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Unf Charitable Gift Fund

The UNF CHARITABLE GIFT FUND was established to enable donors to make charitable donations to multiple organizations, including the university of nebraska.

$339k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$131k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Philanthropy$8.1MEducation$3.0MCrime & Legal$263kHuman Services$215kHealth$166kEmployment$110kArts & Culture$96kYouth Development$92kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $322,887, the rows itemized in this filing. The $338,887 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $16,000 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $305k
$51,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Nebraska Foundation$131,011
Foster Care Closet$122,376
Brown University - Division of Advancement$51,500
Alma United Methodist Church$10,000
Willa Cather Foundation$8,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $203k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 13%Nebraska Panhandle Area Health Education: $110k → 16%Nebraska Children's Home Society Inc: $93k → 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.
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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 7 repeat orgs$8.9M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$3.2M
$8.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+29%

Still filing today

86%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $122k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPhilanthropyEducationHealthOther
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
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +70%
  • LC
    LINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue -7%
  • TW
    THE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2025 · $56k · revenue -4%

Funded once

  • SW
    SUZANNE & WALTER SCOTT FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $8.0M · revenue +931%
  • NP
    NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $110k · revenue -40% · 49% of their budget
  • NC
    NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $93k · revenue -12%
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
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Science & Tech
2
Council of Independent Nebraska Colleges Foundation

The council of indepependent nebraska colleges foundation exists to provide operating funds and scholarship support for students attending nebraska's independent institutions of excellence.

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3
Nebraska Community Foundation

The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.

Philanthropy
4
Educare of Lincoln Inc

To help young children thrive socially, emotionally and academically through high-quality early childhood education, and in partnership with their families and the community.

Education
5
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers

To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
6
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
7
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. our values are (1)…

Philanthropy
8
The Nebraska Land Trust Inc

To foster the protection of agricultural, historical and natural resources on land in nebraska through education, partnering and permanent conservation.

Environment
9
Nebraska Cancer Coalition

Mission: connecting people and resources to strengthen cancer prevention, detection and quality of life in nebraska. vision: conquering cancer together.

—
10
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
11
Nebraska Safety Council

Provide education and leadership to empower people to live safe and healthy.

—
12
Nebraska Realtors Association

Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Aid of Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is Sherman County Prevention Coalition. 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

21 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. 21 of the 23 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
10/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUZANNE & WALTER SCOTT FOUNDATION: $7,950,198 · PhilanthropySUZANNE & WALTER SCOTT FOUNDATION+2 more: $42,246 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $3,024,674 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUND…+1 more: $15,250 · EducationFOSTER CARE CLOSET: $122,376 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA PANHANDLE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $110,342 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $93,000 · Human ServicesLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $92,550 · Crime & LegalMAGDALENE OMAHA INC: $86,375 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $84,000 · Crime & LegalBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF NEBRASKA: $85,000 · HealthLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $81,316 · HealthFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $62,500 · OtherMidwest Covenant House: $35,000 · OtherAlma United Methodist Church: $20,000 · OtherSHERMAN COUNTY PREVENTION COALITION: $91,500 · OtherLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $60,000 · OtherBROWN UNIVERSITY: $51,500 · OtherTHE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $56,493 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA ART ASSOCIATION: $22,700 · Arts & CultureBEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC: $17,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$7,992,444Education$3,039,924Human Services$325,718Crime & Legal$262,925Health$166,316Other$320,500Arts & Culture$106,193

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 budgetSUZANNE & WALTER SCOTT FOUNDATION: $7,950,198 over 1y, 17% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $3,024,674 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetNEBRASKA PANHANDLE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $110,342 over 1y, 49% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $93,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $92,550 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMAGDALENE OMAHA INC: $86,375 over 1y, 10% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF NEBRASKA: $85,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $84,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $81,316 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $62,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $56,493 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $51,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA ART ASSOCIATION: $22,700 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $22,246 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LINCOLN AND LANCASTER COUNTY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC: $17,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 Sherwood Foundati…Assurity Life Foundat…Cooper FoundationAcklie Charitable Fou…Nebraska Community Fo…Lincoln Community Fou…Duncan Family TrustSpreetail FoundationBettenhausen Family F…Abel FoundationPeter Kiewit Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…
The Sherwood FoundationNE23.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Acklie Charitable Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Duncan Family Trust · Spreetail Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Abel Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Robert B Daugherty 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 Unf Charitable Gift Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Unf Charitable Gift Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Unf Charitable Gift Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Unf Charitable Gift Fund 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 23 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 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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