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Vetter Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.2M
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Human Services$1.2MFood & Nutrition$109kEnvironment$85kReligion$80kPhilanthropy$74kHealth$54kYouth Development$26kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.2M
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VETTER SENIOR LIVING$1,170,352
DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA$2,500
HOMES FOR HOPE$2,000
ONE CHILD MATTERS$1,170
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 (FY22–24, $76k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $11k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $5k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA: $5k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA: $5k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA: $3k → 12%DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION: $26k → 12%DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $4k → 12%DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION: $8k → 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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$314k · 15 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
14

Total granted

$314k
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+13%

Still filing today

73%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • DF
    DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $44k · revenue +39%
  • HF
    HOMES FOR HOPE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $34k · revenue +25%
  • OY
    OMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST
    2× · 2022–2023 · $26k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • WF
    Water for the World
    one grant, 2022 · $85k · revenue -40% · 35% of their budget
  • BC
    BOONE COUNTY FOUNDATION FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • DN
    Dormie Network Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -6%
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
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
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
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
4
Nebraska Housing Developers Association

To increase the availability of affordable housing in nebraska.

Community Improvement
5
The Lutheran Home Association Foundation

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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6
Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa Inc

Habitat for humanity of central iowa, inc. works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with god's people in need by building houses, so that there are decent houses in decent…

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7
National Church Residences At Home Hospice

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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8
National Church Residences At Home Hospice Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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9
National Church Residences At Home Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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10
National Church Residences At Home Health and Wellness Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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11
One Omaha

One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
12
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope; the most unlike its peers is Water for the World. 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

23 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. 23 of the 31 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VETTER SENIOR LIVING: $1,170,352 · HealthVETTER SENIOR LIVING+4 more: $31,200 · HealthCONVOY OF HOPE: $106,000 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOP…Water for the World: $85,000 · InternationalWater for the…ONECHILD GLOBAL: $15,735 · InternationalONECHILD GLOB…MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES: $40,866 · OtherMERRYMAKERS: $21,000 · OtherNEBRASKA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $7,500 · OtherBOONE COUNTY FOUNDATION FUND: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $17,700 · OtherSupport Nebraska: $40,000 · PhilanthropyHOMES FOR HOPE: $34,350 · PhilanthropyDormie Network Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyDREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION: $43,650 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $15,893 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA INC: $12,850 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $4,000 · Human ServicesOMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $25,500 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT HARMONY: $2,500 · Crime & Legal
Health$1,201,552International$206,735Other$120,066Philanthropy$79,350Human Services$76,393Youth Development$25,500Crime & Legal$2,500

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 budgetVETTER SENIOR LIVING: $1,170,352 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWater for the World: $85,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetDREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION: $43,650 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSupport Nebraska: $40,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetHOMES FOR HOPE: $34,350 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $25,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNEBRASKA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $15,893 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetONECHILD GLOBAL: $15,735 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetQUALITY LIVING INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA INC: $12,850 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetATAXIA CONNECTION INC: $10,300 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDormie Network Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOMAHA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBellevue University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMERSON VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK: $1,200 over 1y, 1.9% 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 Dorothy B Davis F…Gilbert M and Martha …Suzanne & Walter Scot…The Hawks FoundationImmanuel Community Vi…Midlands Community Fo…Robert B Daugherty Fo…The Lozier FoundationThe Enrichment Founda…Ike & Roz Friedman Fo…John K & Lynne D Boye…The Sherwood Foundati…
The Dorothy B Davis FoundationDE15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dorothy B Davis Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Midlands Community Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Enrichment Foundation · Ike & Roz Friedman Foundation · John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation · The Sherwood 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 Vetter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vetter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Vetter Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Vetter 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 31 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.

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