Funding search · EIN 476041771 · Lincoln, NE

Abel Foundation

Name: Abel 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.

315
grants reported: $11.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

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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 “pershing” · $34,203

$34,203
Nebraska State Historical Society F · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Pershing mural project

Top recipients

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

Malone Community Center7 grants · $2.1M
University of Nebraska Foundation5 grants · $2.1M
Lincoln Youth Complex3 grants · $1.1M
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster8 grants · $480,513
Lincoln Community Foundation10 grants · $364,633
Cultural Centers of Lincoln1 grant · $333,333
Southeast Community College Educati3 grants · $270,000
Tabitha2 grants · $265,000
Lincoln Parks Foundation3 grants · $257,500
Family Service Lincoln2 grants · $166,666

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$3.9M

2024

$4.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 315 grants.

$933,333
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$933,333
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General fund
$750,000
Malone Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$750,000
Malone Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$525,500
Malone Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program and capital campaign
$500,000
Lincoln Youth Complex · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$500,000
Lincoln Youth Complex · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$333,333
Cultural Centers of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$250,000
Lincoln Parks Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$250,000
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program support
$250,000
Southeast Community College Educati · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program support
$250,000
Tabitha · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Intergenerational project
$125,000
Lincoln Youth Complex · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$121,700
Lincoln Community Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Grants
$100,000
Nebraska Game & Parks Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$100,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$100,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University · Lincoln, NE · 2022
New theatre
$93,672
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program support and capital campaign
$83,333
Family Service Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$83,333
Family Service Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program support
$70,000
Kearney Area Community Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2025
General fund
$67,200
Lincoln Community Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$66,200
Lincoln Community Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$50,100
Cedars Home for Children Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program support
$50,000
Foundation for Lincoln Public Schoo · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program support
$50,000
Northeast Family Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$50,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$50,000
Capital Humane Society · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Cedars Youth Services · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$50,000
Kearney Area Community Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$50,000
Nebraska Game & Parks Foundation · Waverly, NE · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General fund
$50,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$50,000
Capital Humane Society · Lincoln, NE · 2023
General fund
$50,000
Kearney Family Ymca Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Nebraska Public Meda Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Kearney Family Ymca Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Lincoln Children'S Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program support
$49,950
Lincolnlancaster County Child Advo · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program support
$46,000
Spastic Paraplegia Foundation · Ofallon, MO · 2022
Research support
$42,700
Lincoln Community Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Grants
$36,000
United Way of Lincolnlancaster Cou · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$35,100
First Plymouth Congregational Churc · Lincoln, NE · 2023
General fund
$35,000
United Way of Lincolnlancaster Cou · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$35,000
First Plymouth Church · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General fund
$35,000
First Plymouth Congregational Churc · Lincoln, NE · 2022
General fund
$34,203
Nebraska State Historical Society F · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Pershing mural project
$34,049
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$33,334
National Audubon Societ · New York, NY · 2025
Capital campaign
$33,334
Rabble Mill · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program support
$33,333
Lincoln Community Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program support
$33,333
Ymca of Lincoln Ne · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$33,333
Lincoln Community Foundation - Linc · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$33,333
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024
Capital campaign
$33,333
Ymca of Lincoln Ne · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$33,333
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
Capital campaign
$33,333
Rabble Mill · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program support
$33,333
Ymca of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Scholarships
$33,333
Rabble Mill · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program support
$33,000
Lincoln Bike Kitchen · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$31,212
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program support
$30,000
Clinic With a Heart · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$30,000
United Way of Lincolnlancaster Cou · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$30,000
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Asian Community & Cultural Center · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program support
$30,000
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Ashland Area Foundation · Ashland, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$25,000
Asian Community & Cultural Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Center for People in Need · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$25,000
I'Ve Got a Name · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Malone Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Milkworks · Lincoln, NE · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Women'S Care Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital campaign
$25,000
Ashland Area Foundation · Ashland, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$25,000
Asian Community & Cultural Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Center for People in Need · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Fresh Start · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$25,000
I'Ve Got a Name · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Lincoln Children'S Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Malone Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Milkworks · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Ne Chamber Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$25,000
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Ashland Area Foundation · Ashland, NE · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Foundation for Lincoln Public Schoo · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$25,000
Fresh Start · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Kearney Area Community Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$25,000
Trustee of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Research grant
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lincolnlancas · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Research grant
$25,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cen · New York, NY · 2022
Medical research
$20,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Kearney Area United Way · Kearney, NE · 2025
General fund
$20,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Lincoln Community Foundation - Live · Lincoln, NE · 2024
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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.