· Private foundation
The Lee and Mary Volkmer Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k19 grants · $257k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES | $50,000 |
| WOMEN'S CARE CENTER | $20,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN | $20,000 |
| MATT TALBOT KITCHEN AND OUTREACH | $20,000 |
| FOCUS | $16,000 |
| ST TERESA'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| CUES | $15,000 |
| TABITHA HEALTH CARE SERVICES | $15,000 |
| ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| VILLA MARIE SCHOOL | $12,000 |
| SKUTT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $12,000 |
| CEDAR'S HOME FOR CHILDREN | $12,000 |
| CLINIC WITH A HEART | $10,000 |
| ST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES8× · 2017–2024 · $268k · revenue +20%
- MTMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH8× · 2017–2024 · $134k · revenue +148%
- FBFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC8× · 2017–2024 · $134k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- SVST VINCENT DE PAULone grant, 2023 · $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.
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.
To provide emergency shelter
Hope gospel rescue mission is a christ centered ministry in york, nebraska. helping the hurting & homeless in the name of jesus christ.
To promote, facilitate and develop or co-develop affordable housing in lincoln county, nebraska.
The lincoln county foood bank is organized to provide food assistance to those individuals who are economically disadvantaged and without adequate food sources.
Habitat for humanity of central iowa, inc. works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with god's people in need by building houses, so that there are decent houses in decent…
Lutheran family services of nebraska, inc.'s (lfs) mission is to express god's love for all people by providing quality human care services that build and strengthen individual, family and community life. our vision is saftey, hope and…
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. habitat for humanity of columbus, ne, inc.,…
The lawrence community shelter is the only emergency homeless shelter serving lawrence and douglas county in kansas. our mission is to provide a safe shelter and comprehensive services and programs in order to set people experiencing or at…
Bridge of Hope empowers Lincoln County neighbors to overcome housing crises through resources, healing, and hope. We provide safe shelter, advocacy, and connections to community resources that help individuals and families work toward…
Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us
The organization is a nondenominational christian nonprofit whose purpose is to create decent, affordable housing for those in need, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience with people everywhere.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES ↗
- Who funds MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
- Who funds Tabitha Inc ↗
- Who funds CUES FUND ↗
- Who funds CLINIC WITH A HEART INC ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE'S CITY MISSION ↗
- Who funds BETHLEHEM HOUSE ↗
- Who funds LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · D F Dillon Foundation · Firespring Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Abel Foundation · Orphan Grain Train Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Allstate Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lee and Mary Volkmer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lee and Mary Volkmer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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