Nebraska · Nonprofit
OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE
OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE (Nebraska) receives grants from 168 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,554,062 to it, the largest being Kim and Larry Lubeck Foundation ($2,000,000). 110 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 168
- Grants received
- $9.6M
- Net assets
- $34M
What Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House does
Mission
The open door mission is a gospel rescue mission founded in 1954 that meets the needs of individuals and families while inspiring hope for lasting change that breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty. Each day, open door missions' campus offers 917 safe shelter beds to those experiencing homelessness, serves over 5,366 nutritious meals to feed the hungry, and provides homeless preventive resources to more than 1,270 people living in poverty to empower them to remain in their own homes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Overnight shelter, food, clothing, and laundry provided to individuals and families. Annually, open door mission made an impact by providing 195,125 nights of safe shelter and serving 2.0 million+ nutritious meals to feed the hungry through their food programs.
$14,054,445 spentof which $3,662,900 as grants55% of program spendingOpen door mission provides critical support to the community by offering food, clothing, medical care, education, and over 40 other free programs to individuals and families in need.this year, open door mission proudly celebrated 77 graduates from its life-changing recovery and empowerment programs. Through its comprehensive services, the organization helped 33,123 individuals remain in their own homes and avoid homelessness. In addition, 311 individuals experiencing homelessness secured stable housing, 404 men and women were assisted in finding meaningful employment, and 94 school aged children benefited from a dedicated learning center and tutoring lab. The open door mission clinic provided 12,886 medical visits, helping preserve critical healthcare resources and 388 patients were connected with essential behavioral and mental health services. More than 4.3 million pounds of in-kind donations were redistributed or recycled, thanks to the generosity of our donors.
$9,289,164 spent37% of program spendingProvide transitional housing to individuals and families while they transition into full time employment or into school. Provide permanent supportive housing to individuals and families.
$1,872,258 spent7% of program spendingSupport for the general public by providing education.
$161,662 spent1% of program spendingMinistry to others through providing spiritual and practical education for the general public and above two groups.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,377,529.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $24M to $31M (+29%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
94% of OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Candace Gregory
President & CEO
Board chair
George Akers
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 38 funders to 75 funders, grant income rose $293k → $1.5M.
24 of 168 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 168 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
42% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 9% · 2019 11% · 2020 21% · 2021 20% · 2022 9% · 2023 26% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
55% of OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
56% of OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Help the Homeless of the Metro LLC · disregarded
- Help the Homeless Inc · exempt
- Gtmc LLC · partnership
- Rebuilding Lives LLC · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE?
- OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE (Nebraska) receives grants from 168 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,554,062 to it, the largest being Kim and Larry Lubeck Foundation ($2,000,000). 110 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 168 organizations giving $9,554,062 in grants to OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE, 110 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE?
- Kim and Larry Lubeck Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 168 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing