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Therese and Tim Fitzgibbons

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.

$94k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Education$193kReligion$142kRecreation & Sports$85kHealth$30kHuman Services$24kHousing & Shelter$18kCrime & Legal$18kPhilanthropy$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
$2,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$749k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$13,000
Individual grant recipient$12,000
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY$10,700
MAYO CLINIC$7,000
MADONNA ABILITY ALLIANCE$5,500
SHELTERING TREE$5,000
CHI FOUNDATION$5,000
ST MARGARET MARY PARISH$4,400
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$3,000
OLD ST MARYS CATHOLIC SCHOOL$3,000
DUNDEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$2,500
PROJECT HARMONY$2,500
ARCHDIOCESE OF OMAHA$2,500
ROOT BIBLE$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–25, $700) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PGA REACH NEBRASKA: $200 → 13%ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES: $100 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $200 → 12%WOMENS CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $200 → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
NJ
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
OK
LA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$448k · 35 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +108% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

35 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
28

Total granted

$448k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+108%
+11%

Still filing today

34%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CU
    Creighton University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $96k · revenue +48%
  • PH
    PROJECT HARMONY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $17k · revenue +117%
  • ST
    SHELTERING TREE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $14k · revenue +132%

Funded once

  • WF
    WESTSIDE FOUNDATIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • SA
    ST AUGUSTINE PARISH
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • MH
    MERCY HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

2
Nebraska Methodist Hospital

Nebraska methodist hospital (commonly know as "methodist hospital") is an acute care facility dedicated to bringing high quality care for the mind, body and spirit of every person. we provide community-based health care, health education…

Health
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
5
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
6
Methodist Fremont Health

The mission of methodist fremont health is to improve the quality of life by caring for the body and mind. methodist fremont health supports its mission of caring for people through the provision of inpatient and outpatient hospital…

Health
7
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
8
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

9
The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc

Provide philanthropic support to firsthealth of the carolinas, inc., a healthcare system exempt from income tax under irs section 501c(3) and 170(b)(1)(a)(iii).

10
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
11
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
12
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Deborah Hospital Foundation and the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyVeteran Support ServicesCommunity Health CentersChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Cancer Support OrganizationsPublic University Foundatio…Domestic Violence Crisis Se…Community Arts OrganizationsAnimal Rescue and AdoptionPregnancy Support ServicesFood Pantries & AssistanceFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 25. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number15%0%<5yr10%3%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr15%19%20–35yr17%25%35–55yr24%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value15%0%<5yr10%1%5–10yr19%8%10–20yr15%9%20–35yr17%31%35–55yr24%51%55yr+

The field is 15% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/35
the rest of the field
8%
1,067/14,077

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 74 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST MARGARET MARY — $106,450 · OtherST MARGARET MARYMADONNA SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES — $43,600 · OtherMADONNA SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICESOLD ST MARYS CATHOLIC SCHOOL — $23,000 · OtherOLD ST MARYS CATHOLIC SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient — $20,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $15,500 · Other+46 more — $112,300 · Other+46 moreCreighton University — $95,950 · EducationCreighton UniversityUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $85,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $6,750 · Education+2 more — $5,250 · EducationSHELTERING TREE INC — $14,250 · Housing & ShelterSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE — $3,950 · Housing & Shelter+1 more — $100 · Housing & ShelterPROJECT HARMONY — $17,250 · Crime & Legal+1 more — $250 · Crime & LegalMAYO CLINIC — $9,000 · HealthALS IN THE HEARTLAND INC — $2,000 · HealthALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC — $500 · HealthDEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $500 · Health+3 more — $750 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA PGA FOUNDATION — $200 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT — $200 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE — $200 · Human Services+1 more — $100 · Human ServicesHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $3,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$320,950Education$192,950Housing & Shelter$18,300Crime & Legal$17,500Health$12,750Human Services$5,700Food & Nutrition$3,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCreighton University — $95,950 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $85,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY — $17,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERING TREE INC — $14,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $6,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND — $4,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE — $3,950 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALS IN THE HEARTLAND INC — $2,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS — $750 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKICKS FOR A CURE INC — $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA PGA FOUNDATION — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOSAIC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPS ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Creighton University
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac
  • Who funds PROJECT HARMONY
  • Who funds SHELTERING TREE INC
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND
  • Who funds SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
  • Who funds ALS IN THE HEARTLAND INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationNE24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Seline Family Foundation · Mammel Family Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · The Enrichment Foundation · The Dorothy B Davis Foundation · Moglia Family Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · The Tesi Foundation · Slezak Family Charitable Foundation · Stephen F Dwyer Memorial Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Therese and Tim Fitzgibbons funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 8%
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc8% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Therese and Tim Fitzgibbons?

Find your warmest path to Therese and Tim Fitzgibbons 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 74 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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