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The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation at a glance

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The Pearle Francis Finigan 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.

$691k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.8MAnimals$805kReligion$594kArts & Culture$469kMembership Benefit$153kFood & Nutrition$66kHuman Services$35kHealth$26kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $647,405, the rows itemized in this filing. The $691,405 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $44,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $240k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Nebraska Foundation$250,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University$100,000
University of Nebraska Foundation$90,000
Pius X Foundation$50,000
Lincoln Arts Council$30,000
Lux Center for the Arts$21,250
Lincoln Youth Symphony$13,800
Nebraska Wesleyan University$10,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University$10,000
Union College$10,000
University of Nebraska Foundation$10,000
Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music$8,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University$7,755
Lincoln Music Teachers Association$5,000
Sacred Heart Catholic Church$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%Lincoln Children's Zoo: $200k → 13%Lincoln Children's Zoo: $200k → 13%Lincoln Children's Zoo: $200k → 13%Lincoln Children's Zoo: $200k → 13%Lincoln Arts Council: $33k → 13%Lincoln Arts Council: $23k → 13%Lincoln Arts Council: $23k → 13%Lincoln Arts Council: $23k → 13%Nebraska Wesleyan University: $91k → 13%Nebraska Wesleyan University: $91k → 13%Nebraska Wesleyan University: $60k → 13%Nebraska Wesleyan University: $54k → 13%Nebraska Wesleyan University: $50k → 13%Nebraska Wesleyan University: $50k → 13%Nebraska Wesleyan University: $40k → 13%Mourning Hope: $34k → 13%Lux Art Center: $24k → 13%Lux Art Center: $24k → 13%Food Bank of Lincoln: $20k → 13%Food Bank of Lincoln: $20k → 13%Food Bank of Lincoln: $15k → 13%Bright Lights Inc: $25k → 13%Lied Center for Performing Arts: $16k → 13%Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music: $15k → 13%University of Nebraska Foundation: $35k → 13%University of Nebraska Foundation: $25k → 13%Nebraska Chamber Players: $15k → 13%Nebraska Chamber Players: $15k → 13%Nebraska Chamber Players: $15k → 13%Nebraska Chamber Players: $15k → 13%St Patrick Catholic Church: $50k → 13%St Patrick Catholic Church: $50k → 13%St Patrick Catholic Church: $50k → 13%First Lutheran Music: $50k → 13%First Lutheran Music: $50k → 13%SEE: $736k → 13%SEE ATTACHMENT 14: $718k → 13%SEE: $674k → 13%Pius X High School: $55k → 13%Pius X High School: $50k → 13%Calvary Cemetery: $50k → 13%Calvary Cemetery: $50k → 13%St Teresa Catholic Church: $30k → 13%St Teresa Catholic Church: $25k → 13%Calvary Cemetery: $24k → 13%Calvary Cemetery: $18k → 13%Pius X High School: $15k → 13%Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools: $14k → 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 36 repeat orgs$300k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
24

Total granted

$5.3M
$253k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+9%

Still filing today

47%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionReligionOther
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
    6× · 2017–2024 · $792k · revenue +70%
  • NW
    NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $704k · revenue +21%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $65k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • FL
    First Lutheran Church
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • SP
    St. Patricks Church
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • MH
    MOURNING HOPE
    one grant, 2020 · $34k · revenue -20%
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 Municipal Band Association Inc

Educational Music Performance

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2
Lincoln Crossroads Festival

The Nebraska Crossroads Music Festivals mission is to highlight and celebrate Nebraskas rich cultural heritage through creative and conscientious musical programming and workshops.

Arts & Culture
3
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
4
Rubendall Foundation Charitable Trust
Philanthropy
5
Foundation for Lincoln City Libraries

The foundation's purpose is to solicit and receive gifts, bequests and grants for the use and benefit of the lincoln city library.

Education
6
Lincoln Orchestra Association

Lincoln's symphony orchestra will present inspiring experiences that walcome all members to our community to discover and cultivate a profound, personal connection with live orchestral music.

Arts & Culture
7
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra Foundation

The lincoln symphony orchestra foundation's mission is to support the lincoln symphony orchestra association through the solicitation of donations, the investment of endowment funds and the transfer of approved amounts to the association…

Arts & Culture
8
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Science & Tech
9
Alumni Association of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Promote the achievements and aspirations of the university of nebraska - lincoln by engaging its students, alumni, and friends.

Education
10
Lincoln Arts & Humanities Foundation

To encourage and increase awareness and appreciation of the arts

Arts & Culture
11
Lincoln Community Foundation

To Cultivate Lincoln Philanthropy and Stewardship for Today and Tomorrow

Philanthropy
12
Lincoln University

To provide traditional educational programs in diverse fields of study, delivered by experienced educators, and leading to outstanding employment opportunities for American and international students

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lincoln Arts Council; the most unlike its peers is Marianna Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 68 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEE: $1,410,007 · OtherSEELINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL: $161,674 · OtherLINCOLN ARTS COUNCILPIUS X FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherST PATRICK CATHOLIC CHURCH: $150,000 · OtherCalvary Cemetery: $149,996 · OtherPius X High School: $120,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $106,500 · Other+43 more: $701,400 · Other+43 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $792,249 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIO…NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $704,130 · EducationNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYUNION COLLEGE: $60,000 · Education+1 more: $25,000 · EducationLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $805,000 · AnimalsLINCOLN CHILDREN…THE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $39,450 · Arts & CultureMOURNING HOPE: $34,000 · Arts & CultureLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $21,250 · Arts & CultureNebraska Brass Inc: $13,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of Opera: $9,225 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $4,205 · Arts & CultureFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $65,000 · Food & NutritionMARIANNA INC: $40,000 · ReligionSEWING FOR BABIES INCORPORATED: $10,000 · HealthThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Health
Other$2,949,577Education$1,581,379Animals$805,000Arts & Culture$121,130Food & Nutrition$65,000Religion$40,000Health$20,000

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 CHILDREN'S ZOO: $805,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $792,249 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $704,130 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL: $161,674 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLincoln Friends of Chamber Music: $64,150 over 6y, 22% of budgetUNION COLLEGE: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMARIANNA INC: $40,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetNebraska Jazz Orchestra Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetLINCOLN MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $39,450 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMOURNING HOPE: $34,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $21,250 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNebraska Brass Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetMU PHI EPSILON FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSEWING FOR BABIES INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Opera: $9,225 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN LINCOLN FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetLINCOLN BOYS CHOIR INC: $3,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetABENDMUSIK AT FIRST-PLYMOUTH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLIXT LOCALLY GROWN: $505 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFRIEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 CHILDREN'S ZOO ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music ↗
  • Who funds UNION COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MARIANNA INC ↗
  • Who funds Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Inc ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds MOURNING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT LIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Nebraska Brass Inc ↗
  • Who funds MU PHI EPSILON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEWING FOR BABIES INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds The Tabitha Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Opera ↗

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…D F Dillon FoundationRogers FoundationCooper FoundationAssurity Life Foundat…Duncan Family TrustAbel FoundationOlsson Family Foundat…Kinder Porter Scott F…Lee and Debbie Stuart…Bettenhausen Family F…Nebraska Community Fo…
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE41.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · D F Dillon Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · Abel Foundation · Olsson Family Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Nebraska Community 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 Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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

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    How do I get to The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Pearle Francis Finigan 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 68 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $718k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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