Funding search · EIN 363332899 · Cambridge, NE

Shoemaker Family Foundation

Name: Shoemaker Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

55
grants reported: $397,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

cambridge backpack nebraska care flatwater free main mural

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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.

4 grants matching “flatwater” · $60,000

$10,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2025
Flatwater free press
$10,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2024
Flatwater free press
$20,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023
Flatwater free press
$20,000
Flatwater Free Press Newspaper · Omaha, NE · 2022
General support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Cambridge Public Schools12 grants · $61,000
City of Cambridge5 grants · $60,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust3 grants · $40,000
Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach4 grants · $30,000
Nebraska Humanities Council4 grants · $30,000
Cambridge School Foundation2 grants · $22,000
Nebraska Chamber Players2 grants · $20,000
Open Sky Policy Institute2 grants · $20,000
Flatwater Free Press Newspaper1 grant · $20,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln4 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$101,500

2022

$96,000

2023

$92,500

2024

$107,000

2025

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
City of Cambridge · Cambridge, NE · 2023
Day care program
$20,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023
Flatwater free press
$20,000
Flatwater Free Press Newspaper · Omaha, NE · 2022
General support
$17,000
Cambridge School Foundation · Cambridge, NE · 2022
Day care
$15,000
Economic Development Foundation · Cambridge, NE · 2025
General support
$15,000
Nebraska Humanities Council · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General support
$15,000
City of Cambridge · Cambridge, NE · 2024
Day care program
$10,000
Nebraska Appleseed · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General support
$10,000
Nebraska Chamber Players · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Art spirit
$10,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2025
Flatwater free press
$10,000
Open Sky Policy Institute · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General support
$10,000
Nebraska Chamber Players · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Art spirit
$10,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2024
Flatwater free press
$10,000
Open Sky Policy Institute · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General saupport
$10,000
Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach · Lincoln, NE · 2023
General support
$10,000
Crane River Theater Program · Kearney, NE · 2022
General support
$10,000
Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach · Lincoln, NE · 2022
General support
$7,500
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2022
Helmets
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2025
Washington, dc trip
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2025
Backpack program
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2025
Trap team
$5,000
City of Cambridge · Cambridge, NE · 2025
Main street revival mural
$5,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General support
$5,000
Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General support
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2024
Backpack program
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2024
Trap club
$5,000
Chances 4 Children · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Haiti
$5,000
City of Cambridge · Cambridge, NE · 2024
Main street revival mural
$5,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General support
$5,000
Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General support
$5,000
Nebraska Community Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General support
$5,000
Nebraska Humanities Council · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General support
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2023
Cambridge artist in residence
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2023
Backpack program
$5,000
Chances 4 Children · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Haiti
$5,000
City of Cambridge · Cambridge, NE · 2023
Main street revival mural
$5,000
Crane River Theater Company · Kearney, NE · 2023
General support
$5,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2023
General support
$5,000
Nebraska Humanities Council · Lincoln, NE · 2023
General support
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2022
Backpack program
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2022
Cambridge artist in residence
$5,000
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2022
Trap club
$5,000
Cambridge School Foundation · Cambridge, NE · 2022
High school science trip baha trip
$5,000
Chances 4 Children · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General support
$5,000
Nebraska Humanities Council · Lincoln, NE · 2022
General support
$5,000
Pheasants Forever · Nelson, NE · 2022
Youth sports
$3,500
Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, NE · 2024
Clavinova, music and art equipment
$3,000
Cambridge Senior Center · Cambridge, NE · 2025
General support
$3,000
Sma Family and Friends · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2025
Families of spinal muscular atrophy
$3,000
Sma Family and Friends · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2024
Families of spinal muscular atrophy
$1,000
Teammates Mentoring Program · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Support of the cambridge, nebraska program
$1,000
Teammates Mentoring Program · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Support of the cambridge, nebraska program
$1,000
Teammates Mentoring Program · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Support of the cambridge, nebraska program
$1,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2022
General support
$1,000
Teammates Mentoring Program · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Support of the cambridge, nebraska program

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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.