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The Terry & Hollye Peterson Foundation at a glance

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The Terry & Hollye Peterson 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.

$9k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$36kEducation$33kArts & Culture$17kHuman Services$17kAnimals$6kRecreation & Sports$4kFood & Nutrition$4kHealth$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$611k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT PATRICK'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL$5,000
OMAHA CATHOLIC SCHOOL CONSORTIUM$3,000
NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
TLC PREGNANCY SERVICES$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 (FY20–23, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $5k → 6%CAMP NORTHSTAR INC: $3k → 7%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $1k → 12%PROJECT HOPE: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
NV
CA
NE
VA
TX
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$84k · 5 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
18

Total granted

$84k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+25%

Still filing today

40%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 ServicesAnimalsEducationReligionArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • NL
    NEBRASKA LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $36k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2023 · $20k · revenue +57%
  • BC
    BUTLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $16k

Funded once

  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • HE
    HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +17%
  • CN
    CAMP NORTHSTAR INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -48%
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
Hope-Net Ministries Inc

Helping Other People Experience HOPE through meeting felt needs and building healthy relationships.

Human Services
2
Hope Gospel Rescue Mission Inc

Hope gospel rescue mission is a christ centered ministry in york, nebraska. helping the hurting & homeless in the name of jesus christ.

Religion
3
Noahs Hope Animal Rescue Inc

Noahs Hope Animal Rescue accepts unwanted and street animals; restores health and then places the animals in homes around the metro Siouxland area.

Animals
4
Heartland Humane Society

Heartland's mission is to build a more compassionate community by teaching humane messages to our youth, caring for homeless animals and strengthening the human-animal bond.

Animals
5
Heartland Humane Society Ltd

Heartland humane society is a no-kill shelter for dogs and cats. the mission is to provide temporary shelter and care to homeless/lost animals, to educate the public on proper care of animals, and to promote neuter and spay programs.

Animals
6
New Hope Farm Inc

Rescue and sanctuary for horses, donkeys, and mules.

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7
Oneheart

Oneheart: a place for hope & healing is a four-acre transformation campus in rapid city, south dakota, with a mission of empowering people to overcome crisis and achieve self-sustainability. built upon the principles of brain science and…

Housing & Shelter
8
Nebraska No Kill Canine Rescue

Organization to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home dogs.

Animals
9
Hooves & Paws Rescue of the Heartland

Continue to provide rescues of horses,donkeys, and large dogs

Animals
10
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
11
Ranch Hands Rescue

To provide a sanctuary for people and animals, founded on hope and healing for the long-term recovery of trauma victims, special needs animals, and male survivors of sex trafficking.

Animals
12
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open Door Mission D/B/a Open Door Mission & Lydia House; the most unlike its peers is I-Bible 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

14 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. 14 of the 26 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEBRASKA LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY INC: $36,000 · OtherNEBRASKA LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY INCBUTLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $16,000 · OtherBUTLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCSALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S AUXILIARY: $10,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S AUXILIARYOMAHA CATHOLIC SCHOOL CONSORTIUM: $6,500 · OtherOMAHA CATHOLIC SCHOOL CONSORTIUMSAINT PATRICK'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherSAINT PATRICK'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL+10 more: $9,450 · Other+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBR…+1 more: $250 · EducationHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND…CAMP NORTHSTAR INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesCAMP NORT…PROJECT HOPE INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT H…OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $1,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR…NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 · AnimalsAIREDALE TERRIER RESCUE & ADOPTION: $1,000 · AnimalsHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $1,000 · Food & NutritionKEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25: $500 · Public Safety & DisasterLILY HAVEN: $300 · Health
Other$82,950Education$20,250Human Services$10,500Animals$6,000Food & Nutrition$1,000Public Safety & Disaster$500Health$300

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLILY HAVEN: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $250 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 Charles and Mary …Immanuel Community Vi…The Lozier FoundationLincoln Financial Fou…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationNE15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Terry & Hollye Peterson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Terry & Hollye Peterson 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%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 26 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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