Health & Wellbeing Community & Social Justice 2025
Eventide | Tabitha Foundations

Eventide | Tabitha Foundations Impact Report 2025

Eventide | Tabitha Foundations is the philanthropic arm of Eventide | Tabitha, supporting senior care services across Nebraska, North Dakota and Western Minnesota through 16 living communities and a hospice programme. In FY2025 — its first full year as a united foundation — it raised nearly $2 million, including $914,864 for Tabitha Meals on Wheels (delivering 65,715 meals through 600+ volunteers to seniors who would otherwise go without). 9 in 10 Meals on Wheels recipients say the programme enables them to remain at home. The year saw 388 new donors, 110 Hearts of Gold caregiver recognition awards, and the launch of the inaugural Caregiver Excellence Award inspired by a veteran's hospice journey.

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Tabitha Meals on Wheels (65,715 meals, 600+ volunteers, seniors in Nebraska since 1967); Daydream Project and Make It Possible Fund (personalised experiences for residents — concerts, family reunions, homecoming limo rides, Dream Flights biplane experiences for veterans); Hearts of Gold caregiver recognition programme (110 awards, 82 caregivers); Areas of Greatest Need flexible fund (equipment, technology, emergencies); iN2L touchscreen engagement technology rollout at Tabitha at Prairie Commons (dementia engagement, music, games); Workforce Development Endowment; annual fundraising events (Forever Dreaming Event, Gateway Sertoma Golf, Fairways for Seniors Golf, Gala); living communities across 16 sites in NE, ND and MN Custom geography from upload: USA (Nebraska, North Dakota and Western Minnesota)

📊Key Metrics

Nearly $2 million raised in FY2025; 388 new donors; 65,715 meals delivered by 600+ Tabitha Meals on Wheels volunteers; 9 in 10 recipients say the programme allows them to remain living at home Key Metric 1
$914,864 raised for Tabitha Meals on Wheels; $673,606 for Areas of Greatest Need; $116,522 for Workforce Development; $74,532 for Living Communities Key Metric 2
81% of Meals on Wheels recipients cannot afford the $8.75 meal; 82% say a Meals on Wheels volunteer is the only person they see each day; 110 Hearts of Gold awards given to 82 caregivers; 16 veterans took vintage biplane flights through Make It Possible Fund Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • First full fiscal year of Eventide and Tabitha operating under unified foundation; inaugural Caregiver Excellence Award established in memory of Leo Sawatzki (Vietnam veteran, Tabitha Hospice recipient) — inaugural recipients were his three hospice caregivers
  • Tabitha Meals on Wheels founded 1967 — now reaching 1 in 4 Nebraska seniors who rely on food assistance; LifeLoop iN2L technology funded by Lutheran Services in America for dementia engagement at Prairie Commons
  • Total endowed funds including FY25 amounts: Meals on Wheels Endowment $1,327,117; Olsgaard Endowment $1,110,986; Chaplaincy Endowment $982,014; Education Endowment $580,376; Elder Care Endowment $404,097; Scholarship Endowment $43,529

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