Funding search · EIN 200634714 · Kearney, NE

Ron & Carol Cope Charitable Fund

Name: Ron & Carol Cope Charitable Fund grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

32
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,035
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Grant history

All 32 reported grants, largest first.

$162,637
Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support
$157,842
Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2024
Program support
$142,258
Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2023
Program support
$123,876
Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2022
Program support
$74,318
St James Catholic Church · Kearney, NE · 2025
Spiritual support
$72,127
St James Catholic Church · Kearney, NE · 2024
Spiritual support
$65,006
St James Catholic Church · Kearney, NE · 2023
Spiritual support
$56,606
St James Catholic Church · Kearney, NE · 2022
Spiritual support
$40,700
City of Kearney Public Li · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support
$40,659
Kearney Community Theatre · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support
$39,500
City of Kearney Public Li · Kearney, NE · 2024
Program support
$39,461
Kearney Community Theatre · Kearney, NE · 2024
Program support
$35,600
City of Kearney Public Li · Kearney, NE · 2023
Program support
$35,464
Kearney Community Theatre · Kearney, NE · 2023
Program support
$31,000
City of Kearney Public Li · Kearney, NE · 2022
Program support
$30,969
Kearney Community Theatre · Kearney, NE · 2022
Program support
$29,101
University of Nebraska Fo · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support - ne st safety cente
$28,242
University of Nebraska Fo · Kearney, NE · 2024
Program support - ne st safety cente
$25,454
University of Nebraska Fo · Kearney, NE · 2023
Program support - ne st safety cente
$22,165
University of Nebraska Fo · Kearney, NE · 2022
Program support - ne st safety cente
$19,862
American Cancer Society · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support
$19,862
American Heart Association · Omaha, NE · 2025
Program support
$19,862
Ft Kearney American Red C · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support
$19,276
American Cancer Society · Kearney, NE · 2024
Program support
$19,276
American Heart Association · Omaha, NE · 2024
Program support
$19,276
Ft Kearney American Red C · Kearney, NE · 2024
Program support
$17,373
American Cancer Society · Kearney, NE · 2023
Program support
$17,373
Ft Kearney American Red C · Kearney, NE · 2023
Program support
$17,372
American Heart Association · Omaha, NE · 2023
Program support
$15,128
American Cancer Society · Kearney, NE · 2022
Program support
$15,128
American Heart Association · Omaha, NE · 2022
Program support
$15,128
Ft Kearney American Red C · Kearney, NE · 2022
Program support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.