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The Carol a Drake and Robert N Troia Charitable at a glance

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The Carol a Drake and Robert N Troia Charitable

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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$24kPhilanthropy$5kRecreation & Sports$4kFood & Nutrition$3kHealth$3kArts & Culture$1kHousing & Shelter$1kHuman Services$600Other$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$9k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MATER FILIUS NEBRASKA$1,000
MCCOOK COLLEGE FOUNDATION$500
LEARNING FOR ALL$500
Individual grant recipient$500
HEART MINISTRY CENTER$500
SIENNA FRANCIS HOUSE$500
TYLER ANDERSEN MEMORIAL FUND$500
ONE WORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS$500
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, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MARION ADVANCEMENT CAMPAIGN: $500 → 10%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY: $100 → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY: $500 → 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.
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28k · 10 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
17

Total granted

$28k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+16%

Still filing today

70%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MF
    MATER FILIUS OF NEBRASKA INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $4k · revenue +25%
  • HM
    HEART MINISTRY CENTER
    4× · 2021–2025 · $3k · revenue +23%
  • LF
    LEARNING FOR ALL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $3k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +16%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +55%
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
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Science & Tech
2
Mutual of Omaha Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
4
Midamerica Nazarene University

Midamerica nazarene university (mnu) is a transformative university that nurtures christlike community, pursues academic excellence, and cultivates a passion to serve. (continued on schedule o)mnu is a comprehensive liberal arts university…

Education
5
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
6
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

—
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
9
Merrick Medical Center Foundation

To support and encourage health care services and education through providing financial and fundraising assistance, including but not limitied to, soliciting and receiving contributions, gifts, grants, devises and bequests and in all other…

—
10
Minnesota State College Southeast Foundation

Minnesota state college southeast foundation assists the college in achieving excellence in technical education for employment by developing financial and community resources for students, employers, and communities within our service area.

Education
11
University of Sioux Falls

The university of sioux falls, a christian university in the liberal arts tradition, educates students in the humanities, sciences and professions. the traditional motto of the university is culture for service, that is, we seek to foster…

Education
12
Lincoln Medical Education Partnership

To provide family practice training and, in support of that end, relevant healthcare education and services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Olympics Nebraska Inc; the most unlike its peers is Susan Laflesche Picotte Center. 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

14 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. 14 of the 27 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVESITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherUNIVESITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONSPECIAL OLYMPICS: $2,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICSTYLER ANDERSEN MEMORIAL FUND: $1,600 · OtherTYLER ANDERSEN MEMORIAL FUNDONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherBUFFALO COMMONS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+7 more: $1,700 · Other+7 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUND…LEARNING FOR ALL: $2,500 · EducationLEARNING FOR ALLMCCOOK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,850 · EducationMCCOOK COLLEGE FOUNDATIONSUSAN LAFLESCHE PICOTTE CENTER: $1,000 · EducationSUSAN LAFLESCHE PICOTTE CENT…Creighton University: $500 · EducationMATER FILIUS OF NEBRASKA INC: $3,500 · PhilanthropyMATER FIL…HEART MINISTRY CENTER: $2,500 · Food & NutritionSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsSTXBP1 FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthMeyer Foundation for Disabilities: $250 · HealthOMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $600 · Human ServicesMARION ADVANCEMENT CAMPAIGN INC: $500 · Human ServicesSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$21,300Education$10,850Philanthropy$3,500Food & Nutrition$2,500Recreation & Sports$2,000Health$1,250Human Services$1,100Housing & Shelter$1,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATER FILIUS OF NEBRASKA INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLEARNING FOR ALL: $2,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMCCOOK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUSAN LAFLESCHE PICOTTE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTXBP1 FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARION ADVANCEMENT CAMPAIGN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCreighton University: $500 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 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MATER FILIUS OF NEBRASKA INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART MINISTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING FOR ALL ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INC ↗
  • Who funds MCCOOK COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSAN LAFLESCHE PICOTTE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds STXBP1 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MARION ADVANCEMENT CAMPAIGN INC ↗
  • Who funds Creighton University ↗
  • Who funds Meyer Foundation for Disabilities ↗

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…Weitz Family Foundati…Todd and Mary Heistan…The Hawks FoundationThe Charles and Mary …Leland J & Dorothy H …Robert B Daugherty Fo…The Lozier FoundationNebraska Community Fo…Chubb Charitable Foun…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Sherwood FoundationNE17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Todd and Mary Heistand Family Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 The Carol a Drake and Robert N Troia Charitable funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carol a Drake and Robert N Troia Charitable. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    1report 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.

    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 27 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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