The Graff Charitable Foundation Inc Co P Mark Graff
Mccook, NE · EIN 47-0816806. Reported 356 grants totalling $2,047,551 to 105 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Graff Charitable Foundation Inc Co P Mark Graff checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations The Graff Charitable Foundation Inc Co P Mark Graff funded make grants themselves, and it reported 25 grants totalling $356,000 to them. That is 24% of the $1,495,400 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Community Foundation | community foundation | Nebraska | $344,500 | 20 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Hastings Community Foundation Inc | community foundation | Nebraska | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Greater Grand Island Community | community foundation | Nebraska | $4,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Players Philanthropy Fund Inc | grantmaking organization | Maryland | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $151 and the largest $125,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA of Mccook | Mccook, NE | $417,000 | 13 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nebraska Community Foundation | Mccook, NE | $344,500 | 20 | 5 | 2025 |
| 6TH Floor Project | Mccook, NE | $196,800 | 13 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Church | Mccook, NE | $175,500 | 18 | 5 | 2025 |
| City of Mccook | Mccook, NE | $102,500 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mccook Arts Council | Mccook, NE | $56,000 | 15 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mccook Community Foundation Fund | Mccook, NE | $54,151 | 12 | 4 | 2025 |
| Norris Institute | Mccook, NE | $48,000 | 10 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mccook College Foundation | Mccook, NE | $45,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mccook Pantry Inc | Mccook, NE | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hillcrest Nursing Home Foundation | Mccook, NE | $40,600 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Patrick's Catholic School | Mccook, NE | $38,500 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Hospital Health Foundation | Mccook, NE | $36,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mccook Community College | Mccook, NE | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mccook Community Kitchen | Mccook, NE | $29,500 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mccook Public Schools | Mccook, NE | $24,500 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Prairie Plains CASA | Mccook, NE | $16,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alliance for the Evpa | Mccook, NE | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catholic Social Services | Lincoln, NE | $12,300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mccook Humane Society | Mccook, NE | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| My Bridge Radio | Lincoln, NE | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hcs Family Services | Hinsdale, IL | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mcc Indians Boosters Inc | Mccook, NE | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Maple St Construct | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Public Media Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St John's Catholic Church | Stfrancis, KS | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Mary's Catholic Church | Storm Lake, IA | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Family Resource Center | Mccook, NE | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Francis Motorcycle Museum | St Francis, KS | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dundy County Community Foundation | Benkelman, NE | $8,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum | Clarinda, IA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mccook VFW Post #1652 | Mccook, NE | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hastings Community Foundation | Hastings, NE | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lakeview Lodge Inc | Stratton, NE | $6,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chase County Area Arts Council | Imperial, NE | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Doniphan Economic Development Corp | Doniphan, NE | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| High Plains Historical Society | Mccook, NE | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Burlington Volunteer Fire Department | Burlington, CO | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Discovery Center of Southwest Nebraska | Mccook, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dynamic Dimensions Inc | Burlington, CO | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hastings Family YMCA | Hastings, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Humanities Nebraska | Omaha, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mccook American Legion Post #203 | Mccook, NE | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mccook Teammates Mentoring Program | Mccook, NE | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Our Hometown Charitable Foundation | Burlington, CO | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Prairie Family Center | Burlington, CO | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Red Cloud Indian School | Pine Ridge, SD | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Francis Mission Foundation | St Francis, SD | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Labre Indian School | Ashland, MT | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Teammates Mentoring Program | Lincoln, NE | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Hastings | Hastings, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mccook Legion Baseball Boosters Inc | Mccook, NE | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Grand Island Community Foundation | Grand Island, NE | $4,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hearts and Hands Charitable Foundation | Benkelman, NE | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Haigler Community Foundation | Haigler, NE | $4,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mccook Art Guild | Mccook, NE | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mccook Community Foundalion Fund | Mccook, NE | $4,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mccook Library Foundation | Mccook, NE | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stratton Ambulance & Fire District | Stratton, NE | $4,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital | Burlington, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mccook Americn Legion Post #203 | Mccook, NE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nebraska Art Teachers Association | Omaha, NE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nebraska Journalism Trust | Omaha, NE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trumbull Community Center | Trumbull, NE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doniphan Trumbull School Foundation | Doniphan, NE | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hastings Public School Foundation | Hastings, NE | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ministry in Motion Inc | Hastings, NE | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Notre Dame Catholic Church | Clarendon Hills, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Threads of Grace Inc | Hastings, NE | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA of South Central Nebraska | Hastings, NE | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mccook Education Foundation Inc | Mccook, NE | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sara Ann Hester Memorial Home | Benkelman, NE | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Burlington Area Senior Citizens Inc | Burlington, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Creative Growth Art Center | Oakland, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Center | Hastings, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doniphan United Methodist Church | Doniphan, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Doniphan Area Recreation Assn Inc | Doniphan, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doniphan Volunteer Fire & Rescue | Doniphan, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Public Library | Burlington, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hayes County Fire Department | Hayes Center, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heigler Community Foundation | Haigler, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Association of Lions Club | Benkelman, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Live Yes Studios | Lincoln, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mccook Christian Church | Mccook, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mccook Chamber Foundation | Mccook, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Cultural Endowment | Omaha, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oberlin United Methodist Church | Oberlin, KS | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Table | Hastings, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Players Philanthropy Fund Inc | Towson, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Prarie Loft Center | Hastings, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rosedale United Methodist Church | Doniphan, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Ann's Church - Doniphan | Doniphan, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Paul's Lutheran Church - Doniphan | Doniphan, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sw Area Training Services | Mccook, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Special Scoops II Inc | Hastings, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedrel Church | Hastings, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trumbull Global Methodist Church | Trumbull, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trumbull Rural Volunteer Fire Dept | Doniphan, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wallspace-Lnk | Lincoln, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Young Womans Christian Assn of Adams Co | Hastings, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little House Museum | Stratton, NE | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska 4-H Foundation (dundy County) | Benkelman, NE | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nebraska 4-H Foundation (fbo Dundy Co) | Benkelman, NE | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska 4-H Foundation (fbo Hitchcock Co) | Trenton, NE | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
55 of 105 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- YMCA of Mccook
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN COMITTMENT - Nebraska Community Foundation
GRAFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 197 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68 | $307,651 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 84 | $366,600 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 71 | $429,300 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 71 | $458,000 | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 62 | $486,000 | $1,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
95% of its giving went to organizations in Nebraska.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Graff Charitable Foundation Inc Co P Mark Graff's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 220 Norris Avenue, Mccook, NE, 69001. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 47-0816806 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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