Nebraska · Public charity
The McGowan Family Foundation
To operate exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and carry out the purpose of the Omaha Community Foundation.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations The McGowan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $1.2M | 39% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $593k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $1.1M | 38% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creighton Preparatory School | $800,200 | 5 | n/a |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation | $755,450 | 3 | 3% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $447,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Heart Ministry Center | $285,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jesuit Academy | $243,750 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $223,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Christian University | $168,347 | 5 | 0% |
| Omaha Performing Arts Society | $163,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Completely Kids | $151,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 44 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The McGowan Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Dr C C and Mabel L Criss Memorial · The Holland Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Mammel Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Parker Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The McGowan Family Foundation
- How much does The McGowan Family Foundation give?
- The McGowan Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $1,283,604 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The McGowan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Health (31%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are The McGowan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Creighton Preparatory School ($800k), Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation ($755k), Breakthrough T1d ($447k).
- Does The McGowan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The McGowan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lozier Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation.
- Where is The McGowan Family Foundation based?
- The McGowan Family Foundation is based in NE.
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