Funding search · EIN 470717764 · Gordon, NE

The John & Marie Ukena Charitable Trust

Name: The John & Marie Ukena Charitable Trust 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.

22
grants reported: $132,197
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.

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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 “whirlpool” · $12,500

$12,500
Gordon Memorial Hospital · Gordon, NE · 2025
New whirlpool bathtub for nursing home

Grant history

All 22 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Sheridan County Agricultural Society · Gordon, NE · 2024
Purchase sound equipment and add camper hookups
$15,000
American Legion Post 34 · Gordon, NE · 2022
Replace roof
$12,500
Gordon Memorial Hospital · Gordon, NE · 2025
New whirlpool bathtub for nursing home
$11,535
Gordon Senior Citizen Center · Gordon, NE · 2025
Insurance on building
$10,000
Gordon Memorial Hospital · Gordon, NE · 2023
Update and modify the activities area at gordon countryside care
$8,567
Sheridan County Agricultural Societ · Gordon, NE · 2022
Improve arena & 4-h building
$8,000
Sheridan County Agricultural Society · Gordon, NE · 2023
Improvements to the facilities at the fairgrounds
$5,990
Sheridan County 4-H Foundation · Rushville, NE · 2023
To upgrade the 4-h building at the fairgrounds
$5,569
Gordon Community Senior Center · Gordon, NE · 2024
Upkeep of the building
$5,000
Gordon Community Theater · Gordon, NE · 2024
New furnace/ac for the theater
$5,000
Tri State Old Time Cowboy Museum · Gordon, NE · 2024
Maintenance of log building
$5,000
City of Gordon Tree Board · Gordon, NE · 2023
Purchase trees and new concrete
$4,500
City of Gordon · Gordon, NE · 2022
Tree board - main st project
$3,536
Sheridan County Agricultural Society · Gordon, NE · 2025
Update electrical and equipment
$3,000
Willow Tree Festival · Gordon, NE · 2024
New signage for the festival
$3,000
Willow Tree Festival · Gordon, NE · 2023
Repairs and upkeep of the storage shed - roof replacement
$2,000
Care Foundation · Gordon, NE · 2025
Fundraising assistance
$2,000
Gordon Community Theater · Gordon, NE · 2025
Hvac system
$2,000
Willow Tree Festival · Gordon, NE · 2025
Assistance with expenses related to annual festival
$2,000
Cowboy Trail West · Gordon, NE · 2023
Build and install 4 additional benches along the trail
$2,000
Sheridan County Historical Society · Rushville, NE · 2023
To renovate the scamahorn site on highway 20
$1,000
Sheridan County Historical Society · Rushville, NE · 2024
Platform handicap lift

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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.