Funding search · EIN 470401230 · Lincoln, NE

Cooper Foundation

Name: Cooper 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.

250
grants reported: $3.3M
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.

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-Lincoln En Thompson Forum On World Issues7 grants · $301,116
Rabble Mill4 grants · $150,000
United Way of Lincolnlancaster County5 grants · $119,920
Clyde Malone Community Center4 grants · $75,100
Bravebe Child Advocacy Center3 grants · $62,500
Solidago Conservancy3 grants · $57,500
Lux Center for the Arts3 grants · $55,000
Ywca Lincoln3 grants · $50,000
Indian Center3 grants · $45,000
Asian Community & Cultural Center2 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$937,744

2022

$658,462

2023

$698,157

2024

$1.0M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 250 grants.

$80,398
University of Nebraska-Lincoln En Thompson Forum On World Issues · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$50,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln En Thompson Forum On World Issues · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$50,000
Rabble Mill · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$50,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln En Thompson Forum On World Issues · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$50,000
Rabble Mill · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$50,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln En Thompson Forum On World Issues · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$39,000
United Way of Lincolnlancaster County · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$30,000
Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$30,000
Clyde Malone Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$30,000
Rabble Mill · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Operating
$30,000
Lincoln Public Schools · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$28,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communicatio · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$27,000
Southeast Community College Educational Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$26,157
University of Nebraska-Lincoln En Thompson Forum On World Issues · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$25,000
Bravebe Child Advocacy Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$25,000
Center for Immigrant & Refugee Advancement · Omaha, NE · 2025
Operating
$25,000
Center for People · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$25,000
Clyde Malone Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$25,000
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders County · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$25,000
Hope Spoke · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$25,000
Nebraska Arts Council Development Corp · Omaha, NE · 2025
Program
$25,000
Rabble Mill Dba the Bay · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$25,000
The Hub Central Access Point for Young Adults · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$25,000
Asian Community & Cultural Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$25,000
Bravebe Child Advocacy Center · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$25,000
Lincoln Children'S Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$25,000
Solidago Conservancy · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$22,699
University of Nebraska-Lincoln En Thompson Forum On World Issues · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$22,500
United Way of Lincolnlancaster County · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$22,000
United Way of Lincolnlancaster County · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$21,862
University of Nebraska-Lincoln En Thompson Forum On World Issues · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$21,420
United Way of Lincolnlancaster County · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$20,000
Center for Legal Immigration Assistance · Omaha, NE · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Foster Care Closet · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Humanities Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$20,000
Indian Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Lincoln Literacy · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$20,000
Lux Center for the Arts · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Nebraska Journalism Trust · Omaha, NE · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Teammates Mentoring Program · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$20,000
University of Nebraska - Lincoln Lied Center for Performing Arts · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Voices of Hope Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$20,000
Lincoln Arts Council · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Live Yes Studios Inc (Payee Lincoln Community Foundation) · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Lux Center for the Arts · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Nebraska Tribes Addressing Violence Coalition · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Solidago Conservancy · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Sunrise Communications · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Willa Cather Foundation · Red Cloud, NE · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Ywca Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Asian Community & Cultural Center · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Operating
$20,000
Clyde Malone Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$20,000
El Centro De Las Americas · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$20,000
Foster Care Closet · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Operating
$20,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$20,000
Center for People in Need · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$20,000
Fresh Start · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$20,000
Humanities Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$20,000
Outnebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$20,000
Rabble Mill · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$20,000
Teammates Mentoring Program · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$20,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lied Center for Performing Arts · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$20,000
Ywca Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$19,000
Midland University · Fremont, NE · 2025
Scholarship
$18,800
Mourning Hope Grief Center · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$16,000
Lincoln Police Department · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Aclu of Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$15,000
Civic Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$15,000
Conservation Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$15,000
Legal Aid of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2025
Program
$15,000
Nebraska Tribes Addressing Violence Coalition · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Operating
$15,000
Neighborworks Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$15,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$15,000
Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor and Agricultural Learning · Hastings, NE · 2025
Operating
$15,000
Rise Academy · Omaha, NE · 2025
Operating
$15,000
Sheldon Art Association · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$15,000
Center for Immigrant & Refugee Advancement · Omaha, NE · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Civic Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$15,000
I Be Black Girl · Omaha, NE · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Nebraska Land Trust · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Nebraska Sports Council · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Northeast Family Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Visionary Youth · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Bridges To Hope · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Center for Legal Immigration Assistance · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Hopespoke · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Indian Center · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Lincolnlancaster County Habitat for Humanity · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$15,000
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Coalition · Bloomfield, NE · 2023
Program
$15,000
Wachiska Audubon Society · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$15,000
Willard Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Boys and Girls Club Lincoln Lancaster County · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$15,000
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$15,000
Lincoln Arts Council · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$15,000
Lincoln Calling · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$15,000
Lincoln Medical Education Partnership · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating
$15,000
Lux Center for the Arts · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Operating

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