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The Kavich Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Kavich Family Charitable 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.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$62kHuman Services$43kPhilanthropy$17kFood & Nutrition$14kReligion$12kCommunity Improvement$5kArts & Culture$3kEducation$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$8k
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 96% of reported assets are held in Berkshire Hathaway Stock.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MADONNA FOUNDATION$5,000
CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE$2,500
HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES$2,500
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$1,500
THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE$1,500
HEART MINISTRY CENTER$1,000
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION$1,000
VITA NOVA$300
INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER$250
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, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $250 → 12%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $200 → 12%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 12%HEART HEROES: $110 → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $2k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $4k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 12%ENCOR: $500 → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $200 → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $120 → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $500 → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $250 → 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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$112k · 17 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
34

Total granted

$112k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+22%

Still filing today

76%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • TM
    THE MADONNA FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +87%
  • HF
    HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +39%
  • AA
    ANGELS AMONG US
    4× · 2017–2020 · $13k · revenue +315%

Funded once

  • VO
    VALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +8%
  • CC
    CHILD CRISIS CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • CC
    CHILD CRISIS CENTER ARIZONA
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
2
Heartland Community Health Network Inc

Heartland community health network exists to support and strengthen its federally qualified health center members through collaboration, information-sharing and integration of administrative, fiscal and clinical operations.

Health
3
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
4
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
5
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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6
Jefferson Community Health Center Inc

Inspiring healthy living by providing exceptional health and life services for every person, every time.

Health
7
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
8
Community Health Care Inc

Community health care provides the communities we serve with excellence in patient-centered medical, dental, and behavioral health care that is compassionate, affordable, and accessible.

—
9
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
10
Catholic Charities Foundation

Support the mission and social services programs of catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha, inc.

Religion
11
Children's Physicians

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

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heartland Family Service; the most unlike its peers is Pace. 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

36 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. 36 of the 55 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
26/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $30,800 · PhilanthropyTHE MADONNA FOUNDATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC: $15,550 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICE OF NEBRASKA: $5,500 · OtherLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICE OF NE…VALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 · OtherVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMM…CHILD CRISIS CENTER: $5,000 · OtherCHILD CRISIS CENTERCHILD CRISIS CENTER ARIZONA: $5,000 · OtherCHILD CRISIS CENTER ARIZONAAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $2,750 · OtherAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONFILM STREAMS INC: $2,500 · OtherFILM STREAMS INCCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $2,250 · OtherCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $1,460 · Other+23 more: $10,675 · Other+23 moreHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $16,440 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND FAMILY SE…CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesCHILD SAVING INSTIT…GRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $1,500 · Human Services+6 more: $2,310 · Human Services+6 moreANGELS AMONG US: $13,000 · HealthANGELS AMONG USAT EASE USA: $4,000 · HealthAT EASE USAAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 · HealthAmerican Heart A…COLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthCOLUMBUS COMMUNI…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES IN OMAHA INC: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $12,500 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $500 · Food & NutritionTHE TRI-FAITH INITIATIVE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA: $6,500 · ReligionOMAHA BY DESIGN: $3,500 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$46,850Other$42,135Human Services$28,250Health$23,500Food & Nutrition$13,000Religion$6,500Arts & Culture$3,500

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 budgetTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $30,800 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $16,440 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC: $15,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANGELS AMONG US: $13,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRI-FAITH INITIATIVE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA: $6,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAT EASE USA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOMAHA BY DESIGN: $3,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFILM STREAMS INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $2,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $1,460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES IN OMAHA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMeyer Foundation for Disabilities: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity of Omaha Police Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLuMind IDSC Foundation: $175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART HEROES INC: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT PLAINS SPCA: $100 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.

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 FoundationMutual of Omaha Found…Weitz Family Foundati…The Charles and Mary …Suzanne & Walter Scot…Leland J & Dorothy H …Cl Werner FoundationUnion Pacific Foundat…Parker Family Foundat…
The Lozier FoundationNE52.5× affinity23 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 · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Cl Werner Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Parker Family 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 Kavich Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kavich Family Charitable Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 55 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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