Funding search · EIN 270122565 · Omaha, NE

Bluestem Prairie Foundation

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

159
grants reported
$524,200
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

imagination

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Omaha Douglas Public Building Commi3 grants · $236,130
  • Planned Parenthood4 grants · $40,000
  • Film Streams4 grants · $30,000
  • Ollie Webb Center4 grants · $30,000
  • Omaha Public Library4 grants · $24,000
  • Learning for All4 grants · $16,500
  • Take Flight Farms4 grants · $12,000
  • Joslyn Castle Trust4 grants · $12,000
  • Nebraska Appleseed4 grants · $10,500
  • Aclu Foundation4 grants · $9,000

Giving over time

$83,030
2022
$142,930
2023
$148,120
2024
$150,120
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 159 grants.

  • $83,340

    Omaha Douglas Public Building Commi · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $83,340

    Omaha Douglas Public Building Commi · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $69,450

    Omaha Douglas Public Building Commi · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Ollie Webb Center · Omaha, NE · 2025

    The art of imagination

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Ollie Webb Center · Omaha, NE · 2024

    The art of imagination

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Film Streams · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Film Streams · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $9,000

    Omaha Public Library · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Film Streams · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Foodbank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Omaha Public Library · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Film Streams · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Omaha Public Library · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Heart Ministry Center · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ollie Webb Center · Omaha, NE · 2023

    The art of imagination

  • $5,000

    Omaha Public Library · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ollie Webb Center · Omaha, NE · 2022

    The art of imagination

  • $4,500

    Learning for All · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Learning for All · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Learning for All · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Learning for All · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Joslyn Castle Trust · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Take Flight Farms · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Joslyn Castle Trust · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Take Flight Farms · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Joslyn Castle Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Take Flight Farms · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Aclu Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Joslyn Castle Trust · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Nebraska Appleseed · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Take Flight Farms · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Nebraska Appleseed · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Nebraska Appleseed · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Nebraska Appleseed · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $2,500

    American Red Cross · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Blue Barn Theatre · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Girls · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Aclu Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Aclu Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Aclu Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Durham Museum · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Red Cross · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Durham Museum · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Kvno Radio · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Loveland Garden Club · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Metropolitan Community College Foun · Omaha, NE · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Netv · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Omaha Park Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The Nature Conservancy Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2025

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Wounded Warriors · Omaha, NE · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Red Cross · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Durham Museum · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Foodbank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Junior League of Omaha Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Kvno Radio · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Loveland Garden Club · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Metropolitan Community College Foun · Omaha, NE · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Netv · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Omaha Park Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The Nature Conservancy Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2024

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Wounded Warriors · Omaha, NE · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Red Cross · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Durham Museum · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Foodbank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Girls · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Junior League of Omaha Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Kvno Radio · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Loveland Garden Club · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Metropolitan Community College Foun · Omaha, NE · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Nebraska Humanities Council · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Netv · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Omaha Park Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The Nature Conservancy Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Union for Contemporary Art · Omaha, NE · 2023

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Wounded Warriors · Omaha, NE · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Bronx Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Foodbank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Junior League of Omaha Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Kaneko · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Kvno Radio · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Loveland Garden Club · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Metropolitan Community College Foun · Omaha, NE · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Nebraska Humane Society · Omaha, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Netv · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Omaha Park Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2022

    unrestricted

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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.