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The Krieger Family Foundation at a glance

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The Krieger Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$157k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$93k
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 2024.

Human Services$177kEducation$114kPhilanthropy$38kAnimals$26kArts & Culture$26kRecreation & Sports$18kYouth Development$13kFood & Nutrition$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $37k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $93k
$8,333
Median grant
2
States reached
$803k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lincoln Littles$92,672
Lincoln Community Fdn - Early Child$21,630
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Inc$15,000
HeadStart$8,333
Nebraska State Historical Society$8,333
University of Nebraska Fnd$5,785
Kappa Kappa Gamma$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%YMCA OF LINCOLN: $5k → 13%YMCA of Lincoln: $5k → 13%We Can Do This: $100 → 13%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$308k · 16 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
30

Total granted

$308k
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+92%

Still filing today

44%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
EducationAnimalsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentHousing & 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2022 · $22k · revenue +57%
  • CH
    CAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY
    4× · 2018–2022 · $10k · revenue +131%
  • YO
    YMCA OF LINCOLN
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • LP
    Lincoln Public Schools
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • LC
    Lincoln Community Fnd
    one grant, 2022 · $11k
  • LP
    Lincoln Parks Recreation
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
2
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation

To promote, facilitate and develop or co-develop affordable housing in lincoln county, nebraska.

Philanthropy
3
Lincoln United Community Coalition
Community Improvement
4
Lincoln Animal Ambassadors

To address the root causes of animal homelessness in lincoln, nebraska and surrounding communites.

Animals
5
Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce

To Market Lincoln as the area of choice in which to live and do business, by attracting, assisting, retaining and promoting our members

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6
Lincoln Central Neighborhood Family Center

To provide programs for the residents in the lincoln/central school area.

Community Improvement
7
Food Bank of Lincoln Foundation

The foundation is dedicated to the development and implementation of the food bank, an organization exempt under code section 501(c)(3).

Food & Nutrition
8
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
9
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Community development in lincoln, ne

—
10
Educare of Lincoln Inc

To help young children thrive socially, emotionally and academically through high-quality early childhood education, and in partnership with their families and the community.

Education
11
Lincoln County Food Bank

The lincoln county foood bank is organized to provide food assistance to those individuals who are economically disadvantaged and without adequate food sources.

—
12
Lincoln Land Community College Foundation

Cultivating and stewarding charitable gifts to support lincoln land community college students, programs and services.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of Lincoln; the most unlike its peers is Panhandle Humane Society. 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

17 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. 17 of the 49 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lincoln Littles: $132,672 · OtherLincoln LittlesLincoln Public Schools Foundation: $35,000 · OtherLincoln Public Schools FoundationLincoln Community Fdn - Early Child: $31,974 · OtherLincoln Community Fdn - Early ChildChildren's Zoo Foundation: $15,000 · OtherNebraska State Historical Society: $13,333 · OtherLincoln Public Schools: $12,190 · Other+31 more: $101,537 · Other+31 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $21,817 · EducationUNIVERSITY …Thurgood Marshall College Fund: $15,000 · EducationThurgood Ma…BRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $4,500 · EducationBRIGHT LIGH…LINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL: $4,090 · EducationLINCOLN LIT…Lincoln Community Foundation Inc: $27,071 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,210 · AnimalsPANHANDLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,230 · AnimalsYMCA OF LINCOLN: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $2,530 · Community ImprovementFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $2,050 · Food & Nutrition
Other$341,706Education$45,407Philanthropy$27,171Animals$11,440Human Services$10,100Community Improvement$2,530Food & Nutrition$2,050

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 budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $27,071 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $21,817 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,210 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA OF LINCOLN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL: $4,090 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $2,530 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $2,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPANHANDLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,230 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREEN LIVING SCIENCE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN HOUSING CHARITIES: $250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ARC OF LINCOLN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE CARE ENDOWMENT: $100 over 1y, 4.5% 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 Lincoln Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Thurgood Marshall College Fund ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF LINCOLN ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT LIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds PANHANDLE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds GREEN LIVING SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN HOUSING CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF LINCOLN ↗

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.

Lincoln Community Fou…Abel FoundationCooper FoundationOlsson Family Foundat…Kinder Porter Scott F…Bettenhausen Family F…Acklie Charitable Fou…Assurity Life Foundat…Donlan FoundationLienemann Charitable …Rogers FoundationSpreetail Foundation
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Abel Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Olsson Family Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Acklie Charitable Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Donlan Foundation · Lienemann Charitable Foundation Inc · Rogers Foundation · Spreetail 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 Krieger Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Krieger Family 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Krieger Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Krieger 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.

    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 49 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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