· Private foundation
Thomas D Buckley Trust
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k56 grants · $155k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $222k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| City of Chappell, Nebraska | $50,000 |
| Chappell Fire District #1 | $30,000 |
| Creek Valley School Education Foundtn | $26,000 |
| Creek Valley Public Schools | $25,000 |
| Way Out West Community Theatre | $20,000 |
| Buckley Continuing Ed Scholarship Acct. | $20,000 |
| City of Chappell, Nebraska | $20,000 |
| Buckley High School Scholarship Acct. | $19,000 |
| Sedgwick County Memorial Hospital | $15,000 |
| Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries | $14,350 |
| Regional West Garden County | $12,500 |
| Chappell Methodist Church | $10,000 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $10,000 |
| City of Chappell, Nebraska | $8,750 |
| Oshkosh United Methodist Church | $8,450 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NLNEBRASKA LUTHERAN OUTDOOR MINISTRIES3× · 2020–2024 · $46k · revenue +26%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION2× · 2020–2024 · $20k · revenue +31%
- SCSANDHILLS CRISIS INTERVENTION2× · 2020–2024 · $9k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- LRLodgepole Rural Fire District #3one grant, 2020 · $25k
- CVCreek Valley Public School Foundationone grant, 2022 · $24k
- CVCreek Valley School Educational Fndtnone grant, 2020 · $24k
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.
Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.
Inspiring healthy living by providing exceptional health and life services for every person, every time.
We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.
To inspire health and healing by putting patients first -- always.
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…
The mission of pella regional health center is to provide healthcare and healing services with christian compassion.
Northland community health center is committed to providing access to affordable and quality health services.
Cherishing life's journey through an extraordinary commitment to compassion, comfort and holistic care.
Heartland community health network exists to support and strengthen its federally qualified health center members through collaboration, information-sharing and integration of administrative, fiscal and clinical operations.
To foster the protection of agricultural, historical and natural resources on land in nebraska through education, partnering and permanent conservation.
To fund the program and services of hospice of the nothwest to ensure dignified and compassionate care is available to anyone coping with a life-limiting diagnosis.one size doesn't always fit all, especially when it comes to quality of…
Extraordinary healthcare from the heart - one person at a time.vision: we will set the standard for community-based healthcare that improves the health and quality of life of the people we serve.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 71 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 CHAPPELL SENIOR CENTER ↗
- Who funds NEBRASKA LUTHERAN OUTDOOR MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL WEST GARDEN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds OREGON TRAIL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL WEST MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds KIMBALL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KID'S PLUS INC ↗
- Who funds SANDHILLS CRISIS INTERVENTION ↗
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: Virginia Smith Charitable Trust · Nebraska Community Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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