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Singer Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to distribute funds for charitable purposes in the areas of civic, cultural, health, education and social services

$797k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$345k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

81% of Singer Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Omaha Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Singer Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $770k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’19
6
’20
11
’21
12
’22
6
’23
6
’24
5
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Philanthropy$714kEducation$672kRecreation & Sports$235kYouth Development$220kReligion$165kHealth$66kArts & Culture$50kPublic Benefit$41kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $770,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $796,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $26,500 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 · FY2023

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $380k
  • $250k+1 grant · $345k
$75,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$345,000
OMAHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$180,000
ST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$125,000
B&B BOXING ACADEMY INC$75,000
LAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST$25,000
CALVIN CREST CAMP CONFERENCE AND RETREAT CENTER INC$10,000
PROJECT HARMONY$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 (FY21–22, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%JUSTIN COWBOY CRISIS FUND INC: $10k → 9%PGA REACH NEBRASKA: $15k → 13%JUSTIN COWBOY CRISIS FUND INC: $10k → 9%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

NY
MA
IA
OH
CA
CO
NE
KY
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 9 repeat orgs$571k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$1.0M
$316k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentReligionHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • BS
    B&B SPORTS ACADEMY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $200k · revenue +541%
  • SB
    STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $92k · revenue +206%
  • SF
    SEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $41k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • NP
    NEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -89%
  • AP
    AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -19%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $26k · revenue -51%
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
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
2
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
3
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
4
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
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
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
7
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
8
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
9
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
10
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

To increase business, employment, and investment in the greater omaha area.

—
11
Unf Charitable Gift Fund

The unf charitable gift fund was established to enable donors to make charitable donations to multiple organizations, including the university of nebraska.

Philanthropy
12
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Nebraska Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Ostomates Worldwide - Usa 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

31 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. 31 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
17/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Omaha Community Foundation: $603,500 · PhilanthropyOmaha Community FoundationNEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $100,000 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $370,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATI…STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $92,000 · EducationSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INCAVENUE SCHOLARS: $60,000 · EducationAVENUE SCHOLARSWESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · EducationWESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUN…AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY+1 more: $10,000 · EducationB&B SPORTS ACADEMY: $200,000 · Recreation & SportsB&B SPORTS…LAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST: $185,000 · EnvironmentLAKE CUNN…UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $125,000 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHO…Phi Delta Theta Foundation: $25,000 · OtherPhi Delta Theta Fou…CALVIN CREST CAMP CONFERENCE AND RETREAT CENTER INC: $30,000 · OtherCALVIN CREST CAMP C…CUES FUND: $15,000 · OtherSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION: $41,000 · OtherSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOU…Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund Inc: $20,000 · OtherNEBRASKA PGA FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF OSTOMATES WORLDWIDE - USA INC: $20,000 · Other+9 more: $90,000 · Other+9 moreBALLET NEBRASKA: $25,000 · Arts & CultureEDGE AND CENTER INC THE CHURCH: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA RODEO INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $26,000 · HealthTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Health
Philanthropy$713,500Education$612,000Recreation & Sports$200,000Environment$185,000Other$381,000Arts & Culture$65,000Health$46,000

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 budgetOmaha Community Foundation: $603,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $370,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetB&B SPORTS ACADEMY: $200,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetLAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST: $185,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetNEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $92,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAVENUE SCHOLARS: $60,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION: $41,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALVIN CREST CAMP CONFERENCE AND RETREAT CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALLET NEBRASKA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF OSTOMATES WORLDWIDE - USA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetJustin Cowboy Crisis Fund Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNEBRASKA PGA FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetEDGE AND CENTER INC THE CHURCH: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCUES FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOMAHA RODEO INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA FFA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Lozier FoundationThe Charles and Mary …Robert B Daugherty Fo…Suzanne & Walter Scot…The Sherwood Foundati…Walter Scott Family F…The Hawks FoundationJewish Federation of …Peter Kiewit Foundati…Growing Good Foundati…The Giving 3 Foundati…Richard Brooke Founda…
The Lozier FoundationNE34.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Walter Scott Family Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Growing Good Foundation · The Giving 3 Foundation · Richard Brooke 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 Singer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Singer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Singer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Singer 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 34 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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