozier FoundationJewish Federation of …Robert B Daugherty Fo…The Holland FoundationThe Charles and Mary …Weitz Family Foundati…The Hawks FoundationPeter Kiewit Foundati…Harley and Beth Schra…Union Pacific Foundat…The Giving 3 Foundati…
The Sherwood FoundationNE53.5× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Holland Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Harley and Beth Schrager Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · The Giving 3 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 Phillip and Terri Schrager Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Phillip and Terri Schrager Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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

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    How do I get to Phillip and Terri Schrager Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Phillip and Terri Schrager 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 77 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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