· Private foundation
Stephen F Dwyer Memorial 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $82k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $507k
- $250k+1 grant · $485k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHRISTIAN URBAN EDUCATION SERVICES | $484,798 |
| HOLY NAME | $181,963 |
| CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| CREIGHTON PREP HIGH SCHOOL | $65,000 |
| JESUIT MIDDLE SCHOOL | $60,000 |
| MADONNA SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| HEART MINISTRY CENTER | $50,000 |
| RONCALLI HIGH SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| FOOTBALL FOR THE WORLD FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| DUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART | $17,000 |
| VITA NOVA | $10,000 |
| NORTHERN COLORADO PERFORMING ARTS | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY ALLIANCE | $5,000 |
| OREL ALLIANCE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
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 (FY21–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCUES FUND9× · 2017–2025 · $3.7M · revenue +117%
- CUCreighton University9× · 2017–2025 · $773k · revenue +48%
- HMHEART MINISTRY CENTER8× · 2018–2025 · $314k · revenue ×13
Funded once
- OCOMAHA CATHOLIC SCHOOLSone grant, 2018 · $18k
- CRCONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +64%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $10k
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.
Cornerstone christian school educates children to become learners-equipped with godly character and biblical truth.
Stand for schools supports nebraska's public schools, working to advance policies that make them stronger while opposing policies that would weaken them.
One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.
Nonprofit corporation which provides leadership development and enhancement through educational programs and opportunities for community involvement.
To promote credit unions in nebraska
We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.
Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.
To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.
The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…
To help young children thrive socially, emotionally and academically through high-quality early childhood education, and in partnership with their families and the community.
Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. our values are (1)…
Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 40 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 CUES FUND ↗
- Who funds Creighton University ↗
- Who funds HEART MINISTRY CENTER ↗
- Who funds HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds STUDENTS ATHLETES VALUES EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds FOOTBALL FOR THE WORLD FOUNDATION USA ↗
- Who funds Smart Gen Society Inc ↗
- Who funds CONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BIG GARDEN ↗
- Who funds JAVELAN INC ↗
- Who funds OREL ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds A LATERE ACADEMY ↗
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 Lozier Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Slezak Family Charitable Foundation · Walter Scott Family Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · William & Barbara Fitzgerald Family Fdn · Therese and Tim Fitzgibbons · Hogan Family Foundation · Kim Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Stephen F Dwyer Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephen F Dwyer Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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