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The Faith Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Faith Charitable Trust

Supporting organization for the Omaha Community Foundation which has more than 2000 charitable funds supported by the greater Omaha, SW Iowa and SE Nebraska areas.

$15M
Granted FY2021
18
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$8.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

94% of The Faith Charitable Trust’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Dechomai Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 14 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

15
’20
14
’21

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, FY2020 to 2021.

Philanthropy$16MYouth Development$682kHuman Services$633kArts & Culture$367kCommunity Improvement$145kScience & Tech$125kHealth$100kHousing & Shelter$100kOther$0
02FY2021 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k4 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $91k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $670k
  • $250k+3 grants · $14M
$20,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dechomai Foundation Inc$8,060,066
Schwab Charitable Fund$5,981,249
Youth for Christ USA Inc$320,000
Omaha Community Foundation$200,000
Heartland Family Service$200,000
HTI Labs$125,000
Omaha by Design$95,000
Hope Center Inc$50,000
Omaha Street School$20,500
Nebraska Domestic Violence &$20,000
Omaha Theater CompanyRose Th$15,000
Midlands Community Foundation$15,000
Womens Center for Advancement$10,000
Lutheran Family Services - NE$10,000
Mary Our Queen Church$8,350
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 (FY20–21, $577k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Nebraska Domestic Violence &: $120k → 13%Colorado Christian Mission St: $6k → 10%Nebraska Domestic Violence &: $20k → 13%Colorado Christian Mission St: $6k → 10%Lutheran Family Services - NE: $10k → 12%Heartland Family Service: $205k → 12%Heartland Family Service: $200k → 12%Womens Center for Advancement: $10k → 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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 5 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$1.2M
$702k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+12%

Still filing today

100%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $341k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • OY
    OMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST
    2× · 2020–2021 · $620k · revenue +10%
  • HF
    HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $405k · revenue +22%
  • ND
    NEBRASKA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $140k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • BC
    BEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $152k · revenue -35%
  • FS
    FILM STREAMS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -14%
  • OC
    ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +64%
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 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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2
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
3
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
4
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
5
Concord Mediation Center

Organized for the purpose of assisting individuals and groups in the resolution and management of conflicts, promoting public awareness and understanding of alternative dispute resolutions, providing educational materials, workshops and…

Crime & Legal
6
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
7
Common Good Iowa

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.

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8
Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership

Encap provides high-impact programs to help people get ahead.

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9
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
10
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

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

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11
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

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12
Opera Omaha Inc

Enriching the quality of life in the community by creating professional opera and music theater, which uniquely combine the visual and performing arts to express humanity's deepest emotions and highest aspirations.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Omaha Youth for Christ; the most unlike its peers is Colorado Christian Mission Stations. 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

25 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. 25 of the 28 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DECHOMAI FOUNDATION INC: $8,060,066 · PhilanthropyDECHOMAI FOUNDATION INCDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $5,981,249 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INCOmaha Community Foundation: $1,514,718 · PhilanthropyOmaha Community Foundation+2 more: $65,000 · PhilanthropyOMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $620,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $50,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $11,500 · Youth DevelopmentHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $405,000 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION INC: $140,000 · Human Services+3 more: $31,500 · Human ServicesHTI Labs: $125,000 · OtherFILM STREAMS INC: $100,000 · OtherONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $100,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $50,000 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $50,000 · Other+2 more: $15,200 · OtherBEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC: $151,500 · Arts & CultureOMAHA BY DESIGN: $95,000 · Arts & CultureTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterAMPLIFY ARTS: $50,000 · EducationOMAHA STREET SCHOOL: $20,500 · Education
Philanthropy$15,621,033Youth Development$681,500Human Services$576,500Other$440,200Arts & Culture$311,500Housing & Shelter$100,000Education$70,500

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 budgetDECHOMAI FOUNDATION INC: $8,060,066 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetOmaha Community Foundation: $1,514,718 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $405,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC: $151,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetNEBRASKA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION INC: $140,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetFILM STREAMS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOMAHA BY DESIGN: $95,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNEBRASKA ENTERPRISE FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMPLIFY ARTS: $50,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetOMAHA STREET SCHOOL: $20,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Christian Mission Stations: $11,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBETHLEHEM HOUSE: $6,850 over 1y, 0.6% 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 Sherwood Foundati…Nebraska Community Fo…The Charles and Mary …Weitz Family Foundati…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Todd and Mary Heistan…The Hawks FoundationUnion Pacific Foundat…Gilbert M and Martha …United Way of the Mid…Leland J & Dorothy H …
The Lozier FoundationNE36.3× affinity15 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 · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Todd and Mary Heistand Family Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · 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 Faith Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Faith Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%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
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Faith Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to The Faith Charitable Trust 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 28 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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