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Whitmore Charitable Trust at a glance

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Whitmore Charitable Trust

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.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$279kHealth$42kCommunity Improvement$21kEducation$20kYouth Development$4kEnvironment$3k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$7,500
OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC$5,000
OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY$5,000
BLUE BARN THEATRE$5,000
OPERA OMAHA INC$5,000
PARTNERS FOR LIVABLE OMAHA$5,000
OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE$5,000
OMAHA THEATER COMPANY$5,000
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIO$3,500
WHY ARTS INC$2,500
NEBRASKA BRASS INC$2,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WHY ARTS INC: $5k → 12%CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $10k → 9%UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $5k → 12%KINDAIR AT THE BENSON THEATRE: $10k → 12%PARTNERS FOR LIVABLE OMAHA: $6k → 12%PARTNERS FOR LIVABLE OMAHA: $5k → 12%PARTNERS FOR LIVABLE OMAHA: $5k → 12%GREAT PLAINS THEATRE CONFERENCE: $5k → 12%PARTNERS FOR LIVABLE OMAHA: $5k → 12%Omaha Community Playhouse: $10k → 12%Omaha Community Playhouse: $10k → 12%Omaha Community Playhouse: $10k → 12%The Durham Museum: $5k → 12%Omaha Conservatory of Music: $5k → 12%Omaha Community Playhouse: $5k → 12%OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $5k → 12%OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $5k → 12%Omaha Conservatory of Music: $5k → 12%Childrens Hospital & Medical Center Fdn: $5k → 12%OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $5k → 12%Omaha Conservatory of Music: $5k → 12%Omaha Theater Company: $5k → 12%Omaha Theater Company: $10k → 12%Joslyn Art Museum: $7k → 12%OPERA OMAHA INC: $6k → 12%OPERA OMAHA INC: $5k → 12%OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $5k → 12%JOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $5k → 12%Omaha Theater Company: $5k → 12%Omaha Performing Arts: $5k → 12%OMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $5k → 12%OMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $5k → 12%Omaha Performing Arts: $5k → 12%Omaha Performing Arts: $5k → 12%OMAHA AREA YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC: $5k → 12%Childrens Hospital & Medical Center Fdn: $10k → 12%OPERA OMAHA INC: $5k → 12%CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $8k → 12%Omaha Theater Company: $5k → 12%Childrens Hospital & Medical Center Fdn: $5k → 12%Opera Omaha: $5k → 12%BLUEBARN Theatre: $8k → 12%BLUEBARN Theatre: $7k → 12%BLUEBARN Theatre: $6k → 12%BLUEBARN Theatre: $6k → 12%The Durham Museum: $5k → 12%BLUE BARN THEATRE: $5k → 12%JOSLYN CASTLE TRUST INC: $6k → 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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$312k · 17 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$312k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
0%

Still filing today

82%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • OC
    OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE
    6× · 2019–2025 · $45k · revenue +30%
  • OT
    OMAHA THEATER COMPANY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +21%
  • OC
    OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $23k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • KA
    Kindair at the Benson Theatre
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -13%
  • CH
    CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • GP
    GREAT PLAINS THEATRE CONFERENCE
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Omaha Summer Arts Festival Inc

To present a variety of high quality arts programs and exhibits in Omaha for the general public to enjoy and appreciate.

Arts & Culture
2
Opas Foundation

The mission of OPAS Foundation is to further the objectives and purpose of Omaha Performing Arts Society.

Arts & Culture
3
Oklahoma Repertory Theatre Group Inc

Okc rep produces live theater that builds community, creates conversation, and inspires us all.

Arts & Culture
4
Crane River Theater Company Inc

The mission of the theater company is to serve the community of kearney, nebraska and surrounding areas as a professional theater production company providing a home for the presentation, education and promotion of the arts.

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5
Museum of Nebraska Art

The museum of nebraska art (mona) celebrates the history of nebraska's visual art for diverse audiences. mona collects, preserves, researches, exhibits, and interprets the work of artists who were born, lived, trained, or worked in…

Arts & Culture
6
Reno Philharmonic Association Inc

The reno philharmonic association's (rpa) mission is to produce inspirational orchestral performances of the highest quality for diverse audiences and support exceptional educational, outreach and engagement programs.

Arts & Culture
7
Des Moines Performing Arts

Engage the midwest in meaningful entertainment, education, and cultural activities. provide performing arts experiences that educate, inspire and challenge.

Community Improvement
8
Omaha Children's Museum

Omaha children's museum is a not-for-profit organization that provides children and families with opportunities to discover how the world works, challenge themselves, and learn through play. the mission of the museum is to engage the…

Arts & Culture
9
Omaha Symphony Association

To enrich people's lives through the exhilarating experience of live orchestral music. we do this through passionate pursuit of excellence and integrity in all we do; deep commitment to education with the communities we serve; and…

Arts & Culture
10
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
11
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc
Arts & Culture
12
Omaha Academy of Ballet

Cultivating passion and community through quality dance education

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opera Omaha Inc; the most unlike its peers is Whyarts 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

19 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. 19 of the 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Blue Barn Theatre: $37,000 · Arts & CultureBlue Barn TheatreOMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $35,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA THEATER COMPANYOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $23,000 · Arts & CultureOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSICOPERA OMAHA INC: $21,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA OMAHA INCJOSLYN CASTLE TRUST INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN CASTLE TRUST INCTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DURHAM MUSEUMJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $12,000 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN ART MUSEUMKindair at the Benson Theatre: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNebraska Brass Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWHYARTS INC: $7,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOmaha Performing Arts: $15,000 · OtherOmaha Performing Art…CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $10,000 · OtherCHILDRENS HOSPITALOMAHA AREA YOUTH ORCHESTRAS: $9,000 · OtherOMAHA AREA YOUTH ORC…VOICES OF OMAHA: $8,000 · OtherVOICES OF OMAHACHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $7,500 · OtherCHILDRENS HOSPITAL M…METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $6,500 · OtherMETROPOLITAN COMMUNI…GREAT PLAINS THEATRE CONFERENCE: $5,000 · OtherGREAT PLAINS THEATRE…OMAHA BOTANICAL CENTERINC: $3,000 · OtherMETROPLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3,000 · OtherOMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $45,000 · Community ImprovementOMAHA COMMUNITY PLAY…PARTNERS FOR LIVABLE OMAHA: $21,000 · Community ImprovementPARTNERS FOR LIVABLE…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER: $4,000 · HealthMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,500 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $3,500 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$196,500Other$67,000Community Improvement$66,000Health$24,000Education$10,500Youth Development$3,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $45,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBlue Barn Theatre: $37,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetOMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $23,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOPERA OMAHA INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERS FOR LIVABLE OMAHA: $21,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOSLYN CASTLE TRUST INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKindair at the Benson Theatre: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNebraska Brass Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetOMAHA AREA YOUTH ORCHESTRAS: $9,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWHYARTS INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $3,500 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 Sherwood Foundati…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Weitz Family Foundati…The Lozier FoundationThe Holland FoundationThe Hawks FoundationNac Development Corpo…Gilbert M and Martha …Robert B Daugherty Fo…Paul and Oscar Giger …The Fred and Eve Simo…Nebraska Community Fo…
The Sherwood FoundationNE34.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Holland Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Nac Development Corporation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation Inc · The Fred and Eve Simon Charitable Foundation · Nebraska Community 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 Whitmore Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Whitmore Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    9report 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.

    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 27 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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