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The Gfh & Sah Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Gfh & Sah Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$140k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.8MHuman Services$261kReligion$157kArts & Culture$81kEnvironment$66kFood & Nutrition$30kYouth Development$25kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $130k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$10k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL$30,000
JESUIT ACADEMY$30,000
CUES$25,000
DURHAM MUSEUM$25,000
CHRIST THE KING CHURCH$20,000
LAURITZEN GARDENS$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MIDLANDS$5,000
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 (FY17–23, $278k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%IOWA GREAT LAKES ASSOC: $500 → 7%LOVE TAKES ROOT: $6k → 9%KNIGHTS OF AKSARBEN FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $200k → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $20k → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $15k → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $10k → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $5k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 12%BOYS TOWN NATL RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 14 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
22

Total granted

$1.1M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+18%

Still filing today

43%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionArts & CultureAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CS
    CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $250k · revenue +60%
  • CF
    CUES FUND
    6× · 2019–2024 · $135k · revenue +117%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $97k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • OS
    OMAHA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M
  • CP
    CREIGHTON PREPATORY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $107k
  • DU
    DOANE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $86k · revenue +7%
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
Children's Physicians

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

Health
2
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
3
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
4
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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5
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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6
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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7
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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8
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.

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9
Ecumen

We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support.

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10
Cornerstone Christian Schools

Cornerstone christian school educates children to become learners-equipped with godly character and biblical truth.

Education
11
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
12
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Okoboji Foundation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OMAHA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,020,000 · OtherOMAHA SCHOOL FOUNDATIONJESUIT ACADEMY: $259,000 · OtherJESUIT ACADEMYCREIGHTON PREPATORY SCHOOL: $106,700 · OtherCREIGHTON PREPATORY SCHOOLOMAHA NORTH SCHOOL FOUNDAITON: $70,000 · OtherFONTENELLE NATURE ASSOC: $65,000 · Other+19 more: $220,984 · Other+19 moreCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesCHILD SAVING…Father Flanagan's Boys' Home: $10,200 · Human ServicesKNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human Services+3 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesCUES FUND: $135,000 · ReligionCUES FUNDCATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION: $97,400 · ReligionCATHOLIC C…DOANE UNIVERSITY: $85,903 · EducationCreighton University: $57,500 · EducationTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $55,000 · Arts & CultureHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $30,000 · Food & NutritionBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,741,684Human Services$277,700Religion$232,400Education$143,403Arts & Culture$55,000Food & Nutrition$30,000Youth Development$10,000

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 budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $250,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetCUES FUND: $135,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION: $97,400 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetDOANE UNIVERSITY: $85,903 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCreighton University: $57,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $10,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OMAHA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOVE TAKES ROOT INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNEBRASKA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA GREAT LAKES ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.4% 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 CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds CUES FUND ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOANE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Creighton University ↗
  • Who funds THE DURHAM MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds HEART MINISTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
  • Who funds KNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE TAKES ROOT INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HARMONY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC ↗
  • Who funds IOWA GREAT LAKES ASSOCIATION ↗

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 FoundationMutual of Omaha Found…The Hawks FoundationThe Charles and Mary …The Sherwood Foundati…Dixon Family Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Harley and Beth Schra…Cl Werner FoundationWalter Scott Family F…The Holland FoundationKim Foundation
The Lozier FoundationNE28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Dixon Family Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Harley and Beth Schrager Foundation · Cl Werner Foundation · Walter Scott Family Foundation · The Holland Foundation · Kim 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 Gfh & Sah Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gfh & Sah Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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