· Private foundation
The Barker Family 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.
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 $10k8 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $34k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of Dayton | $60,000 |
| Seal Family Foundation | $12,500 |
| Boys Town | $11,200 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | $10,000 |
| NE College Baseball Hall of Fame | $7,500 |
| Millard Public Schools Foundaiton | $7,500 |
| PGA Reach Nebraska | $2,900 |
| Church of the Nativity | $600 |
| Omaha Community Playhouse | $550 |
| Our Lady of Tahoe | $500 |
| Open Door Mission | $250 |
| St James Church | $100 |
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, $168k) 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.
17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 5 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, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MPMILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC7× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +22%
- UOUniversity of Dayton4× · 2018–2024 · $95k · revenue +27%
- FFFather Flanagan's Boys' Home8× · 2017–2024 · $58k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- AMAUGUSTINIAN MINISTRYone grant, 2017 · $28k
- SJST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $16k
- SVST VINCENT DE PAULone grant, 2017 · $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.
End hunger together.
One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.
Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.
The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.
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…
Stand for schools supports nebraska's public schools, working to advance policies that make them stronger while opposing policies that would weaken them.
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities in omaha (rmhc in omaha) is to create, operate, and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children. we strive to improve the lives of children and their families…
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)…
The mission of the north dakota state fair foundation is to develop lifelong relationships with donors to secure the philanthropic gifts that will enhance and support the work of the north dakota state fair.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 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.
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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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Barker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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