Funding search · EIN 363705723 · Wakefield, NE

Gardner Foundation

Name: Gardner 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.

94
grants reported: $8.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $26,298
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

scholarships school baseball fundraising outreach veterans book tuition

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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.

1 grant matching “wisner” · $35,000

$35,000
Wisner Police Department · Wisner, NE · 2025
Radio systems

Top recipients

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

Wayne State Foundation19 grants · $3.3M
Wakefield Community School7 grants · $2.5M
St Peter'S Catholic Church9 grants · $420,000
Little Red Hen Theatre5 grants · $375,000
Wakefield Health Care3 grants · $258,000
Providence Medical Foundation4 grants · $171,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University2 grants · $150,000
Emerson Veterans Memorialpost 603 grants · $110,250
Diocese of Charlestoncatholic Comm Fdtn2 grants · $100,000
Dixon County Agricultural Society1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$3.9M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$1.4M

2024

$1.4M

2025

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$1.2M
Wakefield Community School · Wakefield, NE · 2022
School fundraising
$1.2M
Wakefield Community School · Wakefield, NE · 2022
School fundraising
$890,519
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2023
Scholarships
$764,194
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2025
Scholarships
$512,078
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2024
Scholarships
$195,119
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2024
Scholarships
$184,495
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Scholarships
$184,495
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Scholarships
$171,946
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2025
Scholarships
$125,000
Wakefield Health Care · Wakefield, NE · 2022
New roof
$125,000
Wakefield Health Care · Wakefield, NE · 2022
New roof
$100,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Beaufort, SC · 2025
Tuition assistance
$100,000
Dixon County Agricultural Society · Wakefield, NE · 2024
General funding
$80,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Beaufort, SC · 2024
Tuition assistance
$76,000
Providence Medical Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2024
Annual gala & surgery dept
$75,000
Little Red Hen Theatre · Wakefield, NE · 2025
Outreach
$75,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Scholarships
$75,000
Little Red Hen Theatre · Wakefield, NE · 2024
Outreach
$75,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Scholarships
$75,000
Little Red Hen Theatre · Wakefield, NE · 2023
Outreach
$75,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2023
Scholarships
$75,000
Little Red Hen Theatre · Wakefield, NE · 2022
Fine arts activities
$75,000
Little Red Hen Theatre · Wakefield, NE · 2022
Fine arts activities
$75,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Athletic scholarships
$75,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Athletic scholarships
$70,000
Winside Volunteer Fire and Rescue · Winside, NE · 2024
General funding
$50,000
City of Wayne · Wayne, NE · 2024
General funding
$50,000
Diocese of Charlestoncatholic Comm Fdtn · Charleston, SC · 2024
General fund
$50,000
Diocese of Charlestoncatholic Comm Fdtn · Charleston, SC · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Emerson Veterans Memorialpost 60 · Emerson, NE · 2022
Veterans memorial
$50,000
Emerson Veterans Memorialpost 60 · Emerson, NE · 2022
Veterans memorial
$40,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Tuition assistance
$40,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Beaufort, SC · 2022
Tuition assistance
$40,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Beaufort, SC · 2022
Tuition assistance
$38,210
City of Ponca · Ponca, NE · 2025
Playground equipment
$35,000
Wisner Police Department · Wisner, NE · 2025
Radio systems
$35,000
Providence Medical Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2023
Annual gala & surgery dept
$30,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Outdoor lighting
$30,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Learning center
$30,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2023
Baseball program
$30,000
Providence Medical Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Annual gala & surgery dept
$30,000
Providence Medical Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Annual gala & surgery dept
$30,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Beaufort, SC · 2022
Learning center
$30,000
St Peter'S Catholic Church · Beaufort, SC · 2022
Learning center
$30,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Baseball trip
$30,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Baseball trip
$27,595
Stanton County Emergency Management Agency · Stanton, NE · 2025
Drone
$25,000
St James Community Fund · Saint James, MN · 2024
General funding
$24,000
Pilger Fire & Rescue · Pilger, NE · 2024
General funding
$21,733
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$21,733
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$20,000
Ami Kids · Tampa, FL · 2024
Outreach
$20,000
Allen Consolidated Schools · Allen, NE · 2023
Outdoor games
$19,550
Homer Volunteer Fire Department · Homer, NE · 2025
Lucas device
$17,104
Dixon County · Ponca, NE · 2025
Drone
$16,989
Wakefield Community School · Wakefield, NE · 2023
School fundraising
$16,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2023
Volleyball program
$16,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Volleyball program
$16,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Volleyball program
$15,283
Wakefield Community School · Wakefield, NE · 2022
School fundraising
$15,283
Wakefield Community School · Wakefield, NE · 2022
School fundraising
$15,000
Project Pinkd · Omaha, NE · 2025
Assistance
$15,000
Ami Kids · Tampa, FL · 2022
Outreach
$15,000
Ami Kids · Tampa, FL · 2022
Outreach
$10,250
Emerson Veterans Memorialpost 60 · Emerson, NE · 2025
Veterans memorial
$10,000
Harrison'S Playmakers · Omaha, NE · 2025
Sports camps
$10,000
Lindsay Area Development · Lindsay, NE · 2025
Education
$10,000
Harrison'S Playmakers · Omaha, NE · 2023
Sports camps
$10,000
Quilts of Valor Foundation · Winterset, IA · 2023
Quilts for veterans
$10,000
Quilts of Valor Foundation · Winterset, IA · 2022
Quilts for veterans
$10,000
Quilts of Valor Foundation · Winterset, IA · 2022
Quilts for veterans
$9,561
Community Recreation of Wakefield · Wakefield, NE · 2024
General funding
$9,000
Omaha Pacesetter · Bennington, NE · 2023
Baseball program
$9,000
Omaha Pacesetter · Bennington, NE · 2022
Baseball program
$9,000
Omaha Pacesetter · Bennington, NE · 2022
Baseball program
$8,294
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Middle School · Coleridge, NE · 2025
Learning
$8,000
Wakefield Health Care · Wakefield, NE · 2023
New sidewalk
$7,000
Pioneer Senior Citizens · Pender, NE · 2025
New furnace
$7,000
Builders International Foundation · Ozark, MO · 2024
General funding
$5,003
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2023
New complex & renovation
$5,000
Epic Youth Ministry · Laurel, NE · 2025
Ministry
$5,000
Faith & Family Production · Concord, NE · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Mid-America Council Bsa · Omaha, NE · 2023
Yearly drive
$4,500
Omaha Pacesetter · Bennington, NE · 2025
Baseball program
$4,500
Omaha Pacesetter · Bennington, NE · 2024
Baseball program
$2,000
Hillrise Elementary Pto · Elkhorn, NE · 2025
General funding
$2,000
Hillrise Elementary Pto · Elkhorn, NE · 2024
General funding
$1,750
Wakefield Community School · Wakefield, NE · 2024
School fundraising
$803
Emerson Hubbard School · Emerson, NE · 2024
One book, one school program
$795
Emerson Hubbard School · Emerson, NE · 2025
One book, one school program
$750
Wakefield Community School · Wakefield, NE · 2025
School fundraising
$626
Emerson Hubbard School · Emerson, NE · 2022
One book, one school program
$626
Emerson Hubbard School · Emerson, NE · 2022
One book, one school program
$545
Emerson Hubbard School · Emerson, NE · 2023
One book, one school 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.