Funding search · EIN 363693227 · Kearney, NE

Cope Ron & Carol Foundation Trust

Name: Cope Ron & Carol Foundation Trust 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.

84
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $24,000
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

capital campaign addition building center imagination library park

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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.

3 grants matching “rural education” · $615,000

$200,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2025
Rural health education
$116,565
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2024
Rural health education
$298,435
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2023
Rural health education

Top recipients

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

University of Nebraska Foundation7 grants · $710,000
Family Advocacy Network3 grants · $450,000
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation3 grants · $206,716
Harmon Sonotorium Restoration Commi3 grants · $178,000
Prince of Peace Catholic Church3 grants · $150,000
Kearney Family Ymca3 grants · $110,000
Kearney Area Communty Foundation2 grants · $109,835
Kearney Catholic Foundatoin2 grants · $100,000
Kearney Partnership2 grants · $80,000
Kearney Community Sustainable Housg2 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$800,001

2022

$760,000

2023

$775,000

2024

$780,000

2025

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

$298,435
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2023
Rural health education
$287,035
Family Advocacy Network · Kearney, NE · 2022
New building
$200,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2025
Rural health education
$150,000
Family Advocacy Network · Kearney, NE · 2024
New building
$116,565
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2024
Rural health education
$100,000
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2023
Emergency room addition & manikin
$71,716
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2022
Emergency room addition & manikin
$65,000
Harmon Sonotorium Restoration Commi · Kearney, NE · 2022
Restore harmon park sonotorium
$63,000
Harmon Sonotorium Restoration Commi · Kearney, NE · 2023
Restore harmon park sonotorium
$59,435
Kearney Area Communty Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$58,829
Crossroads Mission Avenue · Kearney, NE · 2022
Furniture for transitional housing
$50,400
Kearney Area Communty Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$50,000
Kearney Catholic Foundatoin · Kearney, NE · 2025
2/5 of outdoor facilities project
$50,000
Kearney Community Sustainable Housg · Kearney, NE · 2025
Capital campaing
$50,000
Kearney Public Schools Foundatoin · Kearney, NE · 2025
Hanny arram center additiona
$50,000
Prince of Peace Catholic Church · Kearney, NE · 2025
Addition
$50,000
Safe Center · Kearney, NE · 2025
Capital campaing
$50,000
Harmon Sonotorium Restoration Commi · Kearney, NE · 2024
Restore harmon park sonotorium
$50,000
Hot Meals USA · Kearney, NE · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Kearney Catholic Foundatoin · Kearney, NE · 2024
1/5 of outdoor facilities project
$50,000
Prince of Peace Catholic Church · Kearney, NE · 2024
Addition
$50,000
Kearney Family Ymca · Kearney, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Prince of Peace Catholic Church · Kearney, NE · 2023
Addition
$50,000
Kearney Family Ymca · Kearney, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$50,000
Kearney Jubilee Center · Kearney, NE · 2022
Debt payoff
$42,000
Kearney Public Schools · Kearney, NE · 2022
Choir risers and clavinovas
$40,000
Kearney Partnership · Kearney, NE · 2025
Visitors center
$40,000
Kearney Partnership · Kearney, NE · 2024
Visitors center
$40,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2022
Team engagement center
$35,000
World Theater · Kearney, NE · 2025
Upgrade lighting, hvac
$35,000
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2024
Purchase ecmo heater/cooler
$35,000
Mosaic · Axtell, NE · 2024
Repair campus homes
$30,000
Kearney Area Animal Shelter · Kearney, NE · 2023
Capital expenditure
$25,000
Community Action Partnership · Kearney, NE · 2025
Capital campaign - head start
$25,000
Crossroads Center · Kearney, NE · 2025
Kitchen renovation
$25,000
Kearney Rescue Cats · Kearney, NE · 2025
Assistance with veterinary costs
$25,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2025
1/2 drydan park
$25,000
Kearney Community Sustainable Housg · Kearney, NE · 2024
Capital campaing
$25,000
Merryman Performing Arts Center · Kearney, NE · 2024
Purchase equipment
$25,000
Kearney Rescue Cats · Kearney, NE · 2023
Programming
$25,000
World Theater · Kearney, NE · 2023
Program support
$24,000
Buffalo County Community Health Par · Kearney, NE · 2023
Community outreach
$24,000
Elm Creek Fire Department · Elm Creek, NE · 2023
Programming
$20,000
Kearney Womans Club · Kearney, NE · 2025
Clubhouse repairs
$20,000
Buffalo County Historical Society · Kearney, NE · 2024
Save the sunflower school
$20,000
Little Eagles Learning Center · Overton, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$20,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023
Greater nebraska reporting position
$20,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2022
Greater nebraska reporting position
$17,500
Three Trails Draft Horse Show · Kearney, NE · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Buffalo County Community Health Par · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support
$15,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2024
Paws university
$15,000
Kearney Area Community Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2022
Strategic planning
$15,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2022
Paws university
$12,965
Family Advocacy Network · Kearney, NE · 2023
New building
$12,600
Kearney Public Schools Foundatoin · Kearney, NE · 2025
8th grade band trip
$10,000
Kearney Family Ymca · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2025
Nebraska documenters program
$10,000
Childrens Nebraska Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Rowe Sancturary · Gibbon, NE · 2023
Programming
$10,000
Kearney Housing Development Corp · Kearney, NE · 2022
Meals on wheels
$9,341
Buffalo County Historical Society · Kearney, NE · 2022
Building
$8,500
Kearney Noon Rotary · Kearney, NE · 2024
Imagination library
$8,500
Kearney Noon Rotary · Kearney, NE · 2023
Imagination library
$8,500
Kearney Noon Rotary · Kearney, NE · 2022
Imagination library
$8,000
Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Reunion · Kearney, NE · 2025
2025 reunion
$8,000
Three Trails Draft Horse Show · Kearney, NE · 2023
Program support
$8,000
Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Reunion · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Helicopter rides for veterans
$7,580
Kearney Symphony Orchestra · Kearney, NE · 2022
Underwrite holiday concert
$7,500
Three Trails Draft Horse Show · Kearney, NE · 2025
Show support
$7,500
Junior Achievement · Kearney, NE · 2024
Classroom materials
$7,500
Kearney Area Symphony Orchestra · Kearney, NE · 2023
Programming
$7,500
Classic Car Collection · Kearney, NE · 2022
Marketing and projector replacement
$5,000
Help Care Clinic · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Kearney Noon Rotary · Kearney, NE · 2025
Imagination library
$5,000
Kearney Public Schools Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Make-a-Wish Greater Nebraska · Kearney, NE · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Helpcare Clinic · Kearney, NE · 2022
Vital sign monitor
$5,000
Kearney Woman'S Club · Kearney, NE · 2022
Building
$4,000
Kearney Area Arts Council · Kearney, NE · 2025
Support for jazz at the world
$4,000
Elm Creek High School · Elm Creek, NE · 2022
Football helmets
$3,600
Kearney Area Arts Council · Kearney, NE · 2023
Programming
$3,000
Help Care Clinic · Kearney, NE · 2024
Hire consultant for visioning
$3,000
Axtell Oratorio Society · Axtell, NE · 2022
2022 messiah program
$2,500
Nebraska Serious Injury & Line of D · Firth, NE · 2025
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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.