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The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation at a glance

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The Charles and Mary Heider Family 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.

$40M
Granted FY2025still arriving
149
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$25M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$56MHuman Services$15MHealth$15MArts & Culture$8.7MReligion$3.9MYouth Development$3.0MRecreation & Sports$2.0MHousing & Shelter$1.6MOther$0
02FY2025 · 149 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k43 grants · $171k
  • $10k–50k67 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+21 grants · $37M
$17,500
Median grant
14
States reached
$245M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 100% of reported assets are held in Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY$25,189,040
CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE$2,332,500
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY$1,380,500
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM$1,000,000
THE PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION$900,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$600,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS$566,000
WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES$550,000
OMAHA POLICE FOUNDATION$536,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA$500,000
CREIGHTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL$451,500
JESUIT ACADEMY$445,500
CUES$379,000
STABLE RECOVERY$365,000
PROJECT HARMONY$352,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $13.9M) 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%BELMONT CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $10k → 6%PGA REACH NEBRASKA: $10k → 13%PGA REACH NEBRASKA: $5k → 13%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 12%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 12%CRCC: $10k → 12%CRCC: $8k → 12%CRCC: $5k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $15k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $13k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $13k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $10k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $10k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $7k → 12%BOYSTOWN: $1.0M → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA: $8k → 12%VICTORY RIDING ACADEMY: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $55k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $10k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $6k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $5k → 12%ANGEL GUARDIANS INC: $20k → 12%ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES: $85k → 12%ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES: $60k → 12%ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES: $45k → 12%ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES: $40k → 12%ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES: $35k → 12%ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES: $25k → 12%ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES: $25k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $10k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $10k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS-HEARTLAND CHAPTER: $10k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $9.1M → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $2.3M → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $171k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $129k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $43k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $26k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $300k → 12%COMMON SENSES: $25k → 12%RESTORING DIGNITY: $15k → 12%RESTORING DIGNITY: $15k → 12%CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF OMAHA: $20k → 12%CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF OMAHA: $13k → 12%CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF OMAHA: $10k → 12%CHARIOTS 4 HOPE: $15k → 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

IL
NY
MA
SD
IA
OH
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
MD
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$104M · 183 repeat orgs$5.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

183 repeat relationships: 115 still active in FY2025, 68 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

183
67

Total granted

$104M
$3.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+8%

Still filing today

67%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & 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

  • CU
    Creighton University
    7× · 2017–2025 · $36M · revenue +48%
  • CS
    CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $12M · revenue +44% · 64% of their budget
  • JA
    JOSLYN ART MUSEUM
    6× · 2017–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +214%

Funded once

  • RC
    RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M
  • FF
    Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +9%
  • CI
    COMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue 0%
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
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
2
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
3
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
4
Omaha Economic Development Corporation

The mission of oedc is to implement economic development projects, housing, and community revitalization programs that create jobs, business ownership opportunities and other economic benefits for area residents.

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5
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
6
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
7
Nebraska Organ Recovery System

We transform lives through organ and tissue donation.

Health
8
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

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

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9
Children's Physicians

Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.

Health
10
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.

—
11
Nebraska Pediatric Practice Inc

Provides a means whereby the resources, expertise, and knowledge of the pediatric specialty physicians can be marshaled to develop, promote, and make available to patients from omaha, ne and the surrounding area, pediatric, academic, and…

Health
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty 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

179 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. 179 of the 285 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
177/179
Grantees still filing
104/179
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Creighton University: $35,682,280 · EducationCreighton University+16 more: $2,973,500 · Education+16 moreDUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART: $4,833,000 · OtherDUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEARTOMAHA PERFORMING ARTS - THE PRESENTERS: $3,082,080 · OtherOMAHA PERFORMING ARTS - THE PRESENTERSJESUIT ACADEMY: $2,557,750 · OtherJESUIT ACADEMYCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $2,055,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INCCREIGHTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $1,899,650 · OtherMADONNA SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES: $1,787,000 · OtherVITA NOVA: $1,600,000 · OtherST AUGUSTINE INDIAN MISSION: $1,600,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S NEBRASKA HOSPITAL: $1,414,000 · Other+106 more: $17,398,025 · Other+106 moreCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $11,825,500 · Human ServicesCHILD SAVING I…Father Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesFather Flanaga…+16 more: $1,029,100 · Human Services+16 moreMENTAL HEALTH INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 · HealthMENTAL HE…OPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $1,371,000 · HealthOPEN MEDI…PARKINSON'S NEBRASKA: $1,250,000 · HealthPARKINSON…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,061,000 · HealthTHE MICHA…PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $900,000 · HealthPARKINSON…Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $564,500 · HealthChildren'…STABLE RECOVERY INC: $450,000 · HealthMOVEMENT DISORDERS FOUNDATION: $400,000 · HealthBATEMAN HORNE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: $400,000 · Health+11 more: $392,000 · HealthJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $2,478,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET NEBRASKA: $462,500 · Arts & CultureWESTERN IOWA JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Arts & CultureOmaha Children's Museum: $198,500 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE SERVICES: $150,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $796,500 · Arts & CultureCUES FUND: $1,810,500 · ReligionWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $1,140,000 · ReligionBLUE GRASS FARMS CHARITIES INC: $257,500 · Religion+3 more: $55,000 · ReligionBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $2,316,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPLETELY KIDS: $115,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $134,500 · Youth Development
Education$38,655,780Other$38,226,505Human Services$13,854,600Health$8,788,500Arts & Culture$4,335,500Religion$3,263,000Youth Development$2,565,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCreighton University: $35,682,280 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $11,825,500 over 6y, 64% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $2,478,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $2,316,000 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $2,055,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetCUES FUND: $1,810,500 over 7y, 14% of budgetOPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $1,371,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $1,248,500 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetDOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT TRUST: $1,200,000 over 6y, 50% of budgetWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $1,140,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,061,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST: $1,000,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $900,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFILM STREAMS INC: $887,500 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetSHELTERING TREE INC: $730,000 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetCity of Omaha Police Foundation Inc: $599,500 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $564,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $523,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $505,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST: $500,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetBALLET NEBRASKA: $462,500 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetSTABLE RECOVERY INC: $450,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetMOVEMENT DISORDERS FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 3y, 54% of budgetBATEMAN HORNE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: $400,000 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetEPS ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES INC: $315,000 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA: $302,500 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $302,100 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $259,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBLUE GRASS FARMS CHARITIES INC: $257,500 over 6y, 15% of budgetWESTERN IOWA JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $225,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOmaha Children's Museum: $198,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetNEW VOCATIONS RACEHORSE ADOPTION: $195,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC: $190,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetOMAHA STREET SCHOOL: $176,500 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetOMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $163,250 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $160,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHERITAGE SERVICES: $150,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetRESPECT2: $142,500 over 6y, 14% of budgetOPERA OMAHA INC: $120,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION: $117,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetBEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC: $117,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetPLATTE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC: $115,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS: $115,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $110,000 over 5y, 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 Creighton University ↗
  • Who funds CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH INNOVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CUES FUND ↗
  • Who funds OPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HARMONY ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FILM STREAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERING TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds City of Omaha Police Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ↗
  • Who funds LAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST ↗
  • Who funds BALLET NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds STABLE RECOVERY INC ↗

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 Sherwood Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…The Hawks FoundationWeitz Family Foundati…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Mutual of Omaha Found…The Holland FoundationSuzanne & Walter Scot…Gilbert M and Martha …Nebraska Community Fo…Leland J & Dorothy H …
The Lozier FoundationNE161.2× affinity84 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Holland Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable 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 The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles and Mary Heider Family 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    45report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Charles and Mary Heider Family 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.

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    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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